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Dear Friends of Liberty:

I am close to closing the deal with the Mat-Su Resort in Wasilla for an Alaskan Independence Party [AIP] convention. I was told the best news possible: NO COVID RESTRICTIONS! No masks, social distancing, capacity limits required. Those who wish to wear masks are of course free to do so.

Tentative --- Tentative --- Tentative: Saturday, October 17 from 9:00 - 4:00 pm.

This is tentative until I get some feedback from supporters. Reserving the 90-person Loft, complete with PA system, will be $1,050. That's not bad, but I will need at least 20 people willing to pay $50 in order to participate.

Contact me to confirm

Bob.bird@hotmail.com

Thank you!

The death of Lynette Clark on May 17 has plopped the leadership of the Alaska Independence Party into my unworthy lap.

For mostly financial reasons the AIP was allowed to drift after our last, and quite successful, statewide convention, held in Kenai in 2010. That convention was well attended --- but mostly by well-wishers, not party members. These well-wishers avoided membership for one very good reason: joining the AIP would prevent them from voting in the Republican Primary. They actually participated as guests, giving comments but allowed no vote.

I don't blame them. And I don't blame the GOP, either, for their "Classic Open Primary" policy, keeping out "Other Party" voters (as opposed to "Non-Party Independents").

These sympathizers respected the AIP's principles, its founder Joe Vogler and its Interior-Miner's orientation. They respected an "Alaska First" policy and its libertarian political philosophy. They completely understood the 2nd Class status Alaska was granted in statehood. They liked the AIPs history that included not only Joe Vogler but also Jack Coghill, Sr., the Palin Speech, Wally Hickel, Lynette Clark, Mark Chryson and even Yours Truly.

Their heart, like so many others, was with the AIP. But the phrase "Home is Where the Heart Is" was resisted and avoided.

I love this party. It exemplifies everything good about personal responsibility, fighting for the correction to Alaska's denied rights of statehood, strict constitutionality and liberty.

My plan: is to review the state's laws on political parties and after consultation with the bureaucracy, well-wishers and members, proceed to call a statewide convention in Anchorage this fall. Time & Place will be announced through the required media outlets in Anchorage, Mat Valley, Juneau, Kenai and Fairbanks. I will hold a press conference at the appropriate time.

There are a few things that I want to mention here so that complete transparency will be certifiable. I meet disagreements from friends with joy. I want no one to think I have a "hidden agenda".

I believe that Joe Vogler's historic identification of the 1945 UN Charter that identified Alaska as a "Non Self-Governing Territory" that has denied us the four options that Alaska was entitled to, must never be abandoned.

And in 2010 I placed the party onto a family-friendly stance.

This was not a problem with others because the jurisdiction of the courts in re-defining marriage, abortion, sexual orientation, etc. was rightfully seen as an unconstitutional overthrow of states' rights, no matter how libertarian someone's personal philosophy was grounded. As such, the doctrine of state nullification was adopted as perfectly constitutional in these matters. Any abortion-rights party members who were there had absolutely no problem with calling for the abandoning of Roe v. Wade, Kelo v. New London, and a host of other examples of judicial tyranny.

For myself personally I would have to walk away from any party that did not at least maintain these planks. And I hope to have the party become a new haven for Christians and free-market entrepreneurs who are ready, at last, to walk away from the GOP. The party needs new life and a younger membership that will learn and understand from the wisdom the older members have to offer.

And certainly the Covid Crisis will permit us endless discussion about liberty at any convention.

But I say, "Call a convention and see where the party wants to go through consensus."

There are several things you can do:

Attend the convention as a non-voting observer with commentary privileges. Join the party at the door and be an immediate participant. Spread the word to those whom you believe share this vision.

Your input would be best communicated to me through a phone call. My cell is 907-398-9373. I use a flip-fone, so texts ought to be short and I cannot ID you except by your number, which I likely do not recognize.

"From every Alaskan mountainside, LET FREEDOM RING."

Bob Bird

We are the only Alaskan political party that is entirely composed of Alaskans, staffed by Alaskans and financed by Alaskans. We are not affiliated with any political party on a National level. We believe and hold a firm footing in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and following the Constitution of the United States and Alaska. We are a States' Rights party, as is reflected in the AIP Platform. We stand on a firm Constitutional foundation. The continual growth of membership of the Alaskan Independence Party has created one of the largest third parties in the United States. Join us as we lead Alaska to the Prosperity, Freedom and Liberty that Alaskans expect, deserve and should enjoy. We look forward to your membership!

There is a commonly held belief across Alaska, that the US Constitution has been set aside, and other then ourselves, there are no protections to the liberty and freedoms we are to have as our continued inheritance since the formation of the Union of the "several States". Our main "goal" is a legal vote and ballot; one that was not given in 1958 and was in violation of International Law and Treaty. Alaskan were robbed of the choices we were to have as a non-self-governing territory, and steam-rolled into the current classification of a State. The Native population of Alaska, in a large percentage, did not even receive a ballot because of the Federal Voting Rights Act in place, at the time requiring the ability to read and write English, and for the first time in any Statehood vote of a Territory entering this "Union", the military and their of age dependents, through a special act of the US Congress, were allowed access to the Statehood ballot. Then, as today, corruption abounds. The US government is far and away outside the bounds placed on it by the 9th and 10th amendments and is operating illegally for all .

The AIP was proud to support Bob Bird for the Senate of the United States. For more information you can visit his web site www.birdforsenate.com. We also supported Don Wright, running for the U.S. House of Representatives. His contact information can be found on our Links page. Both men took over 4% of the Alaskan Vote which worked out to over 13,000 votes.

The Alaskan Independence Party can be summed up in just two words:

ALASKA FIRST!

Until we as Alaskans attain our Ultimate Goal, the AIP will continue to strive to make Alaska a better place to live with less government interference in our everyday lives.