{"id":166,"date":"2015-11-05T22:09:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T03:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swmlp.com\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:51:43","slug":"platform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Southwest Michigan Libertarians are diverse by nature and come from many backgrounds. We are united by the call to defend and promote freedom in our time. Attacks on personal\u00a0liberties happen every day and\u00a0in many ways. Since no single\u00a0group has the capacity to do it all, the LP of SWMI\u00a0focuses\u00a0it&#8217;s attention\u00a0on the following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preserving the Second Amendment and gun owners rights<\/li>\n<li>Personal property, farming, water, and other natural resource rights<\/li>\n<li>Government transparency and oversight<\/li>\n<li>Personal privacy and the encroaching police state (i.e. traffic cams, cell phone tracking, Internet spying)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You are encouraged to participate on social media where we\u00a0discuss these topics and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Our By Laws<\/h2>\n<p>Adopted on October 7, 2014, click the following link to view the rules that govern the LP of Southwest Michigan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LP of Southwest MI bylaws <strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/swmlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Libertarian_Party_of_Southwest_Michigan_Bylaws_adopted_10-07-2014.pdf\">click here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What is a Libertarian?<\/h2>\n<p>Ever wondered where Libertarian beliefs come from?\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/swmlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Understanding-Libertarians.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>to view a nice summary of Libertarian philosophy written long ago\u00a0but even more relevant today.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Officers<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Chair: Rafael Wolf<br \/>\nVice Chair: Dustin Thomas<br \/>\nSecretary: Asher Boekestein<br \/>\nTreasurer: Jason Brandenburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission Southwest Michigan Libertarians are diverse by nature and come from many backgrounds. We are united by the call to defend and promote freedom in our time. Attacks on personal\u00a0liberties happen every day and\u00a0in many ways. Since no single\u00a0group has the capacity to do it all, the LP of SWMI\u00a0focuses\u00a0it&#8217;s attention\u00a0on the following. Preserving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-166","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662,"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmlp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}