Urgent help needed for new LPHQ building

By Newsroom America Feeds at 16 Nov 2011

View this message at LP.org: http://announce.lp.org/t/87091/949657/974/0/

Dear Libertarian Party supporter,

I need your help reaching a fundraising milestone to keep our hopes for purchasing a building alive.

As I mentioned in a previous message, the lease on our national Libertarian Party headquarters is up at the end of February 2012, and the landlord has indicated they'll be raising the rates 10% to almost $140,000 per year.

So far we've raised $152,609 in donations and pledges toward buying an office building townhouse in Old Town Alexandria near DC. The Libertarian National Committee may make a decision this Thursday -- and I think some members of the committee won't be comfortable voting to buy a building unless we raise more.

Our contract to purchase this office only calls for $172,000 down payment -- however to get the most savings (over $70,000 a year compared to our current lease) some on the LNC would like to put $300,000 down on this property. That means we are only halfway to where we need to be.

Please make your best donation today: http://announce.lp.org/t/87091/949657/954/0/

Don't worry, if we ultimately decide not to buy a building, we'll contact you and offer to return your donation

Our independent outside auditor recently reported that if we had purchased a building in 2003, instead of renting all this time, we'd own the building by now, and we'd be saving $120,000 a year.

See report: http://announce.lp.org/t/87091/949657/975/0/

Buying a building now will save us $70,000 over the current lease and $50,000 over a new lease at another location.

This frees up much needed funds for affiliate and candidate support and allows us to make a statement that we are here to stay!

Please make your best donation today! http://announce.lp.org/t/87091/949657/954/0/

In Liberty,

Mark Hinkle, LNC Chair

P.S. Please send me an email to chair@lp.org and tell me what you think the LNC should do? In addition, please make your best contribution today and help us reach our goal of raising $300,000 towards the purchase of our new HQ: http://announce.lp.org/t/87091/949657/954/0/

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