Upcoming LPOC Events

We encourage questions - Please call/email the LPOC for further information about any upcoming event or to volunteer 850-217-6590

From 15 July to 10 Aug 10 - Okaloosa County Budget workshops (5 total)

5 July 10 - Wendell Griffith, Vice Chair Whig Party of Florida, teaches a class on the US Constitution, 6-8 PM, Niceville City Hall, $10

10 July 10 - North Okaloosa Republican Club hosts meet the Judgeship Candidates - Mrs B's Bar B Que, Crestview, 3-6 PM

27 July 10 - County Millage rate tentatively set

3 Aug 10 - Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce hosts meet the candidates - BCC/Sheriff/School Board

5 Aug 10 - County Candidate Forum at the Crestview Civic Center 6:30 PM

24 August 2010 - Primaries/Poll Watchers

Registration Book Closing: July 26, 2010
• Candidate Petition Deadline:
• Federal and Judicial Candidates (including write-ins)
Noon, May 17, 2010
• Statewide, Multicounty, County, and Special District Candidates (including write-ins)
Noon, May 17, 2010
• Candidate Qualifying:
• Federal and Judicial Candidates (including write-ins)
Noon, April 26, 2010 – Noon, April 30, 2010
• Statewide, Multicounty, County, and Special District Candidates (including write-ins)
Noon, June 14, 2010 – Noon, June 18, 2010
• Electronic Tabulation Equipment Testing (Early Voting): August 5, 2010
• Early Voting: August 9, 2010 – August 21, 2010
• Electronic Tabulation Equipment Testing (Election Day): August 19, 2010 – August 21, 2010

9 Sep 10 - 1st Public hearing on the County budget

15 Sep 10 - Final Public Hearing on the County budget

17-19 Sep 10 - The Destin Seafood Festival, LPOC Booth

23 Sep 10 - Budget Value Adjustment Board meets

1 Oct 10 - New County fiscal year begins

15-17 Oct 10 - The Mullet Festival, Niceville, LPOC Booth

Oct 2010 - Northwest Florida Fair Booth

2 Nov 2010 – Okaloosa County general elections

• Registration Book Closing: October 4, 2010
• Electronic Tabulation Equipment Testing (Early Voting): October 14, 2010
• Early Voting: October 18, 2010 – October 30, 2010
• Electronic Tabulation Equipment Testing (Election Day): October 28, 2010 – October 29, 2010

Past Events

6 Oct 07 – First Libertarian Party rally in Okaloosa County since 1994 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Okaloosa Island

8 Mar 08 – Lee Jackson debates the Republican and Democrat party Chairmen at a League of Women Voters sponsored event at the Niceville City Hall

9 Jun 08 - Billy Bowlegs Parade, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Fort Walton Beach, FL

11 Jun 08 – Lee Jackson guest host on AM 1260, WFTW the Morning Show with Ken Walsh

23 Aug 08 – Libertarian Social get together in Bluewater Bay

5 Sep 08 – Pete Blome appears on WSRE to talk about the Libertarian Party

12 Oct 08 – First Libertarian Shoot and Barbeque in Crestview

18 Oct 08 - Lee Jackson addresses Kiwanis Club

28 Oct 08 – Northwest Florida Fair booth

11 Dec 08 – Okaloosa Libertarian Club guest speaker, Dr. Lawrence Vance, member von Mises Institute

Jan- Mar 09 – LPOC elections - Vice Chairman/Secretary (2 year terms)

5 Feb 09 – Lee Jackson addresses Kiwanis Club

12 Feb 09 – Okaloosa Libertarian Club guest speaker, Gene Simmons, addresses the FairTax

10 Mar 09 – LPOC Poll watchers district 19, Fort Walton Beach Municipal Elections

28/29 Mar 09 – 8 Okaloosa Delegates to State Libertarian Convention Jacksonville Florida

4 Apr 09 – Libertarian Booth at Wildflower Studios Foolsfest, Fort Walton Beach

15 April 09 – Lee Jackson and Pete Blome speak at Tea Parties in Niceville, Crestview, Fort Walton Beach

19/26 April (rain delay) – 2nd Libertarian Shoot and Barbeque held in Crestview

8 Jun 09 – Billy Bowlegs Parade, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Fort Walton Beach, FL

25 July 2009, 0630 AM + at the Tattoos Forever Parking Lot, Crestview (Hwy 85 railroad overpass). All proceeds are a donation to the Libertarian Party of Okaloosa County

10 Sep 2009 - General meeting passes non-scheduled election, absentee and proxy vote

8 Oct 09 - New LPOC leadership elected

3-8 Nov 09 - Northwest Florida Fair booth

14 Nov 09 - Pete Blome speaks to the Fort Walton Tea Party gathering

16 Nov 09 - Ben Jurgens and Pete Blome graduate from Okaloosa County Candidate School

9 Dec 09 - Fundraiser at the Emerald Grande Hotel with Karl Denninger

19 January 2010 - Pete Blome and Steve Copus on the Morning Show, WFTW, AM1260, with host Ken Walsh

31 Jan 10 - Alexander Snitker, Libertarian candidate for Senate, audio interview

18 Mar 10 - Meeting at the Emerald Grande

15 April 2010 - Pete Blome addresses the Niceville/Valparaiso Tea Party

20 April 2010 - Pete Blome addresses the Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners about the Mid Bay Bridge

24/25 April 2010 - Libertarian State Party Convention, Panama City FL. Hilton Garden Inn, intersection of 23rd Street and Hwy 231