FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
John Schultz, Chair
Boone County Libertarian Party
Columbia, MO 65201
E-Mail: boone@lpmo.org
Website: http://boone.lpmo.org

Boone County Libertarians Applaud Columbia Voters

Columbia, MO -- November 9, 2005 -- The Boone County Libertarian Party
(BCLP) wishes to thank Columbia voters for voting down Propositions 2
and 5 in the November 8 municipal elections.

Proposition 2 was a measure to extend an eighth-cent sales tax for two
years to add a multi-use facility for the Columbia farmers' market and
an ice rink.  BCLP members believe that while both facilities would
improve the community, they should be funded and run by private
individuals rather than the city.

Boone County Libertarian Party Chair John Schultz says "I am a huge
hockey fan and would love Columbia to add a rink for local teams to
play on, but this is not a venture the city should be engaged in
with our sales tax dollars."

Proposition 5 would have created a new eighth-cent sales tax for
road and sidewalk improvements.

Schultz says "Columbia is already collecting a half-cent
transportation sales tax, but not all of the funds are going to
the road system.  $1.6 million was used to subsidize the city bus
system, and $700,000 was transferred to the airport.  Columbia
citizens should demand that the city make better use of its
existing revenues rather than seeking sales tax increases."

The Boone County Libertarian Party had earlier expressed its
opposition to Propositions 1, 2, and 5, while having no official
opinion on the remaining ballot measures.

The Boone County Libertarian Party is affiliated with the Missouri
Libertarian Party, one of three established political parties in
Missouri.

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