Whither the Libertarians?

Mr. James Hines, Mobile district chairman of the Libertarian Party, is upset that a Fairhope police officer stopped him from putting campaign fliers for presidential candidate Michael Badnarik on car windshields. Fairhope police chief Chris Browning denies the accusation, saying "As long as what people are handing out isn't obscene, vulgar, pornographic or against the good name and character of Bear Bryant or Robert E. Lee, I don't care what they give out."

This little controversy reminds me of something I noticed on election day. The only Libertarian candidate on the ballot here in Huntspatch was for President. I seem to remember that in years past the Libertarians have had more candidates than that. At the very least, they've fielded candidates for Public Service Commission races...always running on a platform to abolish that very agency.

But, when I got to the voting booth this year, ready to cast my vote for the Libertarian in the PSC chairman race, I saw that Republican Jim Sullivan was unopposed. C'mon guys...get your act together.