PRODOS Free Market Roundtable (Australia)

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You can view the results of the Albert Park by-election at the VEC website HERE

It's 5 AM and Barboo and I - and all the Prodos FOR Albert Park volunteers - are ready to rock!

Armed with our How-to-vote cards, corflutes, and a copy of Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead, I'm off to meet the good people of the Albert Park District.

Hallelujah Democracy!

Here's what I recommend.

Other than voting 1 for "MARINAKIS, Prodos" - the main thing is to:

My reply to Anna Griffiths of Unchain St Kilda: 

> > 3. What is the main purpose of Crown Land?

3. Crown Land is an unfortunate accident of
history. Local residents and the general populace
would be better served by mechanisms of private
ownership.

Land controls at heart of housing crisis
Alan Moran, The Herald Sun, Saturday, August 25, 2007

House prices are a top priority for most Victorians. This is hardly surprising since the family home is the most important investment nearly all of us own or aspire to own.

Achieving a decent level of personal equity in a home is a multi-year struggle. After that we have an abiding interest in how our nest egg is doing.

Senior fellow with the CATO Institute, Randal O'Toole, explains in THIS ARTICLE why:

Neos Kosmos English Edition ran the following article by Harry Nicolaides on Monday. It includes a few errors, but otherwise captures the gist of things.

Prodos fights in Albert Park
Harry Nicolaides speaks to Prodos Marinakis, an independent candidate in the Albert Park by-election

By Gerard Jackson, BrookesNews.com

A great deal of nonsense has been spouted about the economics of logging and of woodchips in particular. I take the stance that only the market can determine the true value of our resources, including forests, and the uses to which they should be put.

Here is the article by David Rood of The Age which appeared on Saturday, September 08 on page 13 ...

Punk message sings independent's praises

 Early this morning - about 1 AM - along with most of the other Albert Park candidates, I was interviewed by Headly Gritter on Triple R's The Party Show.

 Here is an article by the brilliant Australian free market economics writer, Gerard Jackson, which explains why free market supporters should be opposed to the Grand Prix . . .

Melbourne's Grand Prix: another economic fallacy  

By Gerard Jackson, Monday 3 September 2007

Every day, with my wife, we've been out in the streets, the shopping centres, the markets, the cafes of the Albert Park District talking with people, finding out about their concerns, and letting them know what I stand for.

One of the flyers we hand out is titled "My Pledge to you ..."

Here's what it says:

The following article nicely sums up why I oppose channel deepening for Port Phillip Bay ...

DIGGING HOLES IN THE BAY
By David Sharp

Click "media" in the left hand column for high resolution photos.

This afternoon, Sunday August 26, Prodos FOR Albert Park supporters met at St Vincent Gardens for a sausage sizzle.

As well as food and fun we discussed the burden that Land Tax and over-regulation places upon private enterprise, how to help the unemployed and the homeless (thanks to Phillip for his ideas and wishing you the best of health from all the team!).

A Creative Spark for Albert Park (version #2)

Click here to listen or download the mp3 file of this song

If you're sick of politicians
The lies they peddle
How they tax and plunder
In our lives they meddle

If you want a fresh start
You vote in Albert Park
On September 15
If anybody asks ...

Here's the first of two campaign songs I've written ...

A Creative Spark for Albert Park (version #1)

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A creative spark
For Albert Park
And a damn proud Aussie too

For an independent voice
Your choice
For a liberal through and through