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Scooter Schaefer: LI Helped Me Progress in Each Stage of My Career
Scooter Schaefer is on the front lines fighting liberal bias in the media every day. His turf: the internet. His work: communications marketing coordinator for the Media Research Center (MRC), a leader in documenting, exposing, and neutralizing liberal media bias.
Scooter’s special focus at MRC is a new project, which he describes as “a major drive to demand fair election coverage of the 2012 presidential election.” He added, “One key component to our fair election coverage campaign will be social media, which is where I come in.”
Scooter is a graduate of four LI trainings, two of which were focused on new media.
“I can attest that the Leadership Institute training I received is first-rate and has had a direct impact on my professional development,” Scooter explained.
“While all of the classes have benefited me in one way or another," Scooter said, "the Comprehensive Online Activist School and New Media Workshop provided me with the training and tools I needed to take the next step into a career in social media and politics.”
Scooter continued, “The training that LI provides is unique in that they offer real and effective political training by conservative leaders in the movement. There is no better place to receive interactive, hands-on political training from experienced conservative leaders than the Leadership Institute.”
“As a young activist hoping to break into conservative politics in Washington D.C., the Leadership Institute provided me with practical and useful training as well as access to leaders in the conservative movement,” Scooter said.
Of course, Scooter did not always dream of a move to Washington, D.C. and a career in politics.
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The Leadership Institute Mourns the Loss of Eugene H. Methvin
Eugene H. Methvin, a member of the Leadership Institute’s Board of Directors for 10 years, passed away at his home in McLean, Virginia on January 19, 2012.
Gene dedicated his life to fight against the evils of communism, crime, and corruption. Over his 42-year career, Eugene contributed more than 100 articles to the Reader’s Digest on topics ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court, civil liberties and constitutional law, the U.S. defense posture, Kremlin politics, and U.S.-Soviet relations.
His articles on organized crime in Reader’s Digest led to the passage of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan appointed Gene to the President’s Commission on Organized Crime as one of its 19 members. Eugene directed the commission’s investigation and hearings on labor-management racketeering.
Starting in the mid 1960s, he was a great personal mentor of Morton Blackwell, who founded LI in 1979.
Gene was author of Rise of Radicalism, one of the Leadership Institute’s Read to Lead books. In the book, Eugene examines what might be called the fundamentals of leftism: propaganda, confrontation, organization, and violence.
“I consider myself fortunate to have been allowed to play the piccolo in the great parade of American democracy for nearly half a century,” Gene wrote before his death. “During that time, the American people defeated and brought down two evil empires: the Teamsters Union and the Soviet Union, and I and my piccolo had a hand in both. That is enough for me.”
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Naples Councilman: LI Training Is Essential For Success In Politics
City Councilman for the City of Naples Sam Saad, III brings a wealth of experience with him to the job: attorney; business entrepreneur and owner; former presidential campaigner; and political appointee for the Department of Labor, among others jobs working for Members of Congress and a governor.
“We have wonderful people and wonderful potential in our town,” Sam said. “It is my goal to ensure that Naples remains THE premier place to live, work, and raise a family—today and tomorrow.”
Sam’s main focus, he says, is economic development in the downtown area. “Specifically, I am working to reduce fees, permitting times, and zoning issues so that Naples is a more attractive place to invest.”
Sam took LI’s Campaign Leadership School in November of 1995.
“Going to the Leadership Institute’s Campaign Leadership School was the jumping off point from volunteer to professional campaigner,” Sam said. “I use those skills to manage my business and my political office.”
When asked about the Institute’s programs, Sam said: “LI training is INVALUABLE. It is essential for success in politics whether an elected official or an activist.”
