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WILSON: Known for His Tenacity
in Fighting for Things He Wants
Continued from Page 1
causes, some of them quite paro-
them; Leo McCarthy, a senator for
chial. In the process he has taken
us," backed up with television ads
praise from environmentalists that
some drubbings and has been ridi-
the Sierra Club was criticized for
instruating that Wilson is a pawn of
culed as "pork barrel Pete." But in
declining to endorse Wilson this
defense contractors and big corpo-
California he has cultivated a
year.
rations.
grateful constituency that includes
Crisply tailored, always proper
If the ads have not hurt Wilson-
influential Democrats. And, in
and slightly aloof, Wilson, a former
Washington, he has come to be
and polls say they have not, yet-it
Marine, retains the proprietary air
is because Wilson has proved to be
known as a tough customer.
of an officer reviewing his troops.
an elusive target who is not often
"Wilson is no lightweight. You
He is seen as an informed propo-
identified with controversial caus-
count on his being prepared, on
nent of some of the nation's most
es.
having solid arguments. I wish he
expensive weapons systems. One
Regarded as a hawk on defense,
were a lightweight because his
Washington defense analyst de-
a conservative on economic mat-
scribed Wilson as "Mr. SDI" for his
positions in the Senate would have
ters and criminal justice, a moder-
far less standing," said a senior aide
aggressive advocacy of "Star
ate on the environment and even
Wars," the Strategic Defense Initi-
to a Democratic senator who fre-
something of a liberal on certain
ative.
quently does battle with Wilson
social issues, Wilson is a hard man
"He was the first mainstream
over arms control issues.
to label.
Wilson himself referred to that
Republican to come on very strong
In Washington, Wilson's friends
for SDI," the analyst said.
toughness when asked in a recent
interview to appraise his skills.
range from Republican moderates
Liberal Views Also
:"I think I am a reasonably good
such as Sens. Bob Dole of Kansas
and Warren B. Rudman of New
But Wilson, who has supported
strategist, but I think the most
Hampshire to conservative hard-
the Equal Rights Amendment and
significant thing is just the will to
liners such as GOP vice presiden-
opposed prayer in school, also
win; the willingness to make a
tial nominee Dan Quayle.
speaks with conviction about
fight."
In California, Wilson commands
young women's right to have abor-
One Democrat who mistook Wil-
the respect of the party's conserva-
tions.
for a pushover is former Gov.
Edmund G. Brown Jr., who ran
tive core without sounding like an
"I don't think it's a smart thing, a
ideologue. At the same time, he has
wise or a good thing, or one that
against Wilson in the 1982 Senate
broadened his base. He has courted
encourages respect for the law to
race.
environmentalists, Jews and urban
require a 16- or 17-year-old girl
: Brown thought he could embar-
Democrats in various ways-by
who does not want to carry a
rass Wilson during a campaign
working against oil drilling off the
pregnancy to term to seek back-al-
debate with a question about a U.N.
resolution on the small African
California coast, by his unswerving
ley treatment or to seek to abort
country of Namibia. Wilson's polit-
support of Israel and by attending
herself with a coat hanger," Wilson
to the problems of the state's big
said during a recent interview.
ical career had been confined to
cities.
His friends from college say
California, where he served in the
He got along so well with Demo-
Wilson's conservatism was always
Assembly and in San Diego where
crat Dianne Feinstein that the
grounded in economic and foreign
he later became mayor. Brown
former mayor of San Francisco still
policy concerns.
fígured him for a bit of a hick.
has not endorsed her own party's
Wilson attended college in the
'Brown lost the Senate race to
candidate in the Senate race.
early 1950s in the midst of the
Wilson, and to this day he has not
forgotten Wilson's ready grasp of
"From the moment Mayor Fein-
anti-Communist Joseph McCarthy
the Namibian situation and many
stein met Pete Wilson, she found
era, when liberals in many walks of
other matters that came up during
him very helpful to the city of San
life were ostracized. Yet Wilson's
the debate.
Francisco. When we had a problem
friends say that while he had
with the federal government, we
strong suspicions about the Soviets,
"Tough Competitor'
went to Wilson and he immediately
he was disgusted by McCarthyism.
"He's a tough competitor, as I
took care of it," said a former aide
"I was about as close to being a
found out. A good debater, better
to Feinstein who asked not to be
Communist as you could get, but I
than I thought he'd be," Brown told
identified.
always regarded Pete as fair and
Wilson's current Senate opponent,
Wilson's enthusiasm for envi-
thoughtful," said Thompson Brad-
Lt. Gov. Leo T. McCarthy, during a
ronmental causes comes and goes.
ley, who lived across the hall from
conversation at the Democratic
He refused to take a stand on
Wilson at Yale. "I never agreed
National Convention in Atlanta
Proposition 65, the toxics initiative
with anything Pete said about
this summer.
that passed overwhelmingly in
politics. But I liked him. He was a
This year, the McCarthy cam-
1986. He withheld support this year
generous person, and he wouldn't
from legislation that would grant
tolerate bias."
paign has been trying to cast
Wilson as an enemy of the common
wilderness status to 9 million acres
Early in the 1988 campaign, the
man. McCarthy aides have de-
of California desert.
McCarthy camp harped on Wilson's
scribed him as a country club
But his efforts to block the
"elitist" background. The son of an
Republican and a right-wing zeal-
Reagan Administration from al-
advertising executive, Wilson grew
Recently, they have hit on the
lowing more oil drilling off the
up in a well-to-do neighborhood in
phrase, "Pete Wilson, a senator for
California coast has won such high
St. Louis and attended private
18
Part Monday, October 17, 1988
Known to Buck Leaders in Own Party
Wilson Pictured as Tough,
Parochial, Elusive Target
By FRANK CLIFFORD,
Times Staff Writer
When he was in college, Pete
Wilson was nicknamed the pear."
One of his roommates composed a
cartoon strip called "The Adven-
tures of the Pear," poking mild fun
anee.
at the serious, plumpish young man
whom people have often tended to
underestimate.
"He never struck me as the
political type," said John Almquist,
the roommate-cartoonist
Coming to the end of his first
term in the U.S. Senate, Wilson,
who is 55, does not have his name
on a piece of celebrated legislation.
He did not play a starring role in a
nationally televised congressional
hearing. He was not touted as a
possible Republican vice presiden-
tial candidate.
Nevertheless, Wilson has made a
KIRK McKOY / Los Angeles Times
mark in Washington, where he is
Sen. Pete Wilson with media.
better known for the way he fights
than what he fights for. As a
on more than one occasion.
freshman senator, he has bucked
Wilson has waged most of his
senior members of his own party,
battles on behalf of home state
and he has defied President Reagan
Please see WILSON, Page 17
schools. Wilson's adversaries also
tried to liken him to Vice Presiden
George Bush, another Yale gradu-
ate whose education and sheltered
upbringing are symbols of Eastern
privilege.
But Wilson's college career was
nothing like that of Bush. While
Bush captained the baseball team
and graduated Phi Beta Kappa,
Wilson spent four comparatively
obscure years, a hard worker who
did not make a splash on campus.
His former roommates said they
were surprised when Wilson went
into politics because, as one of them
said, he had struck them as "too
private" and "too thin-skinned."
These days, the people closest to
Wilson say he has never had the
politician's knack of showing off his
most endearing qualities. They say
his generosity, his sense of humor
and his musical talent-he is an
unabashed crooner of show tunes-
are too seldom on display.
Otto Bos, his current campaign
manager and Wilson's Man Friday
for 11 years, is forever talking
about Wilson's lighter side. Bos is a
repository of Wilsoniana, like Wil-
aneedotes
son mimicking a Scottish burr,
Wilson capering with the San Die-
go Chicken of sports arena fame.
He tells of the morning Wilson's
bellowing woke up hotel guests
Please see WILSON, Page 18
immigration reform in favor of a
WILSON: Emphasis Is
home state industry that gives him
a lot of support. In fact, he regards
his victory on the issue as his finest
Placed on Economic
moment in the Senate.
"Most people on the floor at first
did not appreciate what I was
trying to do. But, in the end, I think
and Foreign Policies
they did because losing would have
meant the death of a helluva lot of
small growers, and most of them
were in California."
Continued from Page 17
was barely able to talk. The day
Wilson has become known as
before dawn as he rehearsed a
after undergoing an emergency
quite a champion of California
singing part for a Riverside musical
appendectomy, Wilson was
review
wheeled onto the Senate floor on a
interests. While that image helps
and of Wilson's mid-
his reelection campaign, it gives
night ramble through the streets of
gurney, his arm still attached to an
rise to criticism that for a U.S.
New Orleans with friends during
intravenous tube, in order to cast a
senator he can be rather narrowly
the Republican National Conven-
tie-breaking vote on a deficit re-
focused.
tion, smoking a cigar and reciting
duction bill.
"Where some senators are a bit
poetry
Friends cite that incident as
"People think of Wilson as this
nervous about appearing parochial,
evidence of Wilson's dedication to
Yalie in a button-down collar and a
Wilson comes to work with a fairly
public service. Others, however,
long list of parochial interests,"
Brooks Bros. suit, but he really isn't
point to a prickly side of Wilson's
that way," Bos said.
said a defense industry lobbyist
nature, which they say has hurt
But as Wilson's staff got ready
who has worked in Washington for
him.
for the 1988 campaign, they had
many years. "Some of the things he
"He's got a personal relations
pushes for are more defensible than
reason to worry that his public
problem, and it makes it difficult
others. On the other hand, who
image was a potential liability.
sometimes for him to get help for
hasn't pushed for a program of
Four years after he was elected
his own district," said Rep. Les
dubious merit?"
to the Senate, one statewide poll
Aspin (D-Wis.), who chairs the
California Democrats like to talk
indicated that a third of the voters
House Armed Services Committee
about the shellacking Wilson re-
in California did not know who
and who deals with Wilson on
ceived when he tried to secure a
Wilson was. His campaign staff
defense issues.
$50-million tax break for a home
responded with an early public
Aspin used the words "up-tight,"
state oil company, Unocal, as the
relations blitz-$1.5-million in TV
"imperious" and "tightly coiled" to
Senate was in the midst of negotia-
commercials last spring that por-
describe Wilson's manner. "His
tions over a tax reform bill intended
trayed Wilson as a sensitive, acces-
relations with colleagues are not
to eliminate such loopholes.
sible politician. It helped him build
terribly cordial. As a result, people
With the chairman of the Senate
a lead over McCarthy in the polls.
don't always want to help him."
Finance Committee, Bob Packwood
He has held onto that lead, but his
A former aide to Sen. Richard G.
(R-Ore.), leading the charge, Wil-
level of support has never been
Lugar (R-Ind.) said Wilson "seems
son lost badly, 60-33. Losing was
overwhelming. One poll, conducted
like he's got a chip on his shoulder
especially painful because the pre-
by his own staff and accidentally
about something. He seems kind of
vious week Sen. David L. Boren
leaked, showed that only 39% of
angry and sour.
(D-Okla.), had easily won a $100-
the voters wanted to reelect him.
But if Wilson is not everyone's
million tax break for Oklahoma-
Under 6 feet tall and blandly
idea of Mr. Congeniality, some of
based Phillips Petroleum Corp.
handsome, Wilson does not stick
his off-putting qualities, particu-
But the story of Wilson's defeat,
out in a crowd. He speaks in a
larly his stubbornness, have helped
as told by the Democrats, tends to
gravelly monotone and can get lost
earn him a reputation as an excep-
leave out a couple of ingredients.
in the winding corridors of his own
tionally tenacious legislator.
California's Democratic senator,
locutions. "Pete can come to know
Three years into his first term,
Alan Cranston, also supported the
a subject too well," said one of his
Wilson went to the mat with one of
Unocal tax break. Moreover, Wil-
aides.
his party's most respected mem-
son had taken up the Unocal fight
His manner gets on some peo-
bers, Sen. Alan K. Simpson (R-
shortly after opposing Packwood's
ple's nerves.
Wyo.), over a major piece of legis-
controversial proposal to begin
"He comes across as though he's
lation-immigration reform-that
taxing income from the immensely
teaching you, as if he feels that if
Simpson had been struggling for
popular investment retirement ac-
you could only understand you'd
years to pass.
counts.
agree with him. It reveals a sense
Wilson wanted a guest worker
First, he fought the powerful
of self-importance that doesn't go
amendment that would allow Cali-
committee chairman, then he
down too well around here," said
fornia growers to continue to hire
turned around and asked Pack-
am aide to a Democrat who is on the
migrant laborers on a seasonal
wood for a favor.
Armed Services Committee with
basis. Democrats accused him of
"Wilson just wouldn't give up,"
Wilson.
trying to resurrect the old bracero
said Bill Diefenderfer, who was the
Members of his own staff agree
program affording undocumented
Senate Finance Committee's chief
that Wilson is not the most engag-
workers minimal rights and pro-
of staff at the time. "He got stepped
ing speaker.
tection. Simpson said Wilson was
on, and most guys would have
"He can be a little preachy, sort
jeopardizing a landmark bill for the
retreated from the field. But when
of a Boy Scout out there. I'd like
sake of "greedy" growers.
we looked down, he was still
him to be a little more of a heavy,"
Wilson lost on the first vote on
hanging on to our leg.
said Bos, adding: "I've tried to say
his guest worker amendment, re-
"Wilson is like that,' Diefender-
to Pete, 'Damn it, throw away those
vised his proposal slightly and
fer said. "He's a pain
But he
notes. Talk to the camera.'
came back to win. Now, he shrugs
won't take no for an answer. If I
His most memorable moment in
off the criticism that he was willing
had an issue I was pushing, I'd want
the Senate came at a time when he
to subordinate the national need for
him on my side.
$
9
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM GENSHEIMER
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS/JUNE 3, 1990
Sun Jose M&N 383-6000
So far,
he's been in the right place
LUCKY
at almost all the right times.
Can the Democrats
end Pete Wilson's
PETE
winning streak?
By Carl M. Cannon
kingmakers expected to hear of Wilson, but
in fact it resurrected his career. Wilson beat a
LYING IN A HELICOPTER FAR ABOVE THE
crowded field that included Barry Goldwater
F
strife, Pete Wilson and a team of
Jr. and Maureen Reagan, and then drew Jerry
American election observers were ad-
Brown in the general election.
miring the physical beauty of El Salva-
"That was Pete's good luck, too," Coelho
dor. Suddenly, the pilot banked the chopper
says. "He wouldn't have ever become a sena-
so sharply that the only thing preventing Wil-
tor if Jerry Brown hadn't been his opponent."
son, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering and
That year, Wilson separated from his wife,
Mississippi congressman Sonny Montgomery
Betty, but Wilson's angel was watching over
from being pitched overboard were U.S. Ar-
him. A year later, he married Gayle Graham,
my-issue seat belts.
former president of the San Diego Junior
As a U.S. Marine, Wilson had ridden in
League, who had recently left a 19-year mar-
helicopters, but he was never in combat, so
riage that she found stifling. And she left it
he didn't realize that the pilot was taking
with half a million dollars or so in assets.
evasive action because the chopper was un-
Gayle also has money from trusts set up by
der enemy fire.
her father. Recent financial disclosure re-
A day later, after he flew safely home,
cords indicate that the Wilsons are worth well
Wilson skipped off the plane, posed as if
over $1 million, which makes him one of
modeling a new suit, smiled at those awaiting
more than 20 Senate millionaires.
his return, and said, "Look, no holes."
At 56, Wilson doesn't even look 46. He's
This "look, no holes" line is a good summa-
trim, muscular, well-educated and well-
Pledging allegiance, planting a tree, pressing the
flesh-even though he's unopposed in the
tion of the charmed life of California's Repub-
read. He's a member of what in the old days
primary, Pete Wilson goes through the rituals of
lican Senator and would-be next governor,
was called the world's most exclusive club.
American politics on Earth Day in Sunnyvale.
Peter Barton Wilson.
But there's a club that's even more exclu-
"He's been very lucky," says former Cal-
sive than the U.S. Senate. That's the handful
ifornia congressman Tony Coelho, a re-
of political offices that, just because you
lentless Wilson adversary.
hold them, get you mentioned as presiden-
tial material. Vice president is one such job.
F COURSE, THERE'S MORE TO WILSON'S
Governor of New York is another. Governor
o
ascent to Republican stardom than
of California is the third-and Pete Wilson
blind good fortune: An old Persian
is, at this writing, the favorite to win it.
proverb postulates that "Luck is in-
fatuated with the efficient," and even in a
ILSON ONCE TOLD A REPORTER
town of one-dimensional workaholics, Wilson
W
that his earliest memory is being
is considered a hard worker.
the object of an all points bulle-
Only 10 years ago, however, it seemed that
tin by the police department in
Pete Wilson had probably gone as far as he
his suburb of St. Louis when he was not
was going. His marriage was foundering, he
quite 3 years old; missed his big broth-
didn't seem happy in his work as mayor of
er, Jim, and had set out to find him at
San Diego anymore, and he appeared to have
school.
nowhere else to go politically. He'd run for
On the other hand, Wilson told me that his
governor in 1978 and finished a bad fourth in
earliest recollection was of hitting his brother
the Republican primary. As the 1982 election
in the nose, "and then running like hell." The
cycle approached, Wilson was preparing for
second story sounds more representative of
what appeared to be another kamikaze run:
what life was like in the Wilsons' household.
the Republican gubernatorial primary against
"He was 6 years older," Wilson said, "but
cessful advertising executive who had put
Mike Curb and George Deukmejian.
in no way did that stand in the way of our
himself through the University of Illinois.
But his luck was about to change.
engaging in violent combat." The brothers
Pete's mother, Peg Callahan, was the daugh-
First, the aging remnants of Ronald Rea-
could stick together when challenged,
ter of Irish immigrants. Her father, Mike Cal-
gan's kitchen cabinet talked Wilson, whom
though. The neighborhood axiom, he recalls,
lahan, was a Chicago police detective shot to
they regarded as too liberal for their liking,
was, "Don't fight the Wilsons together. It's
death in the prime of his life, leaving behind
into switching from the governor's race to the
much better to get them fighting each other."
an 18-year-old daughter who adored him and
Senate. It was the last that these right-wing
Pete's father, Jim Wilson Sr., was a suc-
a wife who would never remarry.
WILSON
for military life, so he mustered out. His
father gave him good advice: "I don't
think you ought to seek your fortune as a
corporate organizational man," Jim Wil-
son told his son. "Maybe you should go to
law school."
At the University of California's Boalt
Hall, Pete fell in with a group of San
Diegans, and he followed their advice and
moved to San Diego. After a couple of
years in private practice, he accepted an
offer to join a firm run by the father of
Boalt Hall classmate John Davies. Not
long afterward, Wilson asked Davies out
for a drink.
"He told me he was going to run for the
state Assembly," recalls Davies. "You
could have knocked me off the bar stool
-and I hadn't even had my drink yet. He
was so new in town. I thought it would
make more sense if I ran. I grew up here,
and I knew everyone."
But Wilson ran and won. Soon after
arriving in Sacramento, he became en-
thralled with an idea that had been floating
around in the Natural Resources Commit-
tee. This was a plan to create a California
Coastal Commission that would protect the
coastline from overdevelopment and guar-
Wilson jokes with former congressman Ed Zschau, right, and Sunnyvale's Mayor Brian O'Toole.
antee access to the beaches for all Califor-
nians. Wilson wrote the plan into a bill and
became the legislation's leading advocate.
"My grandmother was a female single
nia has a responsibility to provide prenatal
"We were in the closing days of the
head of household long before it was com-
care to every pregnant woman in the state.
session and I couldn't get the Senate to
monplace," Pete Wilson says. "She raised
Wilson also tells audiences of suburban
schedule a hearing," Wilson recalls. "It was
my mother and she worked as the head
white Republicans that the single most
the decision of Jack Schrade. He was my
housekeeper of a large hotel in Chicago.
significant determinant on whether chil-
state senator as well as being president pro
She had come over from Ireland when she
dren finish high school is whether each
tem of the Senate. Finally, he scheduled us
was 16, in steerage."
child has an adult who expresses an inter-
for a hearing. But, with a subtlety that was
Wilson is a staunch advocate of capital
est in that child's academic performance.
typical of those days, we arrived at the
punishment. "If you hear anger in my
He cites volunteer programs that match
hearing room early in the afternoon at the
voice you are quite correct," Wilson told
adults with kids who need them and says
appointed time to find that the hearing
his colleagues when he rose from his seat
it is the state's duty to make sure that all
room door was locked.
on Oct. 13, 1988 to support a federal death
kids have such an adult in their lives.
"So," Wilson says, "I held an impromptu
penalty bill for drug dealers who commit
news conference at which I said some
murder. "I never knew my grandfather on
N 1951, WILSON WENT TO YALE ON A NAVY
harsh things about him."
my mother's side. He was a young detec-
ROTC scholarship. He selected the Ma-
What Wilson called Schrade was "a face-
tive, and, believe it or not, in 1908, he was
rines as his branch of service and Eng-
less, gutless wonder."
killed by a criminal in Chicago, one sus-
lish literature as his major.
The performance helped launch the state
pected of being in a robbery ring and a
Thousands of American soldiers had
Coastal Commission. And in San Diego,
cocaine-selling ring, even 80 years ago."
been killed in Korea when, in his sopho-
Wilson's political legend had begun.
Liberal Democratic strategists like to fo-
more year, Wilson considered dropping out
cus on this John Wayne side of Pete Wil-
of Yale. His commanding officer gave him
HE NEXT YEAR, WILSON RAN FOR MAY-
son. They point out that Wilson was an
this advice: "Listen, Mr. Wilson," he said. "I
unrelenting supporter of Reagan's "star
don't know what your problem is. It may
T
or and was elected handily. San
Diego had a reform-minded district
wars" program and of military aid to the
be a girl. But whatever it is, if I can get
attorney, Edwin Miller, who was
Contras, and that he has supported Israel's
through Princeton, you sure as hell can get
busy rooting out the corruption that per-
right to annex the West Bank.
through Yale. And what we need now are
meated City Hall. Mayor Frank Curran was
But the other side to Pete Wilson makes
second lieutenants, so I respectfully suggest
indicted, along with half the city council.
him a difficult target for his opponent in
you go plant your fanny in a chair in the
To ensure future integrity, Wilson draft-
the November general election. Wilson has
library."
ed, and got passed, a local political contri-
fought alongside Senate Democrats to ex-
"For all I know," Wilson says, "that may
bution law that made it a criminal offense
pand civil rights legislation; he has lobbied
be why I am sitting here today talking to
to accept a campaign contribution over
President Bush to spare California from
you instead of in a grave in Korea."
$250. Wilson also began a practice that
further offshore oil drilling; he has re-
Wilson planned to become a career Ma-
he continues to this day: forming commit-
mained pro-Equal Rights Amendment and
rine Corps officer. But the bureaucratized
tees of attorneys who screen his cam-
pro-choice on abortion. Currently, he is
life of the peacetime soldier convinced
paign contributions to look for anything
campaigning on the platform that Califor-
him that he didn't have the temperament
that could be in conflict.
WILSON
Wilson even forbade his wife from
been emperor of San Diego. He could
keeping her real estate commission on
have been mayor of that city as long as
a house purchased by McDonald's own-
he wanted."
er Ray Kroc after Wilson persuaded
But even Wilson's admirers concede
Kroc to move to town and purchase
that San Diego didn't do everything
the San Diego Padres baseball team.
right. The once-picturesque Mission
But Wilson also set a Caesar's wife
Valley is now wall-to-wall condomini-
ethical standard that was not easy to
ums and hotels. There's also lingering
follow.
doubt whether the Navy really needed
When he separated from Betty in
to build a new hospital in Balboa Park,
1981 and moved into a friend's apart-
a venture Wilson supported. And the
ment, his critics were quick to label
city's delay in finding a spot for a new
this an excessive campaign contribu-
airport means that some of the town's
tion.
oldest neighborhoods are plagued with
The same year, Wilson also made
incessant noise.
public his tax returns. The San Diego
"He's a 14-carat phony, says Larry
newspapers had fun with a dubious
Remer, a San Diego Democratic politi-
$15,000 deduction Wilson took on a
cal consultant and alternative-newspa-
goofy cow-dung-to-energy tax shelter.
per publisher. "He tries to be all things
The IRS, of course, was not amused.
to all people. He pretended to be an
"I paid dearly for the privilege of
environmentalist, while actually cater-
fighting with them," Wilson says with a
ing to the small corporate elite of the
wince. "The penalty was almost as
city."
much as the tax."
Remer's criticism is similar to that of
As a U.S. senator, Wilson hasn't been
Tony Coelho, the former Democratic
shy about accepting campaign contri-
congressman with whom Wilson tan-
butions-in chunks of up to $5,000-
gled a couple of times after he came to
from California agribusiness, aerospace,
Washington.
oil companies and others who benefit
"I like Pete; no, it's nothing person-
from decisions made in Washington. To
al," Coelho says. "But he's mush to a
some this is little more than legalized
great extent. He has been able to get
bribery, but the Supreme Court has
the middle ground and appear support-
ruled that denying industry the ability
ive to a lot of different people and he's
to give such money would be unconsti-
gotten away with it."
tutional.
Of course, Wilson fought Coelho-
Much less defensible are the "hono-
and beat him-on issues including en-
rariums" that members of Congress ac-
vironmental protection for the Tuolum-
cept from businesses, ostensibly for giv-
ne River in the 1984 California wil-
ing speeches and touring plants. Com-
derness fight. The California Wilderness
mon Cause president Fred Wertheimer
Bill will be one of his two chief lega-
calls honorariums "legalized corrup-
cies. It wasn't a perfect bill for environ-
tion." Wilson has tapped into this
mentalists. But the 1.8 million-acre
source of funds to the tune of about
compromise engineered by Wilson and
$200,000 since he took his oath of of-
his fellow Senator from California, Alan
fice seven years ago.
Cranston, was half again as much as the
Ethical issues aside, Wilson's alliance
Reagan White House wanted.
with business is not a reluctant one. In
The second legacy Wilson leaves be-
his first State of the City address in
hind is one he is never credited with,
1971, he outlined a plan to slow the
and it is virtually his alone.
pace of growth to the suburbs, reclaim
Wilson is responsible for writing a
valuable land back from the Navy, lure
loophole in the 1986 immigration law
businesses back downtown, increase
that has led directly to 1.3 million for-
densities in the inner city so that it
eign agricultural workers, most of them
could support mass transit, and build a
from Mexico and most of them living
convention center downtown, which
in California, being legalized.
had deteriorated to little more than a
Maybe in a state with 30 million peo-
courthouse, a City Hall and an endless
ple, Wilson doesn't want the credit.
waterfront strip of pawnshops, massage
And don't wait for any Hispanic groups
parlors and greasy spoons.
to laud Wilson; after all, it was the
"What you see of San Diego today,
growers he was looking out for. They
with its fabulous downtown, the con-
wanted to maintain their pool of cheap
vention center right on the water, the
labor. But Wilson saw that in order to
train system that runs all the way to
get Democratic support for his guest
Mexico, is all Pete's vision," claims Lar-
worker amendment, he had to include
ry Thomas, who worked with Wilson in
civil rights protections-and citizenship
those years and later became a press
is the ultimate protection.
secretary to Deukmejian and to Vice
Wilson doesn't always win these
President George Bush. "He could have
types of fights.
C
Wilson boards a plane at the San Jose Jet Center, headed for another campaign stop.
A month ago, a Wilson amendment
telling people that Feinstein would
to pump $100 million more into a
probably be a tougher candidate for
USDA program for marketing Ameri-
Wilson than would Van de Kamp.
can agricultural products got ham-
But Spencer is worried about Van de
mered 17 to 1 in the Agriculture Com-
Kamp, too.
mittee. But Wilson is the one who put
"About the best thing we've got go-
the original $225 million for this mar-
ing for us now," Spencer says with his
keting program in the 1984 Farm Bill.
customary saltiness, "is that Feinstein
This program pays for "California Rai-
and Van de Kamp are tearing each
sins" to boogey in commercials that
other new assholes. We're lucky."
have helped triple the sale of American
raisins to the United Kingdom.
T'S A COLD SPRING NIGHT IN WASHING-
This is but one example of Wilson's
ton and Wilson and I have just
approach to traditional pork-barrel poli-
completed a four-hour interview
tics. He's done things like force the
over dinner. As we walk into the
Army to turn over a San Francisco
night, he begins talking about his dad's
hospital for use as a regional AIDS cen-
stint as a city councilman in Florida.
ter, persuade the White House to ap-
His dad piled up the biggest election
point an AIDS commission, set up a
margin in the history of Delray Beach,
wine caucus in Congress and fight on
spending only $200 and running as "an
the side of Hollywood's producers—
independent old fart," Wilson recalls
and against New York's networks-in
with a chuckle.
battles over control and profits of tele-
But it seems that Pete Wilson's father
vision programming.
alienated the town developers by turn-
Valenti
"When the going got bloody in a
ing city-owned oceanfront property into
high-stakes fight between the networks
a public park, irritated some of the
and the studios over programs, Pete
town's dowagers by supporting a
Wilson stood like a champion," says
church-run day care center for the chil-
Jack Valenti, president of the Motion
dren of black maids in the center of
Picture Association of America. "You
town, and dismissed the bar and restau-
can't forget something like that." Valen-
rant owners' bid to extend the drinking
ti is a liberal Democrat and former aide
hour until 4 a.m. with a quip, "Anyone
Libs prais
to Lyndon Johnson.
not drunk by 2 a.m. is not trying very
Wilson has often had testimonials
hard."
like this from Democrats. One consis-
Wilson's father was defeated after his
p.w.
tent fan, until she decided to run for
first term.
governor herself, was Dianne Feinstein.
It's cold outside, and after telling his
"Some of the most glowing praise
story Wilson notices I'm shivering. I
I've ever had was from Dianne," Wil-
offer him a ride, but he declines, saying
son says with a chuckle. He adds
he'll walk. But he doesn't walk. He
that the feeling was mutual. Of
runs. First across the street, but then he
course, if Feinstein defeats Van de
keeps going. He's heading to the Hart
Kamp in the Democratic primary,
Building, and from there to his home
she'll find that this friendship will be
and to however far his luck will take
the campaign's first casualty.
him.
Stu Spencer, a legend among Cali-
fornia's political consultants, and
CARL M. CANNON is a Mercury News
current Wilson adviser, is privately
Washington correspondent.
Friday, June 8, 1990
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
ELECTION
JOHN JACOBS
'90
THE AD CAMPAIGN
Wilson spot focuses
on record as mayor
staffers cited an article in Policy
Positive look in
Review, published by the Heritage
Foundation, that said federal funds
second commercial
were used in the planning and engi-
neering of the system, but not the
epublican candidate for
construction. Wilson opposed light
R
governor Pete Wilson has
rail at first while mayor, but Wil-
released his second 30-
son campaign manager Otto Bos
second TV spot in two
said that was because it was huge
days. This ad, a positive look at his
and expensive and Wilson
record as mayor of San Diego, uses
"climbed on board when the price
material from an earlier 60-second
came down."
spot. Here is an analysis by Exam-
Text: "He was ahead of his time
iner chief political writer John Ja-
cutting the San Diego property tax
cobs.
rate 25 percent before Proposition
Text: "Pete Wilson
vision and
13."
leadership, while watching the bot-
tom line. As mayor of San Diego,
Analysis: True, according to
he brought the first light-rail mass
Kaye. His figures showed that San
transit system to California."
Diego's tax rate was $1.81 per $100
of assessed valuation in 1971-72
Analysis: Maybe. San Francisco
PUC Commissioner H. Welton
and then was reduced to $1.36 by
Flynn says San Francisco's Muni
1977-78, a 25 percent reduction.
Metro light-rail system actually
Text: "In fact, Pete Wilson is the
was up and running in 1980 before
only candidate for governor who
light rail came to San Diego in
has balanced 11 straight budgets
1981. Wilson research director Lo-
without raising taxes."
ren Kaye said in response that the
Analysis: Wilson is the only can-
San Francisco system was an "up-
didate who was mayor for 11 years
grade". of an already existing sys-
and had 11 budgets he was legally
tem, rather than a brand-new
required to balance. Feinstein ran
light-rail system where none had
an earlier ad saying she had bal-
previously existed.
anced nine budgets as mayor of
Text: (Wilson): "We built it on
San Francisco. But Wilson is cor-
time, under budget and without
rect in saying he did so without
federal funds."
raising taxes, while Feinstein did
Analysis: Mostly true. Feinstein
add several taxes while mayor.
San Francisco Chronicle
Wilson pokes fun
WILSON UNVEILS TV AD
at opponent with
From Page 1
He insisted that abortion is "ir-
relevant to this campaign" be-
Mr. 'Wonderful' ad
1985 to congratulate and thank
cause the state Constitution guar-
Wilson for his support in trying to
antees a right to privacy that the
By Robert B. Gunnison
bring the battleship Missouri to
California Supreme Court has in-
San Francisco. Both Wilson and
Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
terpreted as meaning abortion is
Feinstein supported the plan.
legally protected.
Los Angeles
At the breakfast, Wilson
"That doesn't depend on who's
On Day 1 of the general elec-
pledged to "run the kind of cam-
governor," he said. "There is noth-
tion campaign, Pete Wilson yes-
paign that the people of California
ing that can change that without a
terday unveiled a clever televi-
deserve, that they can be proud
vote of the people."
sion ad that trumpets Dianne
of."
Two of the Republican nomi-
Feinstein's enthusiastic assess-
ment of her Republican rival with
'Novelty Value'
nees for statewide office, Dan Lun-
gren for attorney general and Mar-
the words, "You're wonderful."
Feinstein grabbed the spotlight
ian Bergeson for lieutenant gover-
Declaring that he hoped to
with her victory, but Wilson led in
nor, are both strongly opposed to
have "fun" in the five-month cam-
the most recent poll and has a fat
abortion, and it seems unlikely
paign, Wilson showed off his 30-
campaign treasury. He said that
that the issue will not be raised
second TV spot on a giant screen to
Feinstein's victory has a "novelty
during the campaign.
a Republican "unity breakfast" au-
value, and that's fine. Let her en-
dience that howled with laughter.
joy it. I'll enjoy the lead."
Cable Car Funds
The ad opens with abstract hor-
Faced with running against the
Wilson's new TV spot alludes to
izontal lines across the screen
first woman in California to win a
his help in getting federal aid for
while the announcer asks, "Who
major party nomination for gover-
San Francisco's financially trou-
was the former mayor who helped
nor, Wilson insisted - as did Dem-
bled cable car system in 1983. In
save San Francisco's cable cars
ocratic loser John Van de Kamp -
his first piece of legislation in the
and saw to it that the federal gov-
that the race will be decided on the
Senate, Wilson helped secure
ernment transferred a hospital to
candidates' merits, not their sex.
$2.9 million for San Francisco to
that city for an AIDS center?"
"I look forward to running
rehabilitate the line.
"And who was the former may-
against Mayor Feinstein, whom I
In addition, he cited help with a
or who got funding for senior citi-
respect. She is a woman, that is
senior citizen housing project. His
zen housing in San Francisco?
true. I don't think that is a signifi-
campaign staff said it referred to
Who is this person?"
cant issue in our race."
$4.9 million in low-interest loans
Wilson's face materializes on
"There are some people who
for construction of a 70-unit apart-
the screen, followed by a picture
would say that, all things being
ment complex in Chinatown.
of Wilson and Feinstein smiling
equal, they would prefer a woman
Wilson also was instrumental
together. It closes with a picture of
to be governor," he told reporters.
in helping to transfer an Army
a letter Feinstein wrote to Wilson
"Of course, all things are not
building at Lake Street and 15th
in 1985 that includes her hand-
equal, and I think women as well
Avenue to the city for use as an
written addendum - "You're
as men will clearly understand
AIDS hospital. The facility has nev-
wonderful."
that as the campaign wears on. I
er opened because the city has
Feinstein was quick to laugh it
think they will be far more im-
been unable to win the extra mon-
off with a friendly poke at Wilson's
pressed by the quality of the candi-
ey it needed to open it.
male ego.
dates than the sex of the candi-
"I guess men like to be called
dates."
wonderful," she said, adding that
she said she had written many
Abortion Issue
such letters over the years. "I'm
On the explosive abortion is-
glad he treasures it and keeps it."
sue, Wilson said that he and Fein-
The letter was written in June
stein are on the same side of the
Back Page Col. 2
question. "The idea that you must
be a woman to be pro-choice is an
idea that just won't hold water,"
he said.
San Francisco Chronicle
THE came ENCULATION - WORTHERN CALMBONIA
1264 YEAR
MO.122
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1990
415-777-1111
25 CENTS
......
How Wilson Got Feinstein
To Say 'You're Wonderful'
Here is the text of Pete Wil-
lation passed by the Senate that
son's new television ad, follow-
approved San Francisco's plan
ed by the background on the as-
to create a 300-bed AIDS treat-
sertions:
ment and research center at the
AD: "Who was the former
old Public Health Service Hospi-
mayor who helped save San
tal near the Presidio. The facili-
Francisco's cable cars
and
ty has never opened, however,
saw to it that the federal gov-
because the city has not been
ernment transferred a hospital
able to find enough money to
to that city for an AIDS center?
renovate and operate it.
"And who was the former
In 1984, Wilson helped win a
mayor who got funding for se-
low-interest federal loan to pay
nior citizen housing in San
for construction of the 70-unit
Francisco?
Pine Crest senior citizen hous-
"Who is this person?
ing project in Chinatown.
"Pete Wilson, the former
On June 28, 1985, Feinstein
mayor of San Diego.
wrote Wilson to thank him for
his help in the Senate in "bring-
"His work in the U.S. Senate
ing the USS Missouri to San
led another former mayor, Di-
Francisco." The Navy selected
anne Feinstein, to honor him
San Francisco to be the home
for outstanding public service
port for the battleship and a
and write, saying, 'You're won-
number of other ships, but the
derful."
plan was scratched as part of
BACKGROUND: Wilson, in
the Pentagon base-closing
one of his first actions in the
drive.
U.S. Senate in 1983, won approv-
In the letter, Feinstein, then
al of legislation that accelerated
mayor of San Francisco, invited
the disbursement of federal
Wilson to come to San Francis-
funds for repair of the city's
CO for Fleet Week. "Please con-
cable car system. The federal
sider being my personal guest,"
government paid about $35 mil-
she said. At the bottom, she
lion of the total $60 million cost.
wrote by hand, "You're won-
In 1987, Wilson backed legis
derful!
Editorials
B8
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1990 /SD
@ COPYRIGHT, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
CAMPAIGN WATCH
Political Ads to Turn You Off
Like most Southern Cali-
woman's body to make the
be as honest as Ralph Nader.
fornians contemplating a
false accusation that the
Meanwhile, in the attorney
weekend of outdoor activi-
then-Los Angeles district at-
general's race, Arlo Smith's
ties, you're probably won-
torney did not want to prose-
ad assails Ira Reiner's eth-
dering what the air quality
cute Angelo Buono Jr., one of
ics-the only matter of re-
will be? Unfortunately, the
the Hillside Stranglers. In
cord cited is a censure by the
outlook is poor. Pollution will
fact, Van de Kamp made a
State Bar-while Reiner at-
be heavy, though in this
tactical decision to prosecute
tacks Smith's competence,
instance the brown gunk ob-
Buono for sex crimes while
even though their offices
tructing a clear view is not
moving for dismissal of mur-
have virtually identical felo-
.10g but mud. This is the
der charges so that they
ny conviction rates.
last weekend before Tues-
could be reinvestigated and
The professional campaign
day's primary election, and
refiled in a stronger form.
managers who put together
desperate Democrats are
For his part, Van de Kamp
such smears do so because
slinging the slimy stuff with
is airing a spot in which
they believe the electorate is
both hands.
consumer advocate Ralph
lazy-unwilling to decide
Gubernatorial candidate
Nader alleges without proof
things on the issues, when
Dianne Feinstein's contribu-
that Feinstein is a "pawn of
they can wallow in the
tions to this foul stew are
the insurance industry" be-
seamy soap opera of person-
particularly squalid. The
cause she supported a no-
ality politics. Thus, these ads
worst of the four negative
fault insurance proposal. No-
are an affront hot only to
ads she has thrown at John
fault is a concept supported
their targets, but also to ev-
K. Van de Kamp tastelessly
by people across the country,
ery Californian who casts a
exploits film of a murdered
and some of them may even
vote Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES TIMES
San Francisco Chronicle
1990
Feinstein strategists had
onducted-back-channel dis-
Vandy Highter
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
cussions with their Van del
Down but not out, VA
Kamp counterparts in recenti
Kamp is running hard in
days in hopes of avoiding! 2
ery waking hour - literally
Feinstein Chooses
bloody end to what has beeri A
Last night, the attorne
basically polite campaign.
general scheduled a grav
But the Feinstein camp got
yard shift campaign swing (
furious after Van de Kamp
the Bay Area, between 10 pr
Lower Road This Time
previewed & touchy-feely spot
and 2 am. He planned to mex
on the environment & few
and greet longshoremen E
weeks ago - signaling his in-
loading & freighter at Pier B
Negative ads prompted by '75 mistake
tention to stay positive and
telephone operators in Sa
then filled the airwaves with
Bruno, airline machinists &
By Jerry Roberts
an ad that assailed her over
San Francisco Airport, hosp
Chronicle Folitical Editor
the Sad Francisco budget
tal workers at San Francisc
ianne Feinstein strode
On the left, then-state Sen-
When Van de Kamp this
General and finish with a vis.
across the lobby of the
ator George Moscone was
week added a spot to his mix
to 2 24-hour child care cente
Fairmont Hotel, moving away
hammering her for being an-
featuring Ralph Nader attack-
in Hunters Point
from 2 knot of reporters who
ti-labor because of her support
ing Feinstein as a tool of the
were asking about her contro-
of ballot initiatives that city
insurance industry, & macho
The night before, Van d
line prevailed and Feinstein
Kamp made a similar lat
versial new TV spots.
employee unions said were an-
ti-labor. On the right, then-Su-
went at him with a vengeance.
night swing in Los Angele
"Are you comfortable with
including a stop at one of h
these 2ds?" veteran television
pervisor John Barbagelata
family's bakeries. The ever
political reporter Rollin Post
was hitting for her taking too
Mixed Messages
attracted favorable coverage
boomed out, addressing Fein-
soft & line on police officers
stein's back
who had that summer con-
For Feinstein, the stran-
except for the fact that Van d
ducted an ugly strike.
gler ads give her a chance of
Kamp had to don a hair no
The former San Francisco
attracting male voters away
for the bakery tour, an awels
mayor whirled around and
A few days before the elec-
from Van de Kamp on the vol-
spiring sight that appeared O.
tion, Feinstein huddled with
most of the local news showe
shot Post an evil look mean
atile crime issue at time
enough to melt his camera's
her top advisers. The question
when at least one private poll
Don't forget to vote.
lens. Without a word, she had
was whether to use some of
is showing some movement to-
answered the question.
the money she had stockplied
ward the attorney general and
Striving to become the first
to attack Barbagelata, in an
Democratic white men in par-
woman in California to win &
attempt to head off erozion of
ticular breaking his way.
major party nomination for
her support. Having run a to-
governor, Feinstein made &
tally positive campaign up to
But the strangler spot, with
tough -decision this week to
that point, Feinstein decided
its raw footage of a body bag
bombard the airwaves in the
to stick to the strategy and not
being bauled up R Los Angeles
to go negative at the end.
hillside, also runs the risk of
final days of the campaign
with two spots that rip Demo-
It was a very bad choice.
undercutting the positive and
compassionate image Fein-
cratic rival John Van de Kamp
Barbagelata blew by her
stein has cultivated, especially
over the Hillside Strangler
and finished second to Mosco-
in liberal Northern California
case.
ne, leaving 2 despondent Fein.
and among women voters.
"Having the Hillside Stran-
stein out of the money in third
gler vulnerability and not us-
place. The decision not to
The bottom line is that, just
ing It would have been the
counterattack haunted her
as in 1975, this race is Fein-
equivalent of the U.S. not us.
for years.
stein's to lose.
ing the atomic bomb in Au-
Pros and Cons
gust of 1945," said campaign
But even if Van de Kamp
chairman Duane Garrett.
The photo finish to that
falls to pull off & big upset and
1975 campaign was a subject
catch her at the wire, Fein-
Past Is Prologue
of much discussion within the
stein, by airing the strangler
Feinstein's decision to go
Feinstein camp in recent
spot, has made it easier for
negative after running a con-
weeks, as they debated wheth.
Republican Pete Wilson to at-
sistently positive media cam-
er to attack Van de Kamp de-
tack her in the general elec-
paign, which carries risks as
spite Feinstein's long-standing
tion without having to worry
well as opportunity, was driv-
lead in the polls.
much about self-righteous
en to a large extent by her
noises about "taking the high
road."
personal political history.
In 1975, when she was run-
ning for mayor of San Francis-
co, Feinstein went into the last
weekend of the campaign
ahead in the polls but under
attack from two sides.
SACRAMENTO BEE 6-8-90
Wilson,
Feinstein
jousting
GOP candidate's ad
stresses low taxes
By Amy Chance
Bee Capitol Bureau
Republican gubernatorial nominee
Pete Wilson began setting the stage
Thursday for a general election cam-
paign that will attempt to portray
Democratic nominee Dianne Fein-
stein as a typical tax-and-spend liber-
al.
Releasing a new television ad that
asserts he balanced budgets as may-
or of San Diego "without raising tax-
es." Wilson told reporters he sees no
contradiction in running on an anti-
tax platform despite the fact that he
endorsed the gasoline-tax increase
Bee/Owen Brewer
on the primary ballot.
Sen. Pete Wilson applauds a speaker at his gethering Thursday for
"I voted for it and campaigned for
$1,000 contributors at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento.
it. But I don't take that as a signal
that the tax revolt is over." he said
Californians with taxable incomes of
ed questions about what he would do
following a speech to $1.000 contrib-
more than $200.000 a couple.
to close the $3.6 billion budget short.
utors at the Hyart Regency Sacra-
She aiso has supported extending
fall facing state government in the
mento. "I don't think Californians are
the sales tax increase enacted tempo-
next fiscal year.
eager to be taxed in any greater
rarily by the Legislature following
Wilson said Thursday he doesn't
amounts than they are at the present
the Bay Area earthquake last fall.
want to say now he would address
moment."
saving the proceeds should be used
the problem because he doesn : want
Although Feinstein developed a
to make state structures sarer in fu.
to interfere with delicate negotiations
reputation as a fiscal conservative in
ture earthquakes.
under way berween Gov. Deukmeji-
her nine years as mayor of San Fran-
"She $ proposed some revenue in-
an and legislative leaders.
CISCO, she did raise some taxes as
creases because the state IS looking
"I'm not going to solve it. they are."
mayor and has proposed state tax in.
at a dramatic revenue problem ngt:
he said "My prediction is they'll
creases that Wilson hopes to exploit
now." said her press secretary. Dee
probably cut spending
in the general election race.
Dee Meyers. "What ne saving is
As the Feinstein campaign scram-
During her primary campaign
that he's prepared to cut programs.
bies to begin raising the money she
against John Van de Kamp. Feinstein
I rr. curious as to what those might
will need to wage a competitive race
supported his proposal to close the
be
state budget gap by raising taxes for
Myers noted that Wilson nas duck-
See CAMPAIGN. page A5
Friday, June 8, 1990
SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE
Wilson teases Feinstein about past run-ins with running mates
By Ray Huard
"It is a remarkable contrast," Wilson said
cratic primary battle between Feinstein and
balanced budget in place. She has also said
budget problems, Wilson said Deukmejian
Tribune Politics Writer
in an address to Sacramento Republicans
Attorney General John Van de Kamp.
she provided San Francisco supervisors a
will settle the state shortfall before leaving
SACRAMENTO - Pete Wilson poked fun
who had pledged to donate $1,000 a year to
Like Van de Kamp, Wilson called for Fein-
plan for dealing with a budget shortfall that
office.
at Dianne Feinstein and her Democratic run-
the state party. "It's very easy to be enthusi-
stein to name publicly the clients of her in-
came after she left.
Wilson said he disagrees with those who've
ning mates yesterday, saying they must be
astic about running with people you like and
vestment-baker husband, Richard Blum.
The budget issue wasn't enough for Van de
"cherishing fond memories" of past run-ins
admire."
Kamp to beat Feinstein in the primary. Wil-
suggested that voter approval of Proposition
Feinstein and Blum lent Feinstein's cam-
with each other.
Calling the Republican ticket "superb,"
paign $3 million for the primary, and Wilson
son said the issue would have "greater sal-
111 to double the gas tax marked the end of
Just two years ago, Feinstein refused to
Wilson played down differences he has over
said voters "are entitled to know who's on
iency" in the November election campaign.
the tax revolt begun in 1978.
"I don't think Californians are eager to be
endorse Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy in McCar-
abortion rights with the Republican nominee
that client list."
Unlike Van de Kamp, Wilson declined to
thy's U.S. Senate race against him, said Wil-
for lieutenant governor, state Sen. Marian
say how he'd handle a projected $3.6 billion
taxed in greater amounts than they are at
Feinstein has refused to name her hus-
son, who won the Republican nomination for
Bergeson. Wilson supports abortion rights.
band's clients, saying to do so would violate
shortfall in state revenue.
this time," Wilson said.
governor Tuesday.
Bergeson does not.
their privacy.
He said that's the job of the Democrat-
But Wilson said he wouldn't take a "no-taxim
McCarthy is running for re-election as
Asked by reporters if the split would cause
Like Van de Kamp, Wilson said he will tell
controlled Legislature and outgoing Republi-
pledge because I think that would be irrean
lieutenant governor. Feinstein won the Dem-
problems, Wilson said, "We're not going to
voters that Feinstein left her successor as
can Gov. Deukmejian.
sponsible."
ocratic primary for governor Tuesday.
agree on everything, but that is far less sig-
San Francisco mayor facing a $180 million
"I'm not going to undercut George Deuk-
Wilson decried the "terrible, dishonest,
The Democratic nominee attorney gen-
nificant
than the kind of differences that
deficit.
mejian," Wilson said "He is entitled to have
deceitful campaign" he said Democrats rand
eral, San Francisco District Attorney Arlo
will separate the Democrats."
Wilson, a former San Diego mayor, said he
the kind of running room and negotiating
to kill two Republican-supported ballot mea-)
Smith, led an investigation into San Francis-
Outlining some of the themes he'll use,
would "vigorously compare our records fac-
room that he ought to have."
sures that would have changed the wayli!
co's handling of toxic waste while Feinstein
Wilson indicated that his fight against Fein-
tually and fairly."
Asked how the state budget shortfall under
boundaries are drawn for legislative and
was mayor, Wilson said.
stein will have some similarity to the Demo-
Feinstein has said she left office with a
Deukmejian differs from San Francisco's
congressional districts.
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1990
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Wanted: Governor for all
Now for the real
Ralph Nader called her a Republican
breakthrough: To get past
in Democratic clothing - though he is
wrong to suggest that she is not a true
gender-based politics.
Democrat. The fact is that she's the
smartest choice Democrats have made
This was to be the week, readers
in a long time.
may remember, when Pete Wilson,
bearing a law-and-order banner,
Not that all Democrats chose Fein-
roared into battle against John Van de
stein for the best reasons. If the exit
Kamp, wearing green. Not so many
pollsters are to be believed, many
-months ago, Wilson seemed a shoo-in
voters cast ballots for her because they
for the Republican nomination for
felt it was about time a woman was
governor, and it turns out that he was.
elected governor of California. In
Most of the political community con-
other words, they were making a state-
sidered Van de Kamp almost as much
ment rather than seriously going about
of a sure thing on the Democratic side,
the business of choosing the state's
and it turns out that he wasn't.
next chief executive. Treating gender
Now Van de Kamp is out of com-
as a qualification for office is as wrong
bat, reduced to stumping for the initia-
as doing the same thing with a candi-
tives (including the "Big Green" pack-
date's race, and Feinstein deserves
age of environmental laws) that were
better. She, like Wilson, comes to this
supposed to propel him into the gover-
election with a great deal of relevant
nor's mansion in November. And Wil-
experience in public office; it's on her,
son is trying to pull the spotlight from
record she should be judged.
Dianne Feinstein.
And that applies not just to voters
That won't be easy.
but to Feinstein herself. Gender poli-
Nor will it be easy for Wilson to find
tics are there, if she wishes to exploit
an issue to use against the former San
them. To some extent she has done so
Francisco mayor, who talks like a
to win the nomination. But she cannot
mainstream Democrat from the days
continue to do so if she wants to help
when the party was still able to elect
lead California into an era of real po-
presidents. He takes a hard line on
litical maturity, one in which women
public safety, but so does she. He's for
running for high office are truly taken
the death. penalty, but so is she. He
as seriously as men. She's making his-
wouldn't fill the courts with soft-on-
tory - no doubt about that. But the
gerime judges, but, to judge from her
real breakthrough will occur when the
praise of Gov. George Deukmejian's
novelty wears off and Feinstein and
court appointments, neither would
Wilson vie as candidates should -
she.
not to see who can serve this or that
Feinstein pledges to fight for the
sex, but to see who can best serve all
law-abiding taxpayer. No wonder
Californians.
Finance
PEOPLE
is very- nonthreatening. He- can explain
to management why X-Y-Z would work."
Blum, a Bay Area native whose father
was an apparel salesman, met Feinstein
in 1976, when she was on San Francis-
THE DEEP POCKETS
co's board of supervisors and he was an
adviser to then-Mayor George Moscone.
BEHIND DIANNE FEINSTEIN
A Democratic Party veteran, Blum's
friends include former President Jimmy
Carter and ex-Vice-President Walter
Husband Dick Blum's financial connections are raising eyebrows
Mondale. Still, when it comes to Fein-
stein, Blum avoids appearances of trad-
A
t the elegant mansion of a San
deal to date. Blum was invited to partic-
ing on his wife's prominence. "We're ex-
Francisco heiress, a group of
pate in the $3.65 billion takeover of
tremely cautious about doing anything
prominent voters is gathered
Northwest Airlines's parent by longtime
related to her activities," he says.
around Dianne Feinstein. They have paid
friends Al Checchi and Gary L. Wilson,
That hasn't shielded him from critics,
$200 each to schmooze with their Demo-
who engineered the deal. Blum and his.
however. Feinstein's opponent, Van de
cratic candidate for governor of Califor-
partners invested $100 million and re-
Kamp, has been pressuring Feinstein for
nia. To Feinstein, 56, the former mayor
ceived an 11% stake in the Minneapolis-
further disclosure of the couple's in-
of San Francisco, such contributors are
based company. Moreover, Blum has a
come-and a list of Blum's clients. Van
the financial foot soldiers in her cam-
seat on NWA's board.
de Kamp also contends that Feinstein is
paign. But she readily admits that the
Blum's track record has been out-
too closely allied to the insurance indus-
6'5" lanky man by her side "is a field
standing. With a 40% return over the
try-possibly because Blum's clients in-
marshal, a five-star general."
She's referring to her husband and
own personal money machine, Richard
SOME OF BLUM'S
C. Blum. A well-connected member of
INVESTMENT FORAYS
California's financial elite, the 54-year-
old Blum happily plays the role of "Mr.
NWA Participated in $3.65 billion buyout of
Dianne Feinstein" these days. But as
Northwest led by longtime friend Al Checchi.
her campaign nears its first big test in
Blum's firm acquired 11% stake in 1989 after
the June 5 primary, Blum is finding it
providing $100 million in equity
harder to stay in the background. And
his coziness with big name investors is a
BANKAMERICA Blum and his partners purchased
campaign issue in its own right.
a total of 2 million shares since 1987 for $30 mil-
Feinstein's campaign is expected to
lion; stake is now worth $59 million
spend about $6 million on the primary
UAL Bought 300,000 shares during the summer
race. Blum will contribute nearly half of
of 1989 for an average price of $125. Sold
the total out of his own pocket. Fein-
200,000 shares for about $284 a share and
stein, who has been considered as a
100,000 at around $155. Pretax profit for Blum
Vice-Presidential candidate in the past, is
and his clients: $35 million
narrowly leading her chief primary oppo-
nent, California Attorney General John
URS Acquired stake in this engineering and envi-
Van de Kamp, in the polls. And if she
ronmental company in late 1970s and profited
wins and faces off against Republican
handsomely when URS sold a subsidiary in 1987.
Senator Pete Wilson in November, Blum
But stock price has plunged to less than $4 from
will surely foot a hefty chunk of the
$230 in 1987. A URS vice-chairman, Blum re-
estimated $14 million tab she'll spend in
cently injected $18 million into the company
that race, too. "That's what the money is
NATIONAL EDUCATION CORP. Blum and his cli-
for," says Blum, who married Feinstein
ents own 7% of the education and training ser-
in 1980. "She could wind up being an
vices company, which lost $29.3 million last year.
agent of change in California. In that
As a director, Blum helped replace the compa-
sense, I take more seriously what she
ny's CEQ. But stock has sunk to $5 a share from
does than what I do."
a mid-1988 peak of $27
DEALMAKER. What Blum does is manage
FEINSTEIN: A
money. The roster of clients at Richard
NARROW LEAD
DATA: RICHARD C. BLUM & ASSOCIATES
C. Blum & Associates, which he founded
in 1975, includes such big names as Rob-
past five years, he ranked No. 2 in per-
clude insurance companies such as Fire-
ert M. Bass and the Belzberg family.
formance among 400 midsized invest-
man's Fund Corp. So far, the couple,
Typically, Blum and his clients form
ment firms recently surveyed by Nelson
who reported $7.4 million in income last
partnerships that acquire large stakes in
Publications, which tracks money man-
year, has provided 17 years of income
undervalued companies. Although Blum,
agers. What's more, the assets he con-
tax returns. Blum has also supplied a
a former partner at San Francisco bro-
trols have grown steadily, to $380 million
list of his corporate investors, but re-
ker Sutro & Co., rarely opts for control
last year from $57 million in 1987. David
fuses to name individual clients.
of a company, he often wins a seat on
Bonderman, chief operating officer of
Blum says the political scuffle is un-
the board to influence management.
Bass' Fort Worth (Tex.) holding compa-
warranted. Still, if Feinstein becomes
Consider his participation in the lever-
ny, says Blum's success stems from his
governor, the heat won't likely go away.
aged buyout of NWA Inc., his biggest
ability to work with management: "Dick
By Maria Shao in San Francisco
114 BUSINESS WEEK/JUNE 4, 1990
114
FINAN
San Francisco Chronicle
Prop. 115 Victory
To Alter the Courts
Critics say prosecutors will have the edge
By Harriet Chiang
Chronicle Staff Writer
If you show up for jury duty on
a better sense of the jury that you
Monday morning, you may get
choose."
sent home sooner than you expect
Some judges and lawyers pre-
- thanks to Proposition 115,
dicted that the law could, in the
which was voted into law on Tues-
short run at least, send more cases
day and is expected to bring
to trial in Superior Court by cut-
sweeping changes to California's
ting back on preliminary hearings
criminal justice system.
in Municipal Court.
The Crime Victims Justice Re-
form Act was devised by state
Before Proposition 115, the pre-
prosecutors to streamline the judi-
liminary hearing resembled a
cial process for criminal cases.
minitrial in which a Municipal
Court judge determined whether a
Defense lawyers have protest-
defendant should stand trial in Su-
ed that the law gives prosecutors a
perior Court.
strong advantage by narrowing a
defendant's right to certain proce-
Proposition 115 limits the evi-
dural maneuvers. Those legal fine
dence that can be presented at the
points can mean the difference be-
preliminary hearing by allowing a
tween conviction and acquittal,
police officer to testify in place of
warn Proposition 115 critics.
a witness or a victim.
"This is taking out the statutory
"It's going to make life for the
root of laws that have been in exis-
defense attorney a lot more ner-
tence for 50 to 60 years," said San
vous," said Brown. Without exam-
Francisco Public Defender Jeff
ining a key prosecution witness or
Brown. He called the measure a
a victim, the defense lawyer will
"district attorney's wish list."
have a more difficult time gauging
Bob Podesta, chief assistant dis-
the strength of a case and whether
trict attorney in San Francisco,
it should be settled out of court or
said there is no question that the
go to trial, he said.
measure is "pro-prosecution and
Despite their different inter-
pro-victim." But he added that it
pretations, judges, prosecutors
does not strip away any rights pro-
and defense lawyers agree that
vided by the U.S. Constitution.
Proposition 115 will be debated
For local judges, prosecutors
and litigated for years to come.
and defense lawyers, Proposition
"I cannot begin to predict all
115 will bring some immediate
the areas that the provisions are
changes.
going to affect," said Stern, de-
Attorneys no longer will ques-
scribing the measure as "the law-
tion prospective jurors in a crimi-
yers' full employment bill."
nal. case - a process that some-
times takes weeks. Under Proposi-
tion 115, the judge will ask most of
Banks to Sell Artworks
the questions for the sole purpose
of determining whether a prospec-
Mexico City
tive juror will be fair.
The art collections of Mexico's
There's no reason a judge
nationalized banks will go on the
can't do it in as just a fashion as the
auction block along with the rest
lawyer," said San Francisco Supe-
of the bank assets, according to a
rior Court Judge Edward Stern.
report yesterday in the newspaper
Brown said: "It does speed up
La Jornada, which said the sale to
the process. There's no question
private interests is part of Presi-
about that." But as a trial lawyer,
dent Carlos Salinas de Gortari's
he added, "I would much rather be
economic reform program.
THURSDAY
UNION
June 7. 1990
Speaker Brown's latest con job
When Assembly Speaker Willie
districts in addition to the current 45)
Brown boasted about how in 1984 Demo-
will be redrawn.
crats pulled a big "con" job on the vot-
Since the Republicans and Demo-
ers with TV commercials to defeat
crats, on a statewide basis, generally
Proposition 39, a reapportionment ballot
each receive about the same number of
measure backed by Gov. Deukmejian,
votes for each party, one would think
many people thought he would not dare
that each of the reapportioned districts
to try and pull off another con job.
would be evenly split in terms of party
But the speaker not only tried, he
registration.
succeeded.
Not on your life.
Mr. Brown's second con job paid off
for him and liberal Democrats when vot-
In the last reapportionment in the
ers on Tuesday rejected Propositions 118
early 1980s, the late Rep. Phil Burton, a
and 119, measures that would have re-
Democrat, engineered a reapportion-
stricted or eliminated the power to reap-
ment in which approximately 60 percent
portion legislative seats by Mr. Brown,
of the seats in the Legislature and in the
Senate President Pro Tem David Rob-
congressional delegation went to Demo-
erti, and other liberals who control the
crats - a figure far in excess of what
Legislature.
voting patterns would entitle them to.
To help him stage this con job, Mr.
Because a liberal Democrat, Jerry
Brown once again called upon actor
Brown, was governor at the time, Rep.
Jack Lemmon who gave another fine
Burton and his liberal colleagues had no
performance by slamming Propositions
trouble getting approval of their lop-
118 and 119 with the same type of false
sided gerrymandering.
statements that Mr. Lemmon used so
If Ms. Feinstein should be elected
effectively to help kill Proposition 39.
governor, there will be nothing to pre-
This time Mr. Lemmon had a little help
vent Speaker Brown and Sen. Roberti
from his friends, actor Jim Garner, and
from carving up the state in any way
actress Bea Arthur, who were able to
they like. No matter how ridiculous a re-
parlay their popularity into political
apportionment plan might be, Feinstein,
manna that could help Mr. Brown and
as governor, would probably sign it. Re-
the liberals retain their power in the
member, Speaker Brown was one of her
Legislature for another decade.
biggest boosters in the primary.
If Dianne Feinstein, the former San
While a totally unfair plan could be
Francisco mayor who won the Demo-
overturned by the courts, as was the
cratic nomination for governor in Tues-
case this week when a judge ruled that
day's primary election, should win the
the Los Angeles County Board of Super-
state's top post on Nov. 6, a continuation
visors drew supervisorial district bound-
of the chokehold the Democratic liberals
ary lines in such a way as to
have on the Legislature and on the
discriminate against Latinos, we should
state's congressional delegation will be
not count on the courts to save us.
all but assured.
During the years such a legal battle
The census figures that are currently
could take, Speaker Brown and Sen.
being compiled for California will form
Roberti could kill badly needed anti-
the basis of a process next year in which
crime bills, pass unfair gun registration
the boundaries of the 40 state Senate dis-
bills, and increase spending and taxes
tricts, 120 Assembly districts, and
for all kinds of wild social programs.
approximately 50 congressional districts
And a governor named Feinstein would
(California may receive 6 or more new
give them all her blessing.
S.D. union
June 11, 1990
Pete Wilson wins environmentalists' tests, but not their hearts
You can read the 31-page booklet
stein is reported to have "a mixed
GOP candidates in local races, they
promising Wilson on just about every
Environmentalists report the
record."
come down consistently in the Demo-
issue the environmental community
Feinstein camp has been wooing
for yourself.
Gerry
cratic column on matters of state-
puts before her.
them ardently since the primary
Analyze its half-page chart, the
On toxics, both received
Braun
"mixed" ratings. On parks and wil-
wide importance.
Wilson cannot hope to match Fein-
election.
"Performance and Leadership
derness, Wilson's record is "mixed"
A clear example occurred in this
stein in this regard and still remain
Third reason: Many environmen-
Index."
while Feinstein gets a question mark;
On Politics
past election when the Sierra Club
true to his own philosophy, which
talists believe that Wilson's record is
The conclusion is inescapable -
abandoned any pretense of non-parti-
gives considerable weight to the eco-
not as good as their rhetoric indi-
the influential California League of
she doesn't have enough of a record
sanship and opposed reapportion-
nomic impact of environmental de-
cates, and that, for political reasons,
Conservation Voters thinks that Re-
to warrant a grade.
ment reform, branding as "frauds"
mands.
Wilson is praised more for his good
publican Sen. Pete Wilson is a better
Only on energy matters does.
right."
two reform measures, Propositions
Feinstein had long hewed to a sim-
deeds than blamed for his bad ones.
environmentalist than Democrat Di-
Feinstein prevail over her Republi-
Truth be known, you can reason-
118 and 119.
ilar philosophy. But unlike Wilson,
anne Feinstein
can opponent. She gets a "single
ably expect that Feinstein - despite
That may be an overstatement
The Sierra Club's logic was impec-
she is currently free from burden-
The League's in-depth report,
plus" and Wilson gets a "mixed" rat-
the failings detailed in the league
but there is a curious symbiotic rela-
analysis - will receive the bulk of
cable: The current reapportionment
some economic ties to business and
"California Greening," analyzes the
ing.
tionship at work here.
gubernatorial candidates' records in
By my count, that's 4-1, advantage
the environmentalist support come
scam protects incumbents, who are
agriculture, the two groups most
Nov. 6.
largely Democrats, who are gener-
fearful of the environmentalist agen-
Environmentalist leaders are
seven areas of environmental con-
Wilson, with two draws.
ally better on the environment than
da.
painfully reluctant to criticize Wil-
cern. To repeat the summary find-
The league also concluded that
The best hope for Wilson is that
ings released just 12 days ago:
Feinstein shows "relatively little evi-
her support will come quietly and be-
Republicans are. Reform would
son. They need him, and they think
Recent history amplifies this
dence of mastery or forcefulness on
hind the scenes, and that those
mean more Republicans - and that's
they sway his vote. And even if Wil-
When it comes to air, water and
point. Both candidates were initially
a risk the Sierra Club did not want to
son loses this race, he will be a U.S.
coastal protection, Wilson merits a
specific environmental issues. Of the
groups that do publicly endorse, in-
skeptical about the "Big Green" envi-
cluding the league and the Sierra
take.
"double-plus" rating, which the
ronmental initiative, which would
senator for another four years.
three candidates" - this was while
league accords to those who have
Democratic Attorney General John
Club, will stay neutral.
It's hard to imagine that the Sierra
ban numerous pesticides linked to
Wilson, in turn, eagerly courts the
"taken a strong environmental lead-
Van de Kamp was in the race - "her
Why should Wilson, with his supe-
Club can now turn around and en-
cancer and birth defects.
environmentalists, hoping to win
ership role."
performance and leadership record
rior record, have to settle for table
dorse Wilson, who says he will veto
Wilson is a longstanding ally of the
their election-year support, or neu-
Feinstein's "single-plus" ratings in
has the least depth."
scraps? There are three principal
the very reapportionment plans that
Central Valley growers who use
trality, by listening to their argu-
those three areas indicate she "sup-
So last week, I asked a participant
reasons.
the Sierra Club just sacrificed its
those pesticides, and he cannot turn
ments and often coming around to
ports environmentalist positions
in the study (virtually every major
First, the environmental move-
credibility to protect.
his back on them now. Feinstein
their position. He makes them feel
but has not taken a leadership role."
California "enviro" was contacted
ment knows which party butters its
Second reason: Records are only
tried to raise money in the valley but
important.
In the area of growth manage-
for counsel) when to expect the Wil-
bread. Though groups like the league
half of the equation. The other half is
came a cropper. Soon after, her skep-
Both sides are served well by this
ment and transportation, Wilson gets
son endorsements to be announced.
and the Sierra Club have many Re-
rhetoric, and Feinstein is going to
ticism vanished and she endorsed Big
relationship. But with the governor-
the "single-plus" rating, while Fein-
The response was a sarcastic "Yeah,
public members and work for
make up her first-half deficit by out-
Green.
ship on the line, it won't be enough.
THE SACRAMENTO BEE
DATE: MONDAY
August 27, 1990
PAGE: B1
EDITION: METRO FINAL
SECTION: METRO
LENGTH: EDIUM
ILLUSTRATION: 1 PHOTO
SOURCE: Dale Maharidge Bee Staff Writer
BACKING THE CALL TO ARMS
NEIGHBORHOOD BRINGS OUT YELLOW RIBBONS IN*IRAQ*CRISIS
(916)3927203 LM
Harkening to the days of another *Middle* East crisis, a bunch of trees on
a section of a north area street are now sporting yellow ribbons, placed there
by the wife of a reservist who was called up for duty.
' ' We did it when the hostages were held in Iran, said Debbie May, the
wife of Master Sgt. Robert May, who was called away from his job two weeks ago
as a record's officer for Sacramento County Sheriff's Department 4405092
' 't's to show support for what they are fighting for, May said Sunday
afternoon. There are 26 yellow ribbons on the trees along a section of
Michelle Drive, a short suburban street northwest of Fulton and Marconi
avenues.
Robert May, a 10-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department, is part of a
national call-up of what could be as many as 200,000 reservists. He belongs to
the Air Force Reserve's 940th Air Refueling Group at Mather Air Force Base. An
unknown number of other reservists have been called out, and May said she has
not heard from her husband and does not know where he is stationed.
'He's just somewhere in the *Middle*East, *she said. While she is
concerned, she is glad her husband went.
' ' We need to be there, said May. 'This is what you do. When Mr. Bush
says go, you go. You don't ask how, where or why.
Jacqui Tearney, a neighbor who has one of the yellow ribbons on her tree,
said, ' 'A lot of people have stopped and asked about the ribbons. They have
been a big influence to make people think about it
Meanwhile, other reservists in Sacramento were preparing to leave Sunday.
Some members of the Naval Medical Command Northwest Region 55 were scheduled
to depart from Sacramento Metropolitan Airport Sunday night. The unit was
activated on Saturday to fill in for other active duty sailors at U.S. posts.
Lt. Cmdr. Richard Nathanson of the reserve training center said the orders
cut for the medical unit are for 90 days. But depending on the need, the
active duty tour for the reservists can be cut short or lengthened.
''It's a real big inconvenience, said Cindee Lavy, a member of hospital
reserve unit. You put your life on hold because of one phone call. I was
going to start school
Who would have thought this would happen?''
Lavy, 21, said she was scheduled to start school at the University of
California, Davis. She joined the naval reserves two years ago to take
advantage of a program to help with her college education.
''But I haven't even started to get that yet, she said. ' I have school,
rent to pay. The general feeling is, I can't believe it's happening.
While Lavy is going to work in a naval hospital in Charleston, S.C., others
in her 51-member unit are going to Bremerton, Wash. or to Camp Pendleton near
San Diego.
Nathanson said the reservists have been generally positive. They all
understand this is what they were trained for, he said.
CAPTION: Bee/Jay Mather 082790PC2B1
Debbie May, the wife of a reservist, displays the flag and a yellow ribbon in
this crisis.
KEYWORDS:
MIDEAST SACTO*MILITARY*NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT
THE SACRAMENTO BEE
DATE: SUNDAY
August 26, 1990
PAGE: A15
EDITION: METRO FINAL
SECTION: MAIN NEWS
LENGTH: MEDIUM
ILLUSTRATION: 1 PHOTO
SOURCE: Ted Bell Bee Staff Writer
MEMO:
CRISIS IN THE*PERSIAN*GULF
IT'S 'HURRY UP AND WAIT' FOR RESERVISTS
LOTS OF SITTING, PILES OF PAPER WORK IN ANTICIPATION OF GETTING
THE CALL
TO DUTY
If there were any doubts among the California National Guardsmen assigned
to the 1113th Transportation Company about the Army wanting them to mobilize,
they were all put to rest Saturday when some of them sat and waited and then
waited and sat.
The company commander met with the battalion commander who met with the
group commander. A sentry sat outside the armory on Meadowview Road and some
sergeants complained about the kind of media coverage they were getting.
This really was hard-core Army time.
Things were a little more hectic at the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve
Center on Elder Creek Road where 76 doctors, nurses and corpsmen who are naval
reservists filled out lots of forms in anticipation of their departure to
Bremerton, Wash., where most will fill in for Navy personnel who sailed off to
the Persian*Gulf on the hospital ship Mercy about two weeks ago.
The 1113th was one of 18 National Guard and Army Reserve units that
received a 'warning order' Friday that, because of the crisis in the Persian*
Gulf, they could be called to active duty and to be ready to move out within
three days of that call.
The company of 170 men and 11 women drive and maintain 60 heavy truck
tractors and 124 trailers. All the vehicles are painted in green camouflage,
the same as their rivers' uniforms, rather than the sandlike colors more
appropriate to the*Middle*East. *Like the rest of the California Guard army
units, they have been geared primarily for Korea and, secondly, Europe.
About 30 members of the company, about half of them volunteering their
time, were at the armory Saturday.
''It's pretty much 'hurry up and wait' said Staff Sgt. Mike Lathrop.
We're just waiting for the call.
Like all good*military*operations, there were rumors: They will be
transporting goods between bases within the United States; they are going
straight to*Saudi*Arabia; they are going to Europe to fill in for an active-
duty transport company that's going to the gulf.
' I wish I knew, smiled Lathrop, a veteran of this sort of thing and the
manager of a liquor store in his 'other life'
Lathrop said it would be within the realm of possibility that the 1113th
will go to Saudi *Arabia even without the right camouflage schemes and the
heavy filters and oil needed for that part of the world because there is a
nice freeway system in Saudia Arabia linking ports with the forward
transportation centers and that's the 1113th's main job.
The Army has until Oct. 1 to make up its mind about what to do with the
1113th.
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-called-
Meanwhile, Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Henk spent her Saturday filling out papers and
more papers for the Navy and then going across town to her employer, the UC
Davis Medical Center, with more papers to prove she had papers from the Navy.
husb
Robert
Henk
AIDS unit?
' ' I was ready, said Henk, a supervising nurse when in her naval uniform
and a nurse in the medical center's AIDS unit in her civilian uniform. ''I'm
still ready.
I support President Bush's decision to mobilize the
reserves. But I don't feel good about*leaving*my family.
Her husband, Robert, a lawyer, and daughters Brigette, 5, and Brittany, 2,
will have to do without the lieutenant commander for an unknown period of
time. That means full-time day care for the girls, a cost to be figured into
the family's monthly budget.
Henks is part of Naval Medical Command Northwest Region 550. Four other
local Naval Reserve physicians and specialty nurses, not assigned to a
specific unit, were also called up Saturday.
All the naval reservists are expMonday or Tuesday.
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Sgt. Robert Jakobsen of the California National Guard's 1113th Transportation
Company leaps to the task of double-stacking trailers at the armory on
Meadowview Road in Sacramento. The company has been placed on alert for a
possible call-up.
KEYWORDS: *IRAQ* MIDEAST *SAUDI*ARABIA *MILITARY* US
THE SACRAMENTO BEE
DATE: SATURDAY August 25, 1990
PAGE: A21
EDITION: METRO FINAL
SECTION: MAIN NEWS
LENGTH: MEDIUM
SOURCE: Maria Camposeco Bee Staff Writer
REST TIME AFTER TRIP TO SAFETY
IRAQIS UNKNOWINGLY HELPED AMERICANS
Nine days after a dramatic escape from Kuwait across the desert with
their 1-year-old daughter, Claire Haflich and her husband, Faleh Al-Hami, want
to do just one thing -- rest.
Haflich and her husband were trying to do just that Friday at her father's
home in Stockton, where they've been since they arrived in the United States
from*Saudi*Arabia on Thursday night.
The couple, who lived in Kuwait for two years, fled the country Aug. 15
--- 13 days after Iraqi troops invaded the country.
Initially, Haflich, who is American, and her Kuwaiti husband took a wait-
and-see attitude toward the invasion. It was not until Iraqi*soldiers*
seized their apartment complex in Abuhalifa, a city on the*Persian*Gulf, that
they decided to travel to Sabahiya, where Al-Hami's parents were living.
The family decided to flee the country shortly after Iraqi*soldiers*began
rounding up foreigners.
Wearing traditional robes and veils SO she wouldn't be recognized as an
American, Haflich and her husband and daughter tried four times to cross the
border but were turned back by*soldiers*each time.
On Aug. 15, the family decided to take their chances and joined a caravan
across the desert -- where their escape became a bit more dramatic.
As they crossed the desert in 120-degree heat, their car became stuck in
sand about half a mile from an Iraqi*military*camp. As they struggled to dig
the car out, the family was approached by two Iraqi*soldiers.*
'That was the scariest part, said Haflich in a phone interview. 'When
those*soldiers*approached us, our hearts were just pounding. We heard they had
been shooting people.
Instead, the*soldiers, *who apparently believed Haflich was Kuwaiti, ordered
her back into the car with her daughter and began pushing the car out of the
sand.
As they worked to free the car, two more*soldiers*joined the effort.
Eventually, 12 Iraqí*soldiers*- using a truck -- freed Haflich's car and
those of five others who were in the same caravan.
In exchange, the*soldiers*asked for some dates and water before waving the
caravan through.
If it weren't for them, we would still be (in the desert), and our baby
would have been the first to go because she's the smallest, said Haflich,
who added that many Iraqi*soldiers*are patrolling the desert and Kuwaiti
borders without food and water.
Their five-hour trek across the desert ended when they reached the Saudi*
Arabian border. After several days of waiting, the family was able to get,
tickets for a flight out of the country.
Haflich and her husband still are not sure what they will do but feel that
the Iraqis are wrong to have invaded a country in which she said Kuwaitis
refer to their leader as father.
The Iraqis should go home, they have no business there, said Haflich.
''Iraq*doesn't care about the people, all they care about is the oil
beneath the sand.
KEYWORDS:
*IRAQ* MIDEAST *SAUDI*ARABIA
THE SACRAMENTO BEE
DATE: FRIDAY
August 24, 1990
PAGE: A23
EDITION: METRO FINAL
SECTION: MAIN NEWS
LENGTH: MEDIUM
SOURCE: John King Associated Press
DATELINE: *SAUDI*ARABIA
MEMO: CRISIS IN THE*PERSIAN*GULF
DEEP IN DERT, AMERICAN TROOPS STARVED FOR NEWS OF HOME
An American Marine from New York had one question when he arrived in this
desert kingdom: 'Are the Mets in first?''
Most of the thousands of U.S. troops here have no access to American
publications or any television, SO they incessantly ask visiting reporters
about the situation back home.
''Do the American people want us here?'' an Army private on a desert
exercise this week wanted to know.
''Is President Bush saying we'll go to war?'' asked an Air Force supply
officer.
A mimeographed newsletter attempts to fill the void with a story
headlined: Secretary of Defense Explains Why We Are Here But it does
little to satisfy the appetite of the news-hungry Americans.
'The situation is very uncertain, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney says in
the newsletter. We don't know how long it will last.
However, there are signs the troops will be getting more access to the
news. A daily shipment of newspapers has been sent to some camps this week.
'They get passed around and read again and again and again, said a
spokesman for the 82nd Airborne. The guys are hungry for news.
A few issues of the *military* newspaper Stars & Stripes have turned up in
the past few days, and the small newsletter that carried Cheney's remarks is
being published at one*Saudi*air base where U.S. forces are positioned.
*Iraq*is trying to fill the news void with radio broadcasts suggesting that
while Americans are protecting*Saudi*oil fields the petrol emirs' are in
the United States and have ''enjoyed'' the company of American women.
I thought it was pretty funny, actually, said a member of the 82nd
Airborne Division who listened to the broadcast earlier this week. If that's
their idea of psychological warfare I don't think we have much to worry
about
The*Saudi*media also has had its fair share of recent propaganda.
Local television, which can be seen by some U.S. forces staying in hotels
or Saudi tbarracks, frequently includes lengthy segments showing the arrival
and exercises of troops in the kingdom. There is no narration, but patriotic
music booms.
*Saudi*papers carry daily dispatches from a state press agency designed to
assure the public that the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait will not affect*Saudi*
Arabia's food supplies, economy or security.
The*Saudi*papers also have published numerous wire service stories about
the crisis. Americans who live here say the local press never has been this
open before.
But one 20-year-old Army driver didn't really need a newspaper to tell him
what was going on.
He says he was told at a briefing that U.S. troops were on 'a
peacekeeping mission, but he said he knew there was a good chance for
combat.
How did he know?
'They issued live rounds instead of blanks, he said.
KEYWORDS: US*MILITARY*MIDEAST
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THE SACRAMENTO BEE
DATE: THURSDAY August 23, 1990
PAGE: B3
EDITION: METRO FINAL
SECTION: METRO
LENGTH: SHORT
SOURCE: Dale Vargas Bee Staff Writer
CAPITAL AREA'S HOSPITAL RESERVISTS GIRD FOR POSSIBLE MIDEAST
CALL-UP
ready to go to the front lines for her country.
This week, the theoretical leaped toward reality.
For 10 years, hospital administrator Deborah Aspling has been trained 2222 and
Aspling is one of dozens of Sacramento hospital workers who have been
alerted that they could be as little as 24 hours away from the crisis in the
Mideast.
' ' I ' m actually OK with it, said Aspling, Sutter General's assistant
administrator and a reserve U.S. Air Force major. The rigors of her annual
training as a flight nurse have kept her always at the ready, she said, and
she 'would be comfortable'' going on active duty.
Aspling, 35, said her squadron leaders have kept members of the unit up to
date on the situation sparked by*Iraq s*Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait.
office in Any Reserve
If Aspling was called into active duty, she could be joined by any of the
50 other Sutter employees who also are in*military*reserves.
Reservists at the Sutter hospitals and other area hospitals range from non-
medical staff to lab technicians and doctors. Many have been trained for
medical-related service, but others are ready for other*military*duties.
Officials at several large Sacramento hospitals said medical service would
not be affected by any departure of personnel. Reservist nurses -- including
30 at the UC Davis Medical Center **** **** would be replaced in many cases with the
help of local staffing organizations.
Cindy Holst of Mercy Healthcare Sacramento said the Mercy hospitals are in
the process of identifying which of their staffers are reservists and what
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impact their departure might have. 'We'll work around any staffing challenges
this presents, she said.
Each of the hospitals would follow federal regulations that require
employers to hold jobs for employees called into service, officials saíd.
Aspling said she and her husband, Bart, a state Department of Education
employee who also is a reserve Air Force major, stay in the reserves because
they believe in their government's actions.
Chancey
*We vote people in we trust, she said. She has not questioned U.S.
*military* in the Mideast, she said, because ''I know the decision has
been made for the best interests of the nation.
KEYWORDS:
SACTO MIDEAST*MILITARY*MEDICINE
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THE SACRAMENTO BEE
DATE: WEDNESDAY August 22, 19.90
PAGE: B1
EDITION: METRO FINAL
SECTION: METRO
LENGTH: MEDIUM
ILLUSTRATION: 2 PHOTO
SOURCE: Steve Gibson Bee Staff Writer
MCCLELLAN SENDS LOTS OF PEOPLE, PARTS TO GULF
PACE OF WORK ACCELERATES AT CAPITAL AIR FORCE BASE
More than 100 aircraft repair and maintenance experts from McClellan Air
Force Base have been flown to the*Persian*Gulf to support American forces
there, the top general at the base said Tuesday.
Moreover, workers at the McClellan-based Sacramento Air Logistics Center
have been working 24 hours a day readying spare parts for warplanes that have
already been sent to Turkey, *Saudi Arabia and Diego Garcia, officials said.
McClellan also has become a focal point of air shipments for a plethora of
Mideast-bound*military*materiel and spare parts from the Sacramento and Sharpe
Army depots and the Defense Logistics Agency facility at Tracy. I wouldn't
characterize it as a crisis (situation), but there is a major effort under
way, Maj. Gen. Trevor A. Hammond, commander of the Air Logistics Center,
said in an interview.
Hammond said equipment that had been programmed to be repaired over the
next few months is being overhauled in a matter of days or weeks.
Basically, he said, ''we' ve accelerated our workload.
He said McClellan workers have assembled extra "war readiness support
kits'' containing spare parts for the F-111, A-10 and F-117A Stealth fighter
-- all aircraft that have already been sent to the*Middle*East.
Hammond declined to be more specific, but added, 'It doesn't take a brain
surgeon to figure out the (types of) items needed to support an ongoing
operation.
He said he couldn't give the exact number of McClellan personnel who have
been sent to the*Persian*Gulf region. But he said they all are*military*
personnel not civilian workers.
'They've got the engineering talent and repair talent you would like to
have handy on scene, he said. 'That's the kind of people we're talking
about
Other sources at McClellan said maintenance employees there also are
working on hydraulic pumps for B-52 bombers, similar to the ones at Diego
Garcia, and flight-control components for F-15s and F-16s, which the Air Force
has sent to*Saudi*Arabia.
A squadron of F-111B attack bombers, which are overhauled and maintained
at McClellan, are on standby in Turkey. A-10 anti-tank planes, which are also
serviced at McClellan, have been sent to the*Persian*Gulf as well.
Méanwhile, at the Sacramento Army Depot, officials confirmed for the first
time Tuesday that employees who were ordered to work mandatory 12-hour shifts
last week were providing high-tech communications and electronic equipment to
U.S. forces in the*Persian*Gulf.
Last week, depot officials refused to confirm or deny that the work was
connected with the deployment of U.S. forces to*Saudi*Arabia.
'We' had over 500 different requests for either repair work or items in
stock from our forces in the*Persian*Gulf, depot spokeswoman Roxanne Yonn
said.
Moreover, Yonn said depot workers are repainting green communication
shelters to a new tan and beige color so they will blend in better in the
desert terrain in the*Persian*Gulf. The shelters, some of them air-
conditioned, are used to house communiWARNING! cations equipment and
operators.
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Army Depot mechanic Mike Bonham, *left, * *sands an electrical equipment shelter
to replace its jungle green with desert tan. Below, an Ohio Air Guard C-130
transport is loaded with spare parts and supplies at McClellan Air Force Base.
KEYWORDS: SACTO*MILITARY*MIDEAST
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THE SACRAMENTO BEE
DATE: SATURDAY August 18, 1990
PAGE: SC1
EDITION: METRO FINAL
SECTION: SCENE
LENGTH: MEDIUM
SOURCE: Anita Creamer
EVERY MARINE IS SOMEBODY'S BABY
FOR THE LAST week, Helen Biggs has been lashed to a frantically swinging
pendulum of emotions, swaying from tearful grief to anger, to calmness and
resignation, to a hilarity that has a tinge of desperation about it.
She learned a week ago that her only child -- James W. Biggs, a 23-year-
old U.S. Marine Corps sergeant stationed at Camp Pendleton -- was scheduled
to be flown from the beachfront safety of San Diego County to the danger zone
of*Saudi*Arabia. As you read this column, Sgt. Biggs is probably adjusting to
the desert heat, and to the strife-ridden political climate created by the
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
'My whole world has been pulled out from underneath me, says Helen, 43,
who lives near El Dorado Hills. She chokes up and whispers, You have to be
patient with me. I can't even describe the feeling.
But after she takes a deep breath, her voice regains strength. The words
pour out faster and faster: She's thought of nothing else for the past week,
and she'll think of nothing else for an indefinite time to come.
''You walk around like a robot, just trying to exist. Even my husband is
torn up about it. We're so proud of Jimmy. He's the joy of our lives.
'People say nothing's going to happen to him. Well, how do they know?
They're sending everybody but God himself over there. And you've taken care of
him for so many years, and now you can't take care of him if something
happens.
Her son has told her that, like many*military*bases, Camp Pendleton has a
support group for wives of servicemen sent overseas. But Helen Biggs doesn't
think a wives' group quite fills all the needs. For one thing, Jimmy has
already mentioned one spouse who feels out of place with the Marine wives
the husband of a Marine.
And for another thing, there's Helen -- the mother of an eager young
Marine who was disappointed he wasn't part of December's Panamanian invasion.
She knows there are other servicemen's mothers and families who need the
comfort of each other's company just as much as she does,
This being California, where self-help reigns supreme, Helen wants to form
a support group to share those common concerns.
She has the name picked out: Mothers Against Saddam Hussein, or MASH.
To her, it doesn't matter that when her son decided that being a Marine
was the career for him, he also decided to risk putting himself in harm's way.
Now, he's a five-year veteran, a trained fighting man who specializes in
intelligence work.
No matter that this is Jimmy's choice.
His mother is taking this matter personally. So she's holding Saddam
Hussein personally responsible for her son's welfare.
I've got it all figured out, she says. We get a group of mothers
together and charter a plane
I'd like to see Saddam Hussein turned loose
with a bunch of American mothers. I want to get in a room with that man. Let
me at him.
She's laughing, but she sounds pretty serious to me.
I SAY IT'S a scary prospect for Hussein: A battalion of skilled, hardened
veterans of motherhood parachute into Baghdad and storm his headquarters,
screaming, Straighten up this room!
They force-feed him white bread-and-Velveeta sandwiches, Pop Tarts, tuna
casseroles and quivering orange Jell-0 molds loaded with crushed pineapple,
grated carrot and miniature marshmallows.
They glare at him with that steely-eyed, take-no-prisoners mom look
they ve perfected, and demand in unison: 'Young man, take out the trash! Now!
Because I said so, that's why!'
A few hours of the mom treatment, and Saddam Hussein will beg for mercy.
' ' I've got to try to laugh about it, Helen says.
Because the uncertainty and fear loom too close to home. The fighting man
in question is her Jimmy: the baby she held in her arms, the little boy who
loved to play baseball, the teenager who couldn't wait to graduate from Oak
Ridge High School.
It isn't easy to see your baby go through this, she says. ' ' I just
want this over with.
She wants Jimmy home again. But in the meantime, she knows there are some
things only other mothers can understand.
ANITA CREAMER'S column appears Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in Scene.
Write her at P.O. Box 15779, Sacramento 95852, or call (916) 321-1136.
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THE WEEK Y-ON. OLITICS A DLITICS AND.GOVER D.GOVER MENT
HEADY MIX OF POLITICS, SHOW BIZ
ANTA MONICA, CALIF.-Not
ducer of the commercial, Hayden's es-
many election campaigns issue
tranged wife, actress Fonda, was instru-
three-page press releases detailing
mental in rounding up other stars to
the production history of their commer-
participate in the show.
clals-but then, not many of them fea-
And it's quite a show, with 15 celebri-
ture film and television stars such as
ties pitching for Big Green, interspersed
Chevy Chase, Jane Fonda, Michael Lan-
with on-the-beach interviews with peo-
don, Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck, Su-
ple deploring the condition of the envi-
san Sarandon, Cybill Shepherd and
ronment and graphic messages punc-
Bruce Willis.
tuated with a driving sound track. "We
All have cameo roles in a 30-minute
wanted something that was visually cap-
TV commercial designed to rally support
tivating to keep the audience glued to a
for Proposition 128, California's 1990
very important message," Broday said.
Environmental Protection Act, better
"We were really targeting this to the
what Big Green would do to protect the
known as "Big Green," the sweeping
channel flippers," said Craig Golin, Big
redwood forests from logging, for exam-
environmental initiative on the state's
Green's other co-producer and a partner
ple, was narrated by actor Gregory Peck
ballot this fall. Big Green would, among
with Broday at Broday-Golin Produc-
with the wisdom-of-the-ages of Atticus
other things, phase out agricultural pes-
tions in Studio City. Golin was the pro-
Finch, his character in To Kill a Mock-
ticides that contain active or inert can-
ducer-director of the "We are the
ingbird. "It takes just three minutes to
cer-causing chemicals, permanently ban
World" video that focused on the plight
destroy the work of centuries," Peck
new offshore oil and natural gas develop-
of famine victims in Ethiopia. By having
says. "Just three minutes to rip through
ment on state land and set goals for dra-
so many "modular pieces" featuring
the bark and fiber and history of a 2,000-
matically cutting statewide carbon diox-
stars, graphics and emotionally arresting
year-old redwood."
ide emissions. Most political observers
interviews, the producers hope to grab
The concluding segment features a
expect the initiative to be approved.
the viewers' attention before they change
montage of people roller-skating, jog-
In a state where politicians count for
to another channel. Even if viewers see
ging, hang gliding, waterskiing and play-
less than movie and TV stars, the Big
only part of it, Big Green's makers fig-
ing tennis, with a pulsing musical segue
Green campaign is another manifesta-
ure, it can effectively convey information
and a wrap-up from Fonda, who talks
tion of Hollywood's influence on the po-
in bits and pieces.
earnestly about the irony of health-con-
litical and cultural agendas. And just as
Viewers won't mistake the campaign
scious Californians tolerating polluted
Hollywood's reach extends beyond Cali-
commercial for a National Geographic
air, water and foodstuffs. "This Novem-
fornia's boundaries. so its new environ-
special on Brazil's rain forest. "Most
ber, let's try a different exercise," she
mental role may have a nationwide im-
environmental programming has been
exhorts. "Let's exercise our right to vote.
pact.
very didactic, very sort of PBS-like,"
Let's vote for the Big Green."
Besides all the star power and its un-
Eamon Harrington, one of the show's
For all its Hollywood-quality produc-
usual 30-minute length, the Big Green
two writer-directors, said. "The informa-
tion values, Big Green was not very ex-
program is also attracting attention for
tion just rolls off your back," said Har-
pensive to make. The stars' perfor-
its -paced cinematic technique,
rington, an independent director in New
mances and much of the production
which resembles an MTV video. That's
York City and formerly an executive
work were donated, reducing the video's
not surprising. because most of its cre-
producer at VH 1, an MTV music video
actual costs to about $100,000, its mak-
ators have worked with Music Television
cable program. "We found that if we
ers say. Broday and Golin estimated that
Networks Inc.
could keep the facts coming at you in a
without the donated services, it would
Big Green backers include Demo-
very fast, hip, modern look, we could
have cost $500,000-$600,000 to produce.
cratic Assemblyman Thomas E. Hay-
cram a lot in there without being
There's one small problem with the
den. who is listed in the film's credits as
preachy."
video. Not many people are seeing it.
its executive producer, Democratic state
"Hip" may be an understatement for
With the cost of a prime-time TV ad-
Attorney General John K. Van de Kamp
this show. Some stars are seen in black
vertisement on a highly rated network
and five major environmental groups.
and white, and some interviewees appear
program in Los Angeles running $1,000
According to Beth Broday, a co-pro-
in altered tints and hues. Visual manipu-
per second, the Big Green video has been
lation and step-framing techniques make
shown on cable programs and aired on
an interviewee's voice and gestures seem
some regular broadcast channels at odd
out of sync. Often, when the stars speak,
hours, such as 1:30 A.M. But in that
the cameras move at angles so that the
time slot on Aug. 3, Big Green's propo-
stars appear to zoom on and off the TV
nents said that the commercial had the
screen. Instead of the ordinary talking
second-highest rating of any program on
heads, you see moving heads.
Los Angeles TV.
The scripts were written so that view-
With that kind of viewership, a Demo-
ers would readily identify with each star.
cratic media consultant estimated, per-
"Each one of the celebrities' pieces fit
haps 1 per cent of the state's voters
those celebrities well," co-producer
would see the program. He said the com-
Golin said. "They were tailor-made for
mercial was more likely to become a po-
the celebrity's persona." A segment on
litical "cult classic." Others wonder if
2050 NATIONAL JOURNAL 9/1/90
PUSHING FOR 'BIG GREEN' INITIATIVE
the video isn't just preaching to the choir
proposal, which was crafted primarily to
and will fail to win many converts. The
counteract the pesticide provisions in Big
Big Green campaign, headquartered in
Green, is seen as a recognition of Propo-
this city, recently followed through with
sition 128's strength. "Agriculture
its plans to purchase more traditional ad-
wasn't in a position to pick every fight
vertising time-initially about $250,000
with Big Green," an adviser to the Big
worth-for a more conventional politi-
Brown campaign said. "I think they
cal ad touting Proposition 128. Most of
thought that offering an alternative [to
Big Green] might have its advantages,"
said Jack S. McDowell, a partner in the
Burlingame political consulting firm of
Woodward & McDowell. "It gave peo-
ple a choice that they could still vote for
an improvement in the environment,"
ter week in a given show," EMA presi-
said McDowell, whose firm is managing
dent Andy Spahn said. "If we are able to
a separate effort to defeat Big Green out-
show recycling as normal social behav-
right, called "No on 128, the Hayden
ior, that can have an impact on the pub-
Initiative" campaign. McDowell de-
lic."
clined to discuss the budget for his cam-
Sending out subtle environmental cues
paign, but its ads have already taken aim
in TV programs has been likened to the
at the controversial Hayden and his am-
entertainment industry's decision in the
bitions for Big Green's environmental
mid-1970s to promote the use of seat
the campaign's $2 million media budget
advocate post.
belts. Increasingly, characters in TV pro-
will be spent on conventional ads, but
That doesn't bother Bob Mullholland,
grams were shown routinely buckling
some might be segments spun off from
Big Green's campaign manager. "I hope
up.
the video.
they attack Hayden between now and
The 1,500 actors, agents, scriptwrit-
According to the Big Green staff, even
Nov. 6," he said. "It will identify Hay-
ers, singers and other entertainment in-
though the video is not a ratings block-
den strongly with the environment, and
dustry members of ECO are interested in
buster, it may be a commercial success.
they will wake up wondering what did
seeing environmental messages conveyed
The ad carries an appeal to people to call
they create here." And Mullholland
to TV and film viewers. But their efforts
900-BE GREEN to register their sup-
vowed to push other environmental ini-
also range from encouraging recording
port for the initiative. Those who call
tiatives, even if Big Green succeeds. "De-
artists to reduce the excess packaging for
automatically contribute $5 to the cam-
pending on who the governor is, we'll
compact disk recordings and movie set
paign, with the charge included in their
have another environmental issue in '92,
managers not to use disposable dishes
telephone bill. The campaign says the
the godson of Big Green," he said.
and cups, to getting soap opera stars to
money generated this way has been ex-
Also likely to be in the environmental
include environmental missives in their
ceeding the cost of running the video on
trenches for the long haul are Holly-
replies to fan mail.
cable and on broadcast channels at odd
wood's troops, but not necessarily on the
These two Hollywood mobilizations
hours, thus creating a commercial that
initiative ramparts. From their ranks,
might seem like a second front in the
pays for itself.
two nonprofit organizations dedicated to
environmental movement, but not in
In addition to the money, the phone
instilling an environmental ethic in the
calls provide a valuable list of names of
entertainment industry sprang up in
proven contributors who can be solicited
1989: the Environmental Media Associ-
again. Many observers say that these
ation (EMA) in Culver City, and the
names will ultimately be used by Hayden
Earth Communications Office (ECO) in
to help him win election in 1992 to a new
Los Angeles.
post of environmental advocate, the head
The board of directors for EMA in-
of an independent state agency Big
1-900-BECREEN
cludes the chiefs of the four major TV
Green would set up to enforce Califor-
networks as well as some major studio
nia's environmental laws.
heads. Its staff of five works with writers,
The main alternative initiative to Big
producers and others, encouraging them
Green on the November ballot is Propo-
to incorporate environmental themes in
sition 135, dubbed "Big Brown" by local
their work. The group's advisory board
politicians. Sponsored by the state's agri-
includes scientists and environmental ex-
cultural interests, the measure basically
perts. At a late-June breakfast, EMA
California, observed University of
calls for tighter monitoring of pesticides.
held an environmental briefing for pro-
Southern California law professor Susan
Generally, if two competing initiatives
ducers and writers from 42 of this fall
Estrich, who managed Massachusetts
are both approved, the provisions of the
season's prime-time TV shows. Some-
Gov. Michael S. Dukakis's 1988 presi-
initiative winning the greater number of
times, EMA serves as a technical consul-
dential campaign. "When it comes to is-
votes become law.
tant on TV and movie scripts.
sues," Estrich said, "politics is not the
The fact that the farming interests
"We are looking for an ongoing com-
first place people turn; it's to the enter-
opted to press for their own narrower
mitment like showing recycling week af-
tainment industry."
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swaying the partisan loyalties of Hispanic
influential than its 4 per cent share of the
reaching out. He once did a campaign
voters, particularly younger ones. "A lot
state's total electorate suggests. Although
commercial in Armenian on an Arme-
of people may say the Republican Party is
Asians are more heterogeneous than
nian-language cable TV station to appeal
going to be more responsive to our leader-
Jews, the two ethnic groups generally
to Los Angeles's sizable Armenian com-
ship and participation needs," Los Ange-
share two features: They are well-edu-
munity. He has also traveled to Israel
les City Council Democrat Gloria Molina
cated, and they are entrepreneurs. That
with his wife to show his interest in the
said.
gives Asians, like Jews, the resources and
Jewish community, and he has spoken out
The new state and local reapportion-
the stakes in the political system.
against the city Police Department's prac-
ment plans to be drawn up after 1990
Asians may not be ready to play in the
tice of sometimes turning crime victims
could also affect the number of Hispanics
same political league as the vaunted Wax-
and witnesses who are illegal aliens over
able to break into the political process.
man-Berman West L.A. money machine,
to federal immigration agents.
Molina called the current state Assembly
run by Democratic Reps. Henry A. Wax-
"I'm trying to send out a subliminal
boundaries, which were drawn by Demo-
man and Howard L. Berman. Neverthe-
message that you don't have to be His-
crats, a "rotten deal" for Hispanics be-
less, a recent fund-raiser by Asian Pacific
panic to care about that [alien] issue,"
cause Hispanics made no permanent
Americans for Feinstein in "Koreatown,"
Woo said. He added that "in the absence
gains in that chamber during the 1980s.
one of Los Angeles's major Asian neigh-
of strong parties, you have personality-
To be in a position to exert more influ-
borhoods, netted more than $60,000 for
based alliances."
ence over the next round of reapportion-
Dianne Feinstein's Democratic guberna-
An Asian-Hispanic political coalition
ment decisions nationwide, the Mexican
torial campaign. Much of it was raised
might even make sense, said UCLA's
American Legal Defense and Education
among young Asian-American profes-
Estrada, who noted that the two ethnic
Fund and the Southwest Voter Registra-
sionals, several barely in their 30s. At-
groups share similar characteristics, such
tion and Education Project are creating
tending his first political fund-raiser, Da-
as recent citizenship and an immigrant
their own computer capability to demon-
vid Tseng, a Los Angeles lawyer with the
experience, and hold similar views on
strate how new congressional, state legis-
firm of Baker, McKenzie, said, "We want
such issues as financing bilingual educa-
lative and local districts with Hispanic
to show Dianne that Asian Americans are
tion-both groups favor it-and restrict-
majorities could be drawn. "Hopefully,"
interested in participating in the political
ing foreign ownership of U.S. compa-
Molina said, "that empowerment will
process."
nies-both are opposed.
bring about more representation."
Those who can write $1,000 checks for
Hispanics and Asians, Estrada said, are
Her fellow Democratic city council-
campaign contributions don't have to
generally more conservative than the
man, Richard Alatorre, was generally less
worry about being left out of the political
population at large on cultural issues.
critical of his party, but he warned: "We
system. But with weak parties, less-afflu-
With "the numbers on one side, the
are not afraid to use the courts to seek
ent Asians might not readily be pulled in.
money on the other, you could look for
districts if either political party violates
Woo said that the Democratic Party and
some fairly interesting things to happen,"
the voting rights of our community. Our
Democratic campaigns, instead of creat-
he said.
numbers are going to be translated more
ing new supporters by investing in a voter
and more in the political arena."
registration table outside a naturalization
As for Asians, Los Angeles Democratic
ceremony, are more likely "to send people
FAVORITE DAUGHTER?
city councilman Michael Woo said, "The
to black churches on Sunday as opposed
In 1968, two years after Ronald Rea-
idea of political influence may not be
to groups that may lack any partisan iden-
gan was elected governor of California, he
based on pure numbers." His model for
tification. It's been a lost opportunity for
was running for the Republican presiden-
political success is the West Los Angeles
Democrats."
tial nomination. In 1974, Democrat Ed-
Jewish community, which is much more
Woo is a politician who believes in
mund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. captured Cali-
fornia's governorship, and two years later,
he had his sights set on the White House.
If Feinstein defeats Republican Sen. Pete
Wilson in this year's governor's race, will
she play an active role in the 1992 Demo-
cratic presidential nominating contest?
As Reagan and Brown did, a Gov.
Feinstein would be representing the na-
tional party-out-of-power in the nation's
largest state, the perfect laboratory for
public policy innovation on a large scale,
and would surely win national news me-
dia attention. With California's extensive
links to the Pacific Rim, Feinstein would
probably have a reason to make some
overseas trips and burnish her credentials
in international trade matters. And her
being a woman would simply double the
media hype of anything she does.
Feinstein's election as governor "is a
James A. Barnes
critical step to women having a chance to
become President of the United States,"
said Wendy R. Sherman, executive direc-
tor of EMILY's List, a national women's
Former California Republican Party chairman Robert M. Naylor
political fund-raising organization based
Special-interest money that might have helped the parties is spent on initiatives.
in Washington. "She certainly would be-
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Richard A. Bloom
California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dianne Foinstein and her Republican opponent, Son. Pete Wilson
The winner in November will almost certainly become an instant contender for C8 spot on the 1992 or 1996 national ticket.
come a major political figure in presiden-
Whoever decides to compete in Califor-
But ideology may be only part of the
tial politics." That may be an understate-
nia had better bring along a fat checkbook
problem for the Democrats. The party's
ment: The governor sits on top of the state
to buy political commercials. The notion
recent presidential candidates appear to
with the largest number of delegates to
that local TV will be fascinated by any
Californians "like they're in an Ibsen play
the national conventions, the largest cam-
candidate and give that person a free ride
where everybody dies in the end," said
paign fund-raising capacity and the most
on the newscasts is considered improb-
Tony Quinn, director of public affairs for
electoral votes, probably 54 by 1992.
able. The state has five major league base-
Braun and Co., a public relations firm in
"I don't know how you can not con-
ball teams and Hollywood, among other
Sacramento.
sider [Feinstein] a big player in the mix" if
attractions, to hold its attention. "You
And what about Wilson's political fu-
she wins this fall, a veteran Democratic
could put Dick Gephardt or Bill Bradley
ture if he wins the governorship in No-
political operative said. In 1984, Walter F.
in Iowa, and they could be a big deal,"
vember? Having just given up a six-year
Mondale interviewed Feinstein for the
said Keith R. Welch, president of Keith
Senate term after only two years in re-
vice presidential slot on his Democratic
Welch Associates Inc., a Republican po-
sponse to pressure from California Re-
ticket: if she wins the governorship, she
litical consulting firm in Sacramento.
publicans to run for governor, he would
has to be considered an early favorite, be-
"You put them in this state, and they
be unlikely to say no if President Bush
cause very few Democrats can figure out
would never be seen again. This state is
wanted to replace Vice President Dan
how to win the White House in 1992
driven by paid media."
Quayle in 1992. By that time, the state's
without carrying California.
The kind of candidate who might win
If Feinstein stays out of the 1992 con-
redistricting plan, with Wilson protecting
in March might not wear well in Califor-
the Republican Party's interests against
test, California's trove of convention dele-
nia in the fall. "You could argue that the
the efforts of the Democratic Legislature,
gates and, perhaps just as important, the
kind of people who vote in primaries out
would have been completed.
value of the news media attention to the
here might nominate the kind of people
But Wilson has taken moderate posi-
winner of an early primary here are sure
who couldn't win statewide, let alone
tions on abortion and the environment in
to attract every presidential hopeful.
countrywide," Rep. Vic Fazio, D-Calif.,
this year's election. Would a record like
Asked whom he thought California Dem-
said. In ABC News exit polls from 1984
that make it through a Republican presi-
ocrats would vote for, Assembly Speaker
and 1988, 45 per cent of California Demo-
Brown said, "Mario Cuomo." Brown de-
dential nominating process typically dom-
cratic presidential primary voters in both
inated by conservatives? "I think it would
clined to speculate on any other possible
years described themselves as "liberal."
be ahead of the times," Republican Gov-
contenders, saying he wanted to limit
That's further to the left than Democratic
ernors' Association executive director Mi-
himself to "just the reality, the acknowl-
primary voters in all but Connecticut,
chele M. Davis said.
edgment, of who can win."
New York and Vermont in 1988.
This is, after all, California.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS GOVERNOR
Wilson Says Feinstein 'Profiteered' in S&L Crisis
By BILLSTALL
ing the California savings and
rick claimed.
described them generally as re
PAGE
TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
loans. In five cases, the", Wilson
Wilson campaign director Otto
quests from constituents that were
queries involved the granting of
Bos responded, "There's been ab-
passed routinely on to regulators
R
epublican gubernatorial candi-
federal insurance for deposits in
solutely no intervention on the
by Wilson's Washington office
date Pete Wilson charged Fri-
California thrifts.
part of anyone." While Bos did not
without asking for any specific
day that Democrat Dianne Fein-
"That's an intervention," Car
have details on all 10 cases, he
Please see CAMPAIGN, A29
stein has "profiteered" from the
savings and loan crisis through a
"sweetheart deal" involving a
falled Oregon thrift taken over by
an investment group headed by
Feinstein's husband, Richard C.
Blum.
With investment-banker Blues
Involved in a savings and loan deal,
Witson said it is "rank hypocrisy"
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for Feinstein to question the
$243,334 in campaign contributions
Wilson received from the troubled
Industry in his 1982 and 1988 U.S.
Senate campaigns.
Feinstein raised the issue in a
television commercial that first
aired Thursday, even though she
earlier said there was no evidence
of wrongdoing by Wilson. Wilson
said that he had never sought
beneficial treatment for any sav-
AUG 13 '90 12:01
ings and loan from federal regula-
tors.
Late Friday, bowever, the Fein-
stein campaign attempted to dem'-
onstrate that Wilson had inter
vened on the behalf of 10 California
thrift organizations. Campaign
manager Bill Carrick released a
sheaf of correspondence between
Wilson and the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board that inquired
about the status of actions involv-
PAGE 03
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 199
CAMPAIGN: Wilson Says Feinstein 'Profiteered' From S&L Crisi
Continued from A28
and it turns out that some of those
ty Federal Savings & Loan of
of another $35.3 million, primarily
action.)
profits in fact perhaps quite a
Medford, Ore. The story said that
to cover questionable loans. In the
In one letter disclosed by the
lot-have come from their owner
Blum and his associates took con-
year. after the bailout, the thrift
Feinstein campaign, Wilson mere-
ship of a savings and loan which
trol of Jackson on Dec. 30, 1988.
reported net income of $594,000
by askede would appreciate your
they purchased with very sweet
tax breaks and that has been
The Blum group put up less than
and awarded small dividends to the
review of this matter to determine
the appropriate assistance for my
$8 million, which was matched by:
partners, the Mercury News said.
described as a remarkable sweet-
constituent. Wilson has always
heart deal," Wilson told a press
$23.3 million in cash from federal
The paper quoted Blum as saying
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been a stickler for quick staff
conference in Long Beach."
banking officials and a guarantee
he personally owns less than 5% of
résponses to constituent requests,
The San Jose Mercury News
the firmt that took control of the
Bos said.
reported in a story from Washing-
Dregon thrift.
As Feinstein has escalated the
toin on Friday that Blum and some
No federal agency has found
savings and loans issue, Wilson
of bis clients had received subsidies
anything wrong with the Jackson
strategists have pledged to look
from the federal government to
closely at the source of the Fein-
take over the alling Jackson Coun
County takeover and one regulator
stein-Blum money; $3 million of
said the deal saved the taxpayers
which was loaned to her campaign
money and kept the thrift from
to get her through a tough Demo
failing
cratic primary election.
"Here is a woman whose cam
AUG 13 '90 12:01
paign has been financed; with the
profits of her husband's activity
AUG 13 '90 12:02
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PAGE. 04
Feinstein's
unspoken
S&L ties
Ads criticize thrift
son County deal saved the taxpay-
ers money. But some members of
fiasco as husband
Congress say they believe the deals
were done too hastily and may not
profits from bailout
have been in the taxpayers' Inter-
est.
By Cerl M. Cannon
No one claims that Blum has
Mercury News Washington Bureau
done anything improper. In fact,
WASHINGTON Dianne Fein-
Blum argues: "If people like Pete
stein fired a new salvo Thursday in
Wilson, who were accepting contri-
her campaign to blame gubernato-
butions from the savings and loan
rial opponent Sen. Pete Wilson for
industry, had been exercising the
the nation's savings and loan crisis.
leadership they were supposed to,
But as the political ad hit the
then there wouldn't have been the
airwaves, a review of federal re-
need for investment types like us
cords shows that Feinstein has
to go in and do these ballouts."
benefited financially from that cri-
Nonetheless, disclosure of
sis: Her husband, San Francisco
Blum's involvement in a savings
investment banker Richard C.
and loan balloot has obvious politi-
Blum, and some of Blum's clients
cal ramifications for Feinstein.
bought one of the ailing thrifts at
Blum is. in effect, Feinstein's
fire sale prices - then received
chief political backer the couple
huge subsidies from the govern-
loaned $3 million to her campaign
ment. 'as did a number of other
purchasers of troubled S&Ls.
See BLUM, Back Pape
Blum confirmed Thursday that
he and his partners and clients put
up less than $8 million to buy the
debt-plagued Jackson County Fed-
eral Savings and Loan of Medford,
Ore. In return, he acknowledged,
federal banking officials pumped
in $23.3 million in cash, guaranteed
another $85.8 million to cover
loans that were
presumed to be
bad and also to
pay the expenses
of servicing the
non-performing
loans, govern.
ment documents
show.
Blum's firm,
Richard C.- Blum
& Associates, also
Blum
was paid a $325,000 consulting fee
for putting the deal together, fed-
oral regulators said Thursday.
Federal regulators say the Jack.
AUG 13 '90 12:03
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PAGE 05
BLUM, from Page 1A
Later In the day, however, after
out of their community property.
being asked about Feinstein's hus-
Thus, both Feinstein and her cam-
band's involvement in a thrift bail-
paign may have benefited indirect-
out, the Wilson forces counterst-
ly from the S&L sale.
tacked.
At the same Lime, Feinstein has
Otto Bos, Wilson's campaign
insisted that Wilson is "part of the
manager, said Thursday that it ap-
mentality" that led to the S&L
pears Blum has made money off
mess and that he is "beholden" to
the government-assisted S&L ball-
the S&L industry because of
out. "This plits a new (wist on gov-
$243,000 he accepted in campaign
ernment financing of elections,"
contributions from the industry
Bos quipped.
during the 1980s.
Hadley Roff, Feinstein's chief of
Wilson has pointed out that he
staff, rejoined that Blum and his
wasn't even elected to the U.S. Sen-
partners had done the government
ate at the time the nation's thrift
a service. "They put that thing
Institutions were deregulated.
back on its feel,' Roff said.
On Thursday, Feinstein's cam-
According to several experts in
paign unvelled an advertisement
the S&L mess, be could be right.
on the issue that ends with the
In December 1988, the Federal
words, "Callfornia afford a
Home Loan Bank Board and its
politician like Pete Wilson as gov-
chairman, M. Danny Wall, were
ernor."
trying to cope with a flood of insol-
Wilson- cried toul, responding
vent thrifts: The deposits were
that the ad smacked of "McCarthy-
guaranteed by the government.
But instead of just closing them
and paying the depositors, the reg.
6 I'm proud of it. I
ulators searched for private inves-
tors to keep them going
think we saved
The only way to do this was to
sell the thrifts for pennies on the
the taxpayers
dollar, offer tax breaks and cash
Infusions and to guarantee the fu-
money - and
ture losses.
"Granted people are going to
saved the
make money, but it's not clear that
the cost to government is any
institution as
rifore than 11. would have been,"
says Bob Litan. a Brookings Insti-
well. ,
tution banking analyst. "The ques-
lion is would It have been cheaper
- Pat McJoynt, federal
just to shut it down? we
won't
regulator behind deal
know that for a while."
In June 1988, federal regulators
Ism" and "character assassina-
tion."
AUG 13 '90 12:03 AACRAMENTO CRP
PAGE. 06
said they would pump $$$ mallion
in cash into the savings and loan If
$12 million to $14 million could be
raised by offering stock In the
thrift to local Oregon investors.
This plan floundered. when only
about one-third of the stock was
purchased locally. With only weeks
to go before a change in tax law
would make the thrift even less
No wrongdoing found
attractive, federal regulators went
outside Oregon looking for a sav.
Neither congrossional investiga-
lor.
tors nor oritics of the federal regu-
lators in charge at the time have
According to Pat McJoynt, the
found anything wrong with the
federal regulator responsible for
Jackson County Federal deal. And
putting the deal together, they
to the beleaguered Wall and to
found one in well-respected San
those who worked in his agency,
Francisco banker Carl Gustavson,
Jackson County Federal stands out
who had been responsible for turn.
as an example of something they
ing Hibernia Bank around.
did right.
Gustavson went to Blum, and
I'm proud of it," says McJoynt.
with time running out, persuaded
"I think we saved the taxpayers
him to invest in Jackson County
money and saved the institution
Federal.
as well."
After less than three weeks of
But Wilson campaign manager
negotiating. the deal was complet-
Bos has taken the offensive:
ed on Dec. 30, 1988 - two days
"Feinstein lashed out at Wilson
before the tax break expired.
- unfairly - for three weeks on
this issue, knowing he never did
Control of the thrift then fell to
anything wrong," Bos said. "And
Blum and his partners and clients:
then to find that she has benefited
BK Capital Partners II, á Califor-
from the very thing she says she
nis limited partnership whose gen-
eral partner is Richard C. Blum &
deplores, ical." well, I find that hypocrit-
Associates Inc., owned - and still
But Feinstein's side was not
owns - 24.9 percent; two of
backing down.
Blum's clients, Executive Life In-
"Pete Wilson was one of two
surance Co. and Fireman's Fund
senators from California - the
took 8.9 percent each, as did Gus-
state with more savings and loans
tavson. The rest was held, mostly
than any other - at a time you
in small amounts, by local Oregon
didn't have to be a rocket scientist
shareholders.
to figure out there was trouble
...
and I think he still has to explain
The year after the ballout, Jack-
why he was willing to take the
son County Federal reported net
campaign checks while never
Income of $594,000. Small divi-
opening his mouth about the prob-
dends were paid to the partners,
Terms In this industry."
those who owned preferred slock,
Blum said. Company documents
show that BK Capital Partners II
was paid $367,500 in interest on a
bond. Blum said he actually owns
less than 5 percent of BK Capital
Partners II.
AUG 13 '30 12:04
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PAGE. 07
SACRAMENTO FILE
Bill Outlawing Paraphernalia
for 'Ice' Is Sent to Governor
T
he Senate has sent Gov. George Deukmejian a bill (SB 2028) by
Sen. John Doolittle (R-Rocklin) to outlaw the possession of
drug paraphernalia for the use of "ice" or crystal
methamphetamine. A 29-1 vote moved the bill to the governor, who is expected to
sign it into law. The measure was requested by Deukmejian's Office
of Criminal Justice Planning.
Many drug experts are predicting that "ice" will become the
drug of choice in the 1990s, even eclipsing the use of cocaine,
according to Doolittle.
Making its first appearance in Hawaii in 1985, one application of
"ice" reportedly results in a high that lasts from 8 to 24 hours,
compared to 20 minutes with crack cocaine.
"By outlawing the possession of ice paraphernalia, law
enforcement officers will be given a vital tool in stopping casual
drug abuse," the Northern California senator said.
GOVERNOR
Signed into law a bill (SB 2680) by Sen: Daniel Boatwright
(D-Concord) to provide racial and cultural sensitivity training courses
for law enforcement officers. The law was sparked by a Long Beach
case in which a white police officer pushed a black off-duty police
[officer through a plate-glass window during a routine traffic stop while
the latter was investigating alleged police brutality
ASSEMBLY
Bill Introductions
Drought: ACR 180 by Assemblyman Dominic Cortese (D-San Jose)
irequests the state Department of Water Resources to prepare a report
with recommendations to provide local agencies with more drought
information and technical and financial assistance to develop efficient
water management programs.
AUG 13 '90 12:04
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PAGE.08
Floor Action
Credit Cards: Passed and returned to the Assembly for concurrence in
amendments on a 31-2 vote a bill (AB 2880) by Assemblyman Rusty
Areias (D-Los Banos) to prohibit merchants from requiring credit card
numbers on the back of checks for identification purposes.
Video Games: Passed and returned to the Assembly for concurrence
in amendments on a 26-5 vote a bill (AB 3820) by Assemblywoman
Sally Tanner (D-El Monte) to prohibit video games for use by youths
under the age of 18 from containing paid advertisements for alcoholic
beverages or tobacco products.
M Child Pernography: Passed and sent to the Assembly on a 36-0 vote a
bill (SB 2911) by Sen. Jim Nielsen (R-Rohnert Park) to make the
possession of child pornography either a felony or a misdemeanor crime
on a first offense.
Voter Registration: Passed and sent to the governor on a 22-4 vote a
bill (AB 2689) by Assemblyman Jack O'Connell (D-Carpinteria) to
require school districts as part of required civics classes to give high
school students 18 years or older an opportunity. to register to vote.
Telephone Calls: Passed and sent to the governor on a 32-2 vote a. bill
(AB 3457) by Assemblywoman Gwen Moore (D-Los Angeles) to
provide that-telephone conversations conducted over cordless
telephones be given the same privacy protection as conversations
conducted over wire-to-wire or cellular telephones.
Senior Speed Limit: Passed and sent to the governor on a 24-6 vote a
bill (SB 1860) by Sen. Quentin Kopp (1-San Francisco) to let local
governments establish 25-m.p.h. speed limits on streets where there
are facilities primarily used by senior citizens.
Worker Safety: Passed and sent to the governor on a 26-9 vote a bill
(AB 4006) by Assemblyman Sal Cannella (D-Modesto) to increase by
50% the maximum state fines for job safety violations.
Mental Health Workers: Passed and returned to the Assembly for
concurrence in amendments on a 24-6 vote a bill (AB 1693) by
Assemblyman Tom Hayden (D-Santa Monica) to require Los Angeles
County to develop a security plan for its mental health workers to help
prevent them from possible injury or death. The bill was prompted by
the murder of a social worker by a mentally ill homeless person last
year at a Santa Monica outpatient clinic.
Capital Fact
The 80-member Assembly uses a computerized voting system.
Members push a green light (yes) or a red light (no) at their desks to
vote on bills. Results are recorded on two large panels at the front of
the chamber. In the 40-member Senate, voting is accomplished by
voice roll call.
-By Jerry Gillam, Times staff writer
TiMES 8-11-20
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8-11-90
California
IN BRIEF
SACRAMENTO
Override of School
Spending Cuts Fails
Efforts to override Gov. George
Deukmejian's veto of $462 million
En school spending were dealt a
fatal blow when Senate Democrats
said they would not support such a
confrontation and preferred to
mend the problem through negoti-
ations. Senate Democrats said they
favor restoration of the cuts but are
unwilling to reopen wounds from
last month's bruising budget battle
while Assembly Republicans are
waiting on the other side of the
Capitol to shoot down any Demo-
cratic override attempt. "We think
it would be a futile effort and it
would just take time away from
what we have to do with three
weeks to go" before the Legisla-
ture adjourns for the year, said
Senate leader David Roberti (D:
Los Angeles). Any attempt to
override a budget veto must start
in the upper house because the
spending plan signed last week by
Deukmejian originated from a Sen-
ate bill.
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SATURDAY AUGUST 11, 1990
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS: THE AD CAMPAIGN
The campaign: Proposition 128. Whose ad? An industry-backed
opposition group that calls Itself "No on 128, the Hayden Initiative."
Opponents of Proposition 128-an environmental initiative that its
sponsors have dubbed "Big Green"-have begun running two radio
commercials attacking the proposition on a-wide range of issues.
Both ads will air throughout the state until early September:
Elements of the ads, with analysis by Times staff writer Richard C.
Paddock
Ad No. 1: This commercial features four people' reading a
newspaper and talking about the initiative. At one point; a woman
sayo, "Hay, call it what it really in- The Hayden Initiative. You know,
Tom Hayden."
Analysis: Assemblyman Tom Hayden (D-Santa Monica) is one of
seven original proponents of the measure, along with Atty. Gen.
John K. Van de Kamp, Assemblyman Lloyd Connelly
(D Sacramento) and representatives of the Sierra Club, the Natural
Resources Defense Council, Campaign California and the National
Toxics Campaign. In an attempt to highlight the role of Hayden-a
onetime anti- Vietnam War radical and former husband of actress
Jane Fonda-the opponents have officially named their committee,
No on 128, the Hayden Initiative.
Ad: The conversation continues with a man saying, "It just tries to
do too much global warming, the ozone layer, air quality, water-
quality. water supply, offshore drilling, toxic waste, food production,
logging-' A woman adds, "Not to mention creating a new
bureaucracy to enforce it all:
Analysis: The wide-ranging proposition calls for action to address
each of those environmental issues, including banning
cancer-causing chemicals in food, reducing emissions that damage
the ozone and contribute to-global warming, preserving old-growth
redwood forests and taxing oil companies to pay for the cleanup of
potential offshore oil spills. It also would create the elected post of
state environmental advocate. With an initial budget of $750,000, the
advocate would be able to create a limited staff to enforce the
proposition and other environmental laws.
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repeats some of the same themes of the
says, "And there'sa price tag on-every provision. Nearly $3 billion a
year. according to the state legislative analyst's first estimate Since
then, other experts have raised that to over $6 billion.'
Analysis: Nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Elizabeth G. Hill has
estimated that implementation of the initiative would cost state and
local government $116 million.a year, including $26 million annually
to pay off a bond measure aimed at preserving old-growth redwood
trees. In addition. she said, there would be one-time costs of $49
million. Hill also said the measure-could mean a potential loss in
state revenues from offshore oil drilling because the proposition
would write into law the current state policy prohibiting new oil
drilling in coastal waters. She said the size of the revenue loss is
unknown but could be up to $2 billion.
In an earlier report. Hill said the loss of oil revenues potentially
totaled more than $2 billion. The ad cites this preliminary
report-not the revised analysis and its reduced estimate that will
be printed in voters' ballot pamphlets. The experts cited by the ad
who put the eost at $6 billion were hired by the opponents of
Proposition 128 to prepare their estimates.
Ad: The announcer says, "How do we pay for it all? Good question.
There's no answer in the initiative-128 doesn't provide funding for
most of its expensive new laws. That means you and I will end up
footing the bill."
Analysis: Many of the provisions of Proposition 128 would be paid
for out of the general fund. But the largest spending program, a
$500-million oil-spill prevention fund, would be paid for by new fees
on oil companies. Like other bond measures. the $300 million in
bonds for redwoods would be paid back with interest over a 20-year
period out of the state's general fund.
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SAGRAMENTO
SUMMARY
Friday, Aug. 10, 1990
THE GOVERNOR
Bills Signed
FIRES - Appropriates $5.9 million
from the state reserve to the state De-
partment of Forestry and Fire Protec-
tion for belatering firefighting crews
this season; AB1811: Sher, D-Stan-
ford.
COLLECTION - Allows state,
county and city attomays to take ac-
tion to restrain unficensed operation of
a collection agency and Imposes a cl-
vil fine for violation of licensure regula-
tions; 882101; Dadden: D-Bonita,
TAXES - Creates a new property
tax exemption by providing that public
golf courses leased by in Non-profit en-
tity to a government are included In the
definition of tax-exempt property;
SB2309; L Greene, D-Carmicheel
Bills Vetood
ALCOHOL
Would have pre-
empted cities counties and special
districts from regulating the hours or
days on which alcoholicy beverages
may be delivered: SB2637; Dills, D.
Gardena
THE SENATE
Bills Passed
COLLEGE Would require stir
dent aid forms to be available in Span
Ish and other languages AB3989
Roybal-Allard, D-Los Angeles 25 to
governor, WITH
RECORDS Would require public
records relating to vehicle accidents
be made available to Interested par
ties regardless of ongoing investiga-
tions: AB3346; Floyd, D-Carson: 33-9:
to governor.
FISH Would set liletime hunting
and fishing license fees that vary with
DAILY NEWS 8-11-90
the person's age: AB3791 Wyman, R-
Tehachaph 33.0, to Assembly for ao-
tion on Senate amendments.
PIPELINE - Would require local
fire departments to notify the state fire
marshal of every pipeline rupture, ex.
plosion or fire and require the Hre mar-
shall to Immediately dispatch employ-
000 to provide technical expertise:
AB3527; Eaves, D-Rialto: 30-2; to As-
sembly for action on Senato amend-
ments.
VIDEO - Would make it a misde.
meanor to put paid advertisements for
alcohol or tobacco products on video
games aimed at children;' AB3280;
Tanner, D-EI Monte: 26-5; to Assembly
for action on Benate amendments.
FARM - Would require by January
1992 an environmental Impact review
for conversion of 100 acres or more of
agricultural land to. non-egriouitural
uses; AB1079; Arelas, D-Los Banos;
21-2; reconsideration cought by L.
Greens, D-Sacramento.
point a 15-member advisory Have
to help draft a model water-efficient
landscape ordinance and require local
agencies by Jan. 1, 1993, to adopt the
ordinance; AB326; Clute, D-Riverside;
21-15; to Assembly for action on Sen-
ate amendments.
DRUG - Would require materials
used in alcohol and drug prevention
programs by culturally and linguistical-
ly sensitive; AB2885; Chacon, D-San
Diego: 24-6; to governor.
CHILD - Would require a court to
consider a parent's history of abuse
against the other parent when award-
ing child custody or visitation;
AB2700; Roybal-Allard, D-Los An:
geles: 27-1; to governor.
.
CHECKS - Would prohibit retail-
ere from requiring a consumer paying
with a check to provide a credit card
as 8 condition of acceptance:
AB2880; Areias, D-Los Banoa: 31-2:
to Assembly for action on Senate
amendments.
Source: Associated Press
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ORANGE,COUNTY
Register
A FREEDOM NEWSPAPER
"Democratic nations often
R. David Threshie, publisher
K.E. Grubbs Jr., editorial
hate those in whose hands
and commentary. director
the central power is vested;
N. Christian Anderson, editor
but they always love that
and vice president
power itself."
R.C. Hoiles, co-publisher 1935-1970
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Harry Holles, co-publisher 1975-1979
EDITORIALS
A partisan verdict
U
P in Los Angeles County, Judge Da-
Was their plan a partisan gambit? Sure.
vid Kenyon is still trying to play
But what kind of response did the judge
kingmaker for the Board of Supervi-
expect, given the naked partisanship of his
sors: Ostensibly he wants to give Hispanics
own decrees? A Jimmy Carter appointee,
their due, but it's becoming more and more
he stated a few months back that "a Hispan-
apparent that his real aim is, by whatever
ic candidate is unable to be elected to the
means necessary, to secure a Democratic
board under the current configuration of
majority on the board.
supervisorial districts." Yet just after that
His efforts to do so represent a breathtak-
pronouncement, Sarah Flores, a Hispanic,
ing abuse of the powers of his high office.
received 68,000 votes in the primary for the
We're reasonably confident that, sooner or
First Supervisorial District, against 39,000
for the next closest contender. Ms. Flores is
Tater, an appellate court will wrap his
rated the favorite in the November runoff, if
knuckles and shred his rulings
Judge Kenyon allows the election to go for-
Readers will recall that the judge ordered
ward
the supervisors to redraw one of the five
You see, the problem is that Ms. Flores
supervisorial districts, claiming they pur
isn't the "right" kind of Hispanic in Judge
posely diluted Hispanic voting strength
Kenyon's book. Why? Because she's a Re-
when they mapped district boundaries nine
publican. Why else would he continue to
vears ago. As evidence of discrimination he
insist on creation of a Hispanic district that
cites the fact that no Hispanic has ever been
would give Democrats control of the board?
elected to the board. His solution was to
As we've pointed out before, his scheme
demand creation of a "Hispanic district."
could actually undercut the political clout of
Well, the conservative majority on the
the Hispanics he purports to befriend.
board did just that. redrawing one of the
Grouping most of them in their "own" dis-
districts so it would be teeming with His-
trict would mean that only one county su-
panics. But the district that they chose to
pervisor would have any direct political in-
redraw in this way is the one belonging to
terest in their affairs. As things now stand,
Edelman, Democrat - whom they
with large numbers of Hispanics spread
requiled within the boundaries through
through two or more districts as they are
imaginative gerrymandering. Clear
now. several supervisors have to campaign
be. They were acting to preserve their ma-
for their votes.
jority. The judge found their map unaccept-
But hey, what does that matter as long as
able. and is proceeding to do the job him-
the liberals' political agenda is being ad-
self
vanced?
AUG
13
'90
12:08
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Stop complaining DAILY 8-13-90 NEWS
County redistricting case is
ing rights lawsuits in 1982 when it said
part of a nationwide
that plaintiffs only need to show that
actions with a discriminatory effect
voting-rights push that may
had been taken. Before then; plaintiffs
benefit Republicans even more
had the much more difficult -task of
than Democrats.
proving an intent to discriminate.
An even- greater breakthrough for
voting rights suits occurred in 1986
Now that Los Angeles County has
when the Supreme Court ruled that a
been ordered by a federal judge to re-
minority state legislative district
draw its supervisorial district lines,
should be created if:
some of the more partisan Republi-
The minority group is large and
cans have come up with a familiar-
compact enough to form a majority in
sounding theory: It's all a political
a district
scheme by liberal Democrats, helped
The minority group is cohesive
by a sympathetic judge, to seize con-
politically
trol of the Board of Supervisors. That
The white majority votes as a bloc
sounds plausible enough, but only if
to the degree that it usually can defeat
you ignore some inconvenient facts,
candidates preferred by the minority
such as the crucial involvement of the
group.
Reagan administration's Justice De-
The redistricting plan adopted by
partment, which filed one of the two
the supervisors in 1981 was insensitive
lawsuits that led to the ruling against
to Hispanics on each of those counts,
the county.
and Kenyon was on solid ground in
If there's political motivation be-
June-when he struck it down. The su-
hind lawsuits such as this one, it has
pervisors should accept his verdict
been coming more from the Republi-
rather than pursue an appeal that will
can side. Under the Bush administr-
waste more of the taxpayers' money
ation, the Justice Department is be-
(The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
coming more aggressive in enforcing
stayed Kenyon's order Thursday
the federal Voting Rights Act, and
pending a hearing Aug. 16)
many Republican strategists are cheer-
It's a sad fact of political life that the
ing it on. They theorize that Republi-
needs of minorities have been neglect-
cans would benefit if minority voters
ed in many instances because Demo-
are concentrated into individual dis-
crats have tended to take their votes
tricts - especially in the Deep South
for granted while Republicans have
- because the Democratic vote else-
written them off. This could change if
where would be diluted.
more minorities are brought into the
Democrats might find this strategy
political process through the creation
cynical, but right now the law clearly is
of election districts that give them a
on the side of those advocating the
powerful presence. If this forces the
creation of political districts designed
Republicans in Los Angeles County to
to give a greater voice to minority
seek minority support if they want to
voters - just as Judge David V. Ken-
keep control of the Board of Supervi-
you ordered in Los Angeles County.
sors, so much the better for the min-
Congress widened the door for vot-
orities - and that's what counts.
06.
S.J. Merc. News IF 8/12/90
Big Green' initiative is too costly, opponents say
Scott Thurm
my New holf Writer
ELECTION
to purchase old growth redwoods.
However. Sarah Olsen. the legis-
as the "Hayden initiative." Scheack
an amosual 39-minate television
However, a second spot. which
lature: principal abolyst for nato-
said the name is sipt because Hay-
spot that devbles as a fund-raising
reportents use movie stars to
could begin airitig today; appears
rat resources, said the $2 billion
dem, the liberal Démocratic state
pitch. Images of clear skies and
TI of the dangers of pesticides,
to overstate one estimate of the
figure represented the potential
assemblyman from Santa Mortica.
survels mix with smokestacks and
pollution and oil spills. Oppo-
"90
initiative's potential costs. The ads
lost revenue over many years.
was a primary author of the pro-
sewage pipes = more tiken a dozen
is attack the breadth and cost,
script says the state legislative an-
repeatedly Invoke the name of
alyst pegged the costs at nearly
Schrack said the ad generally is
possil and a Hayden aide is the
actors trampet the virtues of the
"conservative." because it claims
campaign manager.
Initiative.
sponsor Torri Hayden.
$3 billion a year."
at another paint that the initiative
In another development related
The ad debeted on two cable
hree months before the No-
aber election, the battle over
Asked to defend the figure. Don
would cust California's economy $6
to the initiative; a state appeals
climmels and is STOW appearing on
ing the ballot incasure "tries to do
position 128, the for-reaching
Schrack: à spokesmian for the op-
billion a. year. Studies financed by.
court has rejected un attempt by
broadcast stations, Including chan
too much." The initiative would
frommental Initiative nick-
ponents, shid most of the total,
the apponents have said, the pcs-
San Joaquin Valley farmers to re-
nels 36 and 46. Backers say the ad
ned "Big Green," has reached
phase ort cancer-causing pesti-
came from the analyst's conclusion
ticide restrictions and tougher to
more Proposition 128 from the Bal-
has brought in denistions almost
A CRP
cides and azone-destroying chemi-
sirwaves
that barchig oil drilling in state
vironmental rules could reduce
lot because it covers too many sub-
matching the $50,000 they spent on
cals, Impose strist limits on ocean
waters would keep state and local,
business 200 the state br as much at
jects.
air time: cable TV magaste Tel
pponents of the Initiative begin
disposal of, sewage. bar oil driffing
governments from collecting "Ber
319 billion
Supporters began their media
Turner donated another $50,000 is
re radio spots Tuesday, claim-
in state waters and provide funds
tentially over $2 billion" in leases
The ads refer to Proposition 128
campaign about go days *go. with
air time.
PAGE D
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TIPOFF 8-12-90
Hayden's bid
Holden's water bill no secret
Although the Los Angeles City Council
rejected Councilman Nate Holden's pro-
to gain respect
posal last week that they release their per-
sonal water bills, Holden felt compelled to
make his own record public.
may be tainted
The record shows a bachelor with errat-
ic water use.
Holden's average daily water use was
Assemblyman Tom Hayden, D-Santa
161 percent more during the two-month
Monica, has been quietly distancing him-
self from his Chicago Seven background
period ending in April 1990 compared
with the same period in 1989
in recent years, even briefly considering a
But the councilman's average daily
Democratic primary run for state insur-
water consumption was 45.6 percent less
ance commissioner. last year. But Hay
during the two-month period ending in
den's effort to gain mainstream respecta
une 1990 compared with the same period
bility could suffer a setback as a result of a
state initiative campaign and a July Lin-
ending in June 1989.
The councilman, who lives alone, said
cident a t a Santa Monica City Council
he was surprised and perplexed at the
meeting. #Hayden who appeared before the coun-
large increase in water use earlier this
cil around midnight to oppose a hotel
year, but he was pleased. that his records
show he has back in May and June
project, was described as 'loud and
"It looks like when they said there was a
combative" by the Santa Monica Evening
water crisis I stopped using it+as much
Outlookrand Councilwoman Christine
Holden said
Reed later told-the paper that he was
drunk as a skunk.
Government, politics don i mix
Hayden acknowledged having several
drinks with dinner that night, but said his
When a special Los Angeles County
enemies were unfairly exaggerating the in-
panel met last week to put a half-cent sales
cident for political reasons. Hayden,
tax measure before voters to fund new
meanwhile, faces assault on another front.
jails, County Counsel Dave Muir went to
Opponents of the so-called Big Green en-
great lengths to emphasize the separation
vironmental initiative backed by Hayden
of government and politics.
and Attorney General John Van de Kamp
It is critical that no one infer that the
are airing radio spots calling it the Hayden
government itself has taken a position on
Initiative in an apparent attempt to taint
this," said Launer. The government is
the measure as radical.
strictly prohibited from taking a stand on
any political issue
Football trip purely for sport
With this advice in hand, the board VOI-
ed unanimously to place the measure on
With the Los Angeles Raiders expected
the Nov. 6 ballot. Assistant Chief Admin-
to leave town for Oakland, football fans
istrative Officer Gerald Roos then intro-
here can prepare to do some traveling if
duced the next item on the agenda: disous--
they want to see the professional game -
sion and approval of the ballot arguments
although perhaps not as far as Los Angeles
in favor of the jail tax.
City Council President John Ferraro and
Roos and other county staff employees
Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky.
then spent 20 minutes advising the board
Yaroslavsky and Ferraro flew to Berlin
how to draft the ballot plea. Roos went as
last week to attend Saturday's exhibition
far as to remind the board that Los An-
game between the Kansas City Chiefs and
geles County Supervisor Peter F. Scha-
the Los Angeles Rams, who now play in
barum is expected to write the ballot argu-
Anaheim.
ments against the jail tax and that they
While the Rams have been mentioned
"must anticipate" Schabarum's targets.
as a possible replacement team if the
Muir said later that the election code al-
Raiders leave the Los Angeles Coliseum,
lows tax dollars to be spent in an effort to
aides to the councilmen said the trip was
educate the public on campaign issues and
for sporting purposes only.
that in this case, the use of county staff to
"He's just a big football fan period,"
prepare an argument for the jail tax would
said Ferraro's spokesman. Bill Gilson,
be considered "educational."
who noted that his boss was an All-Ameri-
-Compiled staff
can football player at USC for three
years.
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Sac Bee 02
8/10/90
'Big green'
initiative
under fire
Bee Business Staff
A sweeping environmental initia:
tive on the November ballor would be
a "declaration of war on the Califor.
nia economy resulting iii the loss of
more than 1-million jobs statewide,
the president of the California Manu.
facturers Association said Thursday.
Former state Sen William Camp-
bell also said the Environmental Pro.
tection-Act of 1890 - Proposition 128
would cost taxpayers $3 billion a
year, according to preliminary asti-
mates by the state legislative analyst.
I'd like to know where the propo-
nent expects us to find this $3 billion,
while the state already is faced with
cutting back health care, senior pro-
grams. AIDS research and with
countles going bankrupt." Campbell
told the Retary Club of Sacremento.
"That's a $3 billion price tag. while
the state today is facing a $3.6 billion
deficit. he said
The so-called Big Green" initiative
would phase out the use of pesticides
believed to be health huzards and
chemicals said to damage the ozone
layer, whuld limit discharge of toxic
materials into the beean, tighten con-
trols on oil tankers. ban logging of
old-growth-redwoods and create a
new state-elected position of "envi-
ronmental advocate" to enforce these
and other pollution laws. he said.
"As a direct result of the changes
-
mandated by this initiative, tax reve.
nues to the state and local govern.
ments would be reduced by $8 billion
to $12 billion annually. At the same
time, costs to state and local govern.
ments would increase by $600 mil-
lion & year." he said.
The initiative would raise some
consumer prices as well. he said
Gasoline prices would jump at least
60 cents per gallon and food prices
also would increase. while food qual-
ity declined. he said.
The Initiative also would create the
new position of "environmental ad-
vocate:" Campbell nicknamed the po-
sitton "environmental czar." calling it
"a political position (with) unlimited
power in enforcement of environ-
mental and health issues
answer-
able to no one.
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A4
The Sacramento Bos Final
Friday, August 10, 1990
CAPITOL NEWS
Initiative push out of control?
Widespread use in state called disruptive to political system
By William Endicott
The California experience with the initiative dates back
Bee Capitol Bureau Chief
to 1912. but the number of measures circulated for signa.
tures has risen dramatically since 1980, The state leads all
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - California is a worst-case exam-
others inzhe use of the process,
ple of what can happen when an unrestrained Initiative
There were five Initiatives on the June ballot this year,
process gets out of control, legislators from across the
and 11 have qualified for the November ballot, including
country were told here Thursday.
three that were sponsored by Attorney General John Van
Brigham Young University political scientist David
de Kamp as a strategic part of his failed bid for the Demo.
Magleby said the process has been co-opted by politicians
cratic gubernatorial nomination.
and well-financed special interests and bears little resem-
But Magleby said one of the best - or worst - exam-
blance to the grass-roots democracy envisioned by turn-
ples of special-interest attempts to use the Initiative oc-
of-the-century reformers.
curred in 1988. when California voters faced five Insur-
Magleby, who has spent much of his career studying
ance-related measures, most of them sponsored by
initiative systems nationwide, spoke during a session en-
groups with a stake in the outcome.
titled "Democracy or Anarchy?" at the annual meeting of
"I think the initiative is often -unreprésentative," he
the National Conference of State Legislatures:
said. "It is skewed towards issues that have highly moti-
The initiative is disruptive of "our normal political insti-
vated volunteers who are willing to spend lots of time for
tutions and processes." said Magleby. and is "largely di-
their issues, or a well-funded group."
versionary
single-issue politics at its best."
Meanwhile, he said, "the, complexities of these mea-
AS it is now being used, especially in California, It gives
sures
the -emotional appeals which are now a part of
special interests or single-issue activists, whether they
the advertising campaigns" make it increasingly difficult
win or lose, a chance to "have the state's soap box" for an
for voters to make informed choices.
election cycle, he said.
And since there are no checks and balances - it's "all
"Gubernatorial elections ignore major parts of the
or nothing" - the measures frequently wind up in the
state's political agenda because the focus is primarily in
courts. thus making the judiciery "the policemen of the
some cases, 1 would argue, almost exclusively on the sub-
Initiative process," said Magleby.
ject matter of the most contested and controversial Initia-
But he warned lawmskers that California is only a fore-
tives."
runner of what they can expect in their states.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1990
Alcohol Tax Increase
Supporters Hit Back
Measure's foes spending heavily on ads
By Eric Young
Chroniels staff Writer
The liquor lobby's high-priced
sion commercials, opponents of
radio and television campaign
the initiative say the measure will
against the proposed "nlckel-s-
not do all that It claims. Not only
drink" alcohol tax increase on the
will it not raise enough money to
November ballot Ignores the
cover alcohol-related problems,
problems alcohol creates in Call-
they say, but it also calls for annual
fornia, the measure's supporters
mandatory budget Increases for
said yesterday.
programs that may eventually
drain money from such other
If passed, the initiative will
state financed programs as AIDS
raise an estimated $730 million to
research or the elderly.
pay for alcohol, drug, mental
health and trauma programs to
Backers of the tax dismissed
"heal the alcohol problem that the
the claims yesterday, saying the
liquor industry doesn't seem to
initiative is carefully written to
care very much about," said An-
guarantee that money will go to
programs and that state money
will not be siphoned from other
Opponents of the
programs.
measure have
Kathy Baxter-Stern, director of
the San Francisco Child Abuse
raised more than
Council, said her group supports
the tax because it would funnel
$13 million
money into child abuse programs.
She said almost 40 percent of re-
ported abuse cases are linked to
drew McGuire, chairman of the AI-
the use of alcohol.
cohol Tax Initiative Committee.
Another supporter Patrick
The alcoholic beverage indus-
Connelly of the World Institute on
try, which strongly opposes the
Disability, said the tax would pro-
tax, "takes the stance that once the
vide money for organizations that
pop top is on the container, it's not
help victims of drunk drivers get
their problem any more," McGuire
their lives back together. Connelly
said during a San Francisco news
said he was Injured by a drunk
conference.
driver in 1972.
Dubbed the "nickel-a-drink"
California's current alcohol
tax because it would impose the
taxes are some of the lowest in the
equivalent of a 5-cent tax on every
nation and have not been raised
12 ounces of beer, ounce of hard
since the 1960s, according to the
liquor and five ounces of wine, the
state Department of Alcoholic Bev-
measure will probably be the focus
erage. Control. The alcohol taxes
of one of the state's most expen-
are among the lowest in the nation
sive ballot campaigns. Opponents
because they are part of one of the
of the proposition - under the
most important industries in the
name Taxpayers for Common
state, said Manuel Espinoza, depu.
Sense - had raised more than 313
ty director.
million as of June 30, the last day
for which figures are available.
Jim Shultz, a policy analyst for
Consumers Union. said polls show
Supporters of the measure say
they are fighting an uphill battle
that the public strongly supports
and will be lucky to raise $1 million
an alcohol tax if it helps solve the
for the campaign.
problems caused by drinking. The
pro-tax campaign, he said, serves
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CAPITOL DIGEST
Campaign '90:
AB 3457; by Assemblywoman
Gwen Moore, D-Los Angeles, would
Where's the beef? - Proponents of
give conversations over cordless tele-
Proposition 134. the so-called "nick.
phones the same legal privacy pro-
el-a-drink" measure that would raise
tections as conversations conducted
alcohol taxes, sent gift certificates for
over a cellular or standard tele.
free baloney sandwiches to the lead-
phones. The vote was 32.2 to send It
ers of eight alcohol beverage firms.
to the governor.
The gesture. announced in San Fran-
a SB 2028 by Sen. John Doolittle, R.
cisco. was meant to criticize the alco.
Rocklin, would make it crime to pos-
hol industry's huge contributions to
sess any paraphernalia that can be
defeat the initiative:
used for ingesting methamphetamine
# Measures on ballot - Two ballot
drugs such as "ice." The vote was
measures have survived legal-at.
29-L and It now goes to the governor.
tempts to remove them from the No.
vember ballot. The state Supreme
- Compiled by Herbert A. Sample,
Court declined to remove Proposition
Bee Capitol Bureau
136, the so-called "Taxpayers Right
to Vote" measure that would require
8 simple majority of voters to ap-
prove general tax increases or those
earmarked for transportation, and a
(wo-thirds majority for all other spe-
cial taxes. And the 5th District Court
of Appeal: Fresno, has rejected an at-
tempt to remove Proposition 128, the
"Big Green" environmental measure.
. Debate dance - In recent weeks,
Republican state Treasurer Thomas
Hayes has been accepting debate in-
vitations - three so far - from vari-
ous organizations specializing in
government finance. So far. howev.
er, his Democratic opponent. aftor-
ney Kathleen Brown, has not accept
ed any of the Invitations. On
Thursday- Brown's campaign manage
er, Beverly Thomas, sent a letter to
Hayes campaign manager, Donna
Lucas, suggesting the two get togeth-
er to work out times and places for
debates. "Debates should be accessi-
ble to a general dudience and not be
mined 10 exclusive forums spon-
sored. by special interest groups."
wrote Thomas:
The Assembly
APPROVED:
Amendments to a pair of bills that
would restore much of the $264 mil.
lion in education financing that Gov.
Deukmejian vatoed from the 1990-91
state budget last week. The action.
backed by Democrats and opposed
by Republicans, sets the stage for a
bartle next week when the amended
measures, 5B 964 by Sen. John Gara-
mendi. D-Wainut Grove, and SB 79
by Sen. Leroy Greene, D-Carmichael,
will be-considered on the Assembly
floor.
The Senate
APPROVED:
AB 4006 by Assemblyman Sal Can-
nella, D-Ceres. would increase by 50
percent the maximum clvil penalties
and criminal fines assessed for occu.
pational safety or health violations.
The vote was 26.9. The bill now goes
to Gov. Deukmellan.
AUG
13
'90
12:13
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Sac Bee A3
8/10/90
A
ceordingly, class size also
has been kicked around as a
political issue for years.
U
Itimately, Proposition 98 and
Some legislators - Sens. Gary
the schools' current money
Hart and Becky Morgan to name two
were left intact as health and
- have pressed to make class-size
welfare programs were slashed. But
reduction a major educational goal.
the controversy didn't end.
Hart carried several bills that were
Before signing the budget bill.
vetood by Gov. Deukmejian, who
Deukmejian set aside $264 million of
once declared, after a visit to Japan.
the Proposition 98 money, saying it
that class-size reduction is unimpor-
was to be used "at a future date for
tant because the Japanese teachers
class-size reduction
to implement
DAN WALTERS
function well with much-larger clas-
the explicit promise made to the vot
ses.
ers in the Proposition 98 ballot initia
The ourrent official estimate is that
live."
to redute the average class size by
It's a political salvo aimed at the
A new chapter
one student, the state would have to
CTA because the money (along with
spend an additional quarter-billion
another $198 million set-aside) will
on class sizes-
dollars a year. To reduce the elemen-
be unavailable for salary increases
tary school class average to 24, the
Deukmejlan virtually acknowledge
national average. and high school
that retaliatory motive Thursday
C
alifornia, a society in which
classes to 20 would cost more than
saying, "I am trying to
use th
moderation is a sin. seems to
$1.2 billion in extra dollars each year.
money in the classroom itself and no
be near the top or bottom in
plus classroom construction.
have virtually all of is go out for sali
most categories.
Two years ago, the CTA and other
ries."
One is that California's average
elements of the educational commu-
Dianne Feinstein. the Democrar
tencher salary. about $35,000, is fifth
nity promoted Proposition 98, which
candidate for governor. is promisin
highest in the nation.
Another is that the number of stu.
placed a floor under state support for
meanwhile, to restore the money
public schools.
elected and there are efforts to ove
dents found in the average public
The campaign for Proposition 98
ride Deukmejian's action in the Le
school classroom. 27.plus. 18 the
stressed two things: It would not
islature, which will probably fail.
highest in the nation
Within those two statistical indices
raise taxes (technically true) and the
Class-xize reduction has on
is a tale of political intrigue that is ac-
emphasis would be on reducing
again become a political football t
classroom crowding. Teacher sala-
the stark reality is that Californi
quiring a new chapter.
ries were virtually ignored.
classrooms will remain relative
Generally, any additional money
Proposition 98's provisions be-
crowded.
allocated to public education. above
that-required to keep up with enroll-
came the major issue in this year's
The state has neither the mor
ment growth. can be spent either to
weeks-long budget stalemate. Deuk-
nor the political will to make a $
mejian demanded that it be
ous dent in the class-load situati
hire more teachers and thus reduce
class size (if classrooms are avail-
suspended so that school funds could
no matter how often we are told C
he reduced along with those for other
erwise.
able) or pay existing teachers more
and keep class loads the same,
programs. But legislators-refused to
DAN WALTERS' column appears daily
go along.
The voting public supports reduc-
cept Saturday Write him at P.O. Box 15
Several months earlier, the CTA
Sacramento 95852. or call (816) 321-11
ing class size to improve instruction.
It doesn't demonstrate the same sup.
had agreed to a revision of Proposi-
tion 98 (contained in another ballot
port for raising teachers' salaries. But
the California Teachers Association
measure. Proposition 111, passed by
and other educational lobbles, while
voters in June) that indirectly re-
duced possible future funds for class
paying lip service to class-size reduc-
size reduction.
Hon. generally opt to have any addi-
tional money put on the table for sal-
ary negotiations.
Because of that political pressure,
exerted at both the state and local
levels. and because of the demands
on money just to keep up with enroll-
ment growth. more than 150.000 per
year. average class sizes have re-
mained stagnant at T/plus for yeare.
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LA.TIMES
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS PROPOSITION 128 8-11-90
Opponents Label Measure
'Hayden Initiative in Ads
defeat the measure to prevent a
By RICHARDIC, PADDOCK
ban on cancer-causing pesticides in
TIMES STAFF WRITER
food.
ACRAMENTO Opponents of
California should do everything
S
Proposition 128, a sweeping en
possible to protect ourselves and
vironmental initiative, have begun
our children from those chemicals
running two radio ads throughout
that cause cancer and birth de:
the state attacking the measure for
fects. Mulholland said Big Green
being too costly and attempting to
will do that and the chemical
do too many things to save the
companies don't like it.".
environment.
Both ads also key on the fact that
T
he radio attack on Hayden
Assemblyman. Tom Hayden (D
apparently is designed to shift
Santa Menica) is a co-sponsor of
the focus of the campaign onto the
the measure and repeatedly call it
controversial one-time radical who
the Hayden Initiative."
is detested by many conservatives.
The thrust is: here's an initia-
Hayden is one of seven sponsors of
tive that tries to do too much," said
the measure, along with Atty, Gen.
Schrack, a spokesman for an
John K. Van de Kamp, representa-
the
Extended Page 23. 1
charged that Industry
fected by the proposition, including
well-intentioned, it just gets to be a
while It may have been
the chemical industry, are trying to
little too much."
AUG 13 90 12:15
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PAGE 24
PROPOSED EASTSHORE STATE PARK
N
Albany Mudnet Nature Preserve
UNIVERSITY
Emeryville Crescent
Golden Gate Flelds
Aqualic Park
Nature Preserve
FREEWAY
ASHBY
WAlbany
Point
Bomeley North Watermont
Richmond
Lefayette
Walnut
Eastahore State Park
Alea of detail
Albany
Creek
Low density development
Berkeley
Alamondo
High density development
580 Francisco
Pledmont
Bay
Oakland
Danville
EXAMINER GRAPHICS
Wilson backs shoreline park
environmental initiative on this in California? If not, that's my
He hotly defends
November's ballot
point."
The Eastshore State Park has
his opposition to
existed on drawing boards for
'Big Green' plan
years. Wilson said that, if elected,
he would set aside land for the
By George Raine
park.
OF THE EXAMINER STAFF
The park would include 940
acres of wetlands as well as unde-
BERKELEY - Sen. Pete Wil-
veloped areas between the Bay
son, the Republican candidate for
Bridge and the Contra Costa
governor, visited the East Bay
County line. Of the total, about 660
Wednosday to express support for
acres are privately owned.
a long-sought shoreline state park
Wilson is generally regarded as
and to angrily answer questions
having a strong environmental re-
about his opposition to a sweeping
cord, but opposes the sweeping en.
vironmental initiative, "Big
Green," largely because of a provi-
sion creating A special environmen-
tal.Inn prosecutor,
This week, though, Victoria Ri-
deout, who handles issues for Dem-
ocratic candidate Dianne Fein.
stein, charged that Wilson's oppo-
sition actually centers on the
provision for phasing out cancer-
causing pesticides. She said that is
tied to his political relationship
with Central Valley growers.
Wilson was angered by the alle.
gation - which he said is "asinine"
and "contradicted by the facts" -
and called it "character assassine.
tion."
"As it happens, Greenpeace, the
Sierra Club and & number of other
organizations support our efforts
to eliminate worldwide some of the
most dangerous pesticides," said
Wilson,
In Los Angeles, Rideout replied:
"Would he, if governor, sign legis-
lation phasing cut the use of can-
cer-causing pesticides on our food
3
AUG 13 90 12:16
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PAGE 25
Hispanic group backs Feinstein
DAiLY NEWS 8-13-90
By CHERYL W: THOMPSON
geles.
candidates - including-Fein-
offer an alternative to the aeria
Daily News Staff Writer
The five other Democrats who'
stein and McCarthy -
pitched
spraying
won the backing of MAPA were,
campaign issues before dozens of
Feinstein also attacked the us
Delegates to
Lt. Gov Leo McCarthy, treasur-
delegates and observers
of hiring quotas, saying that
CAMPAIGN
the Mexican
er candidate Kathleen Brown,
Feinstein, who was escorted to
"keeps people locked up.'
'90
American Polit
Controller Gray Dayis, attorney
the platform by a five-member
ical Association
general candidate Arlo Smith,
mariachi band, stressed the need
I'm not for quotas, sai
(*****)
announced
and insurance commissioner can-
for improved education.
Feinstein, who has been crit
their support
didate John Garamendi. Peace
"Education is the golden key,"
cized by her opponent - Sei
Sunday
for
and Freedom Party candidate
she said. "It is the way up and it
Pete Wilson on that issue.
Democratic gu-
Evelina Alarcon was endorsed for
is the way out"
want an administration that
bernatorial candidate Dianne
secretary of state
Feinstein pledged to earmark
flects the people it represent
Feinstein and five other Demo-
Mexican American Political
50 percent of the proceeds from
People deserve to
see peop
crats vying in November state-
Association delegate Amy Ibarra
who reflect their values and cor
the state lottery to education.
wide elections.
said she was not surprised at the
Currently, education receives 35
munities and this does not mea
delegates choices.
that we sacrifice merit."
The endorsements were an-
percent of the lottery revenues,
nounced after candidates from
These people are well liked by
she said.
Wilson, who was invited to t
the Democratic, Republican,
MAPA and they have supported
Feinstein criticized the use of
MAPA convention, did not
Libertarian, and Peace and Free-
us and our issues in the past,"
aerial malathion spraying to
tend.
dom parties spent two days WOO-
said Ibarra, who is president of
eliminate the Mediterranean
McCarthy, who is running
ing the 250 MAPA delegates
the San Gabriel Valley chapter.
fruit fly.
re-election; said he supports
from around the state who at-
"There was no reason why they
"We know there's a safer, more
Civil Rights Act of 1990 and
tended the three-day convention
should not have been endorsed.'
effective way to stop the Medf-
increase in the $4.25 an hc
at the Biltmore Hotel in Los An-
Earlier on Sunday, various
ly," said Feinstein, who did not minimum wage.
AUG 13 '90 12:17
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GD union 8/10/90
Feinstein ads note S&Ls
made big gifts to Wilson
By Gerry Braun
Wilson responded with charac-
Staff Writer
teristic sharpness to the commer-
Dianne Feinstein is alring &
cial, the second Fainstein has
new campaign commercial that
unveiled in a week
links Sen. Pete Wilson to the sav-
In a press release; Wilson
logs and loan crisis, although
charged his Democratic opponent
without alleging any unethical be
with "McCarthyism tactics
havior by her gubernatorial oppo-
premeditated malice
charao.
nent.
ter assassination" and stringing
An alde said Feinstein is not
together "viclous charges and in-
retreating from her past declara-
nuendo" to tell "the ultimate big
tions that Wilson bears no direct
lie." He also requested that Fain.
responsibility for the S&L prob.
stein withdraw the ad.
lem, aside from sharing the phi-
Wilson campaign director Otto
losophy of deregulation that
Bos acknowledged that the sena:
spawned it "I don't have any evt-
tor Ln April voted against & $30
dence that Wilson has done any-
million appropriation for S&L in-
thing" Feinstein said two weeks
spectors, but said Wilson backed &
280,
tougher $219 million appropria-
Her commercial, however,
Lion less than three months later.
seems to imply & direct correls-
The senator's vote "to hide the
tion between the Industry's
S&L ballout" concerns the Sen.,
record-setting contributions to
ate's decision to keep the bailout
Wilson and two procedural votes
cost separate from the federal
the Republican senator cast in the
budget, Bos said. Rad those costs
U.S. Senate.
been included in the budget, Con-
It begins by noting that S&L ex-
gress would have had to exempt
ecutives gave Wilson $243,000 in
the budget from the Gramm-Rud-
campaign contributions during
mas spending limits or cut $6.5
the 1980s, "more than any other
billion in spending. Bos sald either
member of Congress," as well as
option was unacceptable to Wil-
another $9,000 in speaking fees.
son.
The commercial then states
Feinstein campaign manager
that Wilson "voted against adding
William Carrick said the com-
inspectors to protect us from sav-
mercial is not designed to impli-
Ings and loan fraud" and "voted to
cate Wilson in scandalous behav-
hide the S&L ballout costing tax-
for, but to lay out "i fundamental
payers an extra $4.5 billion."
philosophical difference" between
"California can't afford a politi-
the candidates.
clan like Pete Wilson as gover-
The commercial began Wednes-
oor," it concludes.
day evening.
AUG 13 '90 12:17
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PAGE. 27
SECLMON
AS
FRIDAY,AUGUST.10,1990
Feinstein TV Ad
Feinstein took a political and
personal chance In raising the Is-
Ad: "Two - S&Ls paid Pete
sue, since the California senator
Wilson $9,000 in honoraria."
Tries to Link
most closely associated with the
S&L scandal is not Wilson but Sen-
Background: Again, this is &
ator Alan Cranston, who, like Fein;
statement that the Wilson cam-
Wilson to S&Ls
stein, is 2 Democrat.
paign does not dispute. In the tra.
dition of the best defense being a
On the personal side, Fein-
good offense, Wilson aides say
Stein's husband, Richard Blum, has
Feinstein's 1989 federal tax return
Senator angrily calls
actively invested in savings and
shows she received nearly $47,000
loans.
in speaking fees whose source is
the statements deceptive
Blum, who has bankrolled
unidentified.
much of his wife's campaign, join-
By Susan Yoachum
'ed with Texas billionaire Robert
Ad: "Three- Fete Wilson vot.
Chronicle Political Writer
Bass in 1989 in the $1.7 billion bail-
ed against adding inspectors to
out of American Savings and Loan,
protect us from savings and loan
Trying to tie Pete Wilson to
a once-crippied Stockton institu-
fraud."
the savings and loan scandal, Di-
nion. Partnerships run by Blum al-
anne Feinstein yesterday aired a
Background: Once again, this is
so have invested in thrifts in Ore-
new, blunt ad that so infuriated
a correct statement. But the vote
Wilson that he demanded she pull
gon and Washington.
came after a series of attempts to
it off television.
"Feinstein may have put a new
amend the budget act, and Wilson
twist into the Idea of public financ-
Feinstein "seeks to tell the ulti-
said he voted against them all In
"ing of elections," Otto Bos, Wil-
order to follow the federal deficit-
mate big lie by using the all-perva-
son's campaign director, said, re-
give medium of TV to deliberately
cutting plan. Nine weeks later,
ferring to the bailout of S&Ls with
deceive the public," Senator Wil-
Wilson voted for an extra $220 mil-
public dollars.
son said of his Democratic guber-
Jion for investigation and prosecu-
Here is what the ad says. with
tion of S&Ls as part of a crime bill.
natorial opponent.
What crybaby nonsense," shot
some background about the state-
Ad: "Four - Pete Wilson voted
back Feinstein campaign manager
ments:
to hide the S&L ballout. costing
Bill Carrick. "He can dish it our,
Ad: S&L facts: "One-Savings
taxpayers an extra $4.5 billion."
but he can't take it.
& Loan executives gave Pete Will-
Feinstein's ad tries to nail WII.
son $243,000 - more than any oth.
Background: This also is a cor-
son for accepting more savings
er member of Congress."
rect statement. However, Wilson
and loan contributions than any
said he cast this vote for account
Background: According to &
other member of Congress and for
Thg reasons, after Congress WR
Common Cause study of S&L con-
accepting $9,000 in honoraria from
told that such a vote would allow
tributions on Capital HIII, Wilson
S&Ls.-It also talks about Wilson's
the government to repay the ball
received $243,882, the highest
S&L-related votes in the Senate.
out expenses in the future with
amount received by any member
money from the sale of the selzec
Finally, It charges that "Califor-
of Congress. That is correct, and
assets of the S&Ls.
nia can't afford a politician like
the Wilson campaign does not dis-
Pete Wilson as governor."
pute It. What they do take issue
The ad sent Wilson into a 11-
with is the implication that Wilson
rade: "You said to the media that
did favors for the S&L industry in
there is no evidence that I did any-
return for the money.
thing wrong, yet now you are us.
ing McCarthyism tactics to impugn
my character. This is premeditat-
ed malice, making false charges,
engaging in character assassina-
tion, and I call on you to Immedi-
ately withdraw your ad."
Although Feinstein had only
about $645,000 in the bank as of
June 30. Carrick described the lat-
est television advertising as a
"real, statewide buy" that is being
financed by the campaign's ability
to "just keep raising money."
The Sacramento Bee Final Filday, August 10, 15
CAPITOL NEWS
Feinstein's TV attack on Wilson
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dianne Feinstein today begins
Feinstein tries to hang
AUG 13 '90
unring a TV commercial focusing on campaign contributions made to
Republican opponent, Pete Wilson, by the savings and loan indus-
by and industry-related votes Wilson cast as a U.S. senator. Here is an
analysis of the ad by Bee Deputy Capitol Bureau Chief Rick Rodriguez.
S&L label on opponent
AD: Five S&L facts: ONE Savings and loan executives gave Pete
Nilson $243,000 more than any other member of Congress.
By Amy Chance
ANALYSIS: According to a report released June 28 by Common
Bee Capitol Bureau
CAMPAIGN '90
Cause, a non-partisan public interest group. Wilson received $243,334
n Campaign contributions from savings and loan sources during the
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dianne Feinstein,
To date, much of the California fallout from the =
1980s, more than any other member of Congress. Common Cause did
unleashing B new television ad, moved Thursday to hang
and loan crisis has focused or: Democratic Ser
701 say Wilson did anything in return for the contributions.
public outrage over the plagued savings and loan
Cranston, who is under investigation by the Senate
AD: TWO - S&L's paid Pete Wilson $9,000 in honoraria:
industry around the rieck of Republican rival Pete Wilson.
committee after savings and loar executive Charle:
ANALYSIS: Wilson does not dispute that he has taken, speaking fees
ing sought Cranston's help in his battles with fede:
Stung by the attack, which implies that he cast votes
ulators.
rom the savings and loan Industry, part of $210,000 in speaking fees
favoring the industry after taking more money from
hal he has been paid over the past seven years.
savings and loan executives as a U.S. senator than any
Unlike Cranston, Wilson has never been BCCL
AACRAMENTO CRP
AD: THREE Pete Wilson voted against adding inspectors to protect
other member of Congress. Wilson mediately called on
aiding the savings and loan industry in exchange f
IS from savings and loan fraud.
Feinstein to take the ad off the air,
tributions.
ANAL YSIS: On April 30, Wilson voted against an amendment offered
Wilson said Feinstein has previously acknowledged
But Wilson aides had suspected Feinstein's atta
ry Sen. Tim Wirth, D-Colo., that would have shifted $30 million ear-
there is no evidence that He did anything improper in ex-
coming since Common Cause issued a report J-
narked to develop tourism in Panama to pay for investigations of sus-
change for the contributions.
identifying the senator as the top congressional re
rected savings and loan and other white collar' fraud. Wilson aides
note that on July 11, however, Wilson voted for a Wirth amendment
This is premeditated malice, making false charges, en-
of savings and loan industry money in the 1980s.
hat provided $219.5 million to step up Investigation of S&L fraud.
gaging in character assassination." Wilson said in a pre-
At the time, Wilson blasted Common Cause, say
ID: FOUR Pete Wilson voted to hide the S&L bailout costing tax-
pared statement. "What Feinstein is attempting is
government watchdog organization had "stooped"
defamation or would be if a private citizen rather than a
ing McCarthyism tactics, attempting to soil the
ayers an extra $4.5 billion.
public figure were'the target of the malicious Fies.*
reputation of individuals through association and i
ANALYSIS On April 18, 1969, Wilson voted against a bill that would
do."
have permited the government to sell $50 billion in bonds for the S&L
A Wilson press release also found other adjectives to
railout and include the sale in the federal budget Proponents argued
describe the 30-second commercial, including "scurri-
Feinstein, however, immediately began using th
lous and "vicious."
he move would allow bonds to be sold at a lower Interest rate, saving
mon Cause figures against Wilson in her public E
expayers $4.5 billion in interest over 30 years. Opponents wanted the
Feinstein strategists said they had no intention of pull-
ances.
ands "olf-budget" and run through a non-governmental agency. Wil-
itg the ad. They denied that il is malicious or unfair to
"Senator Wilson's philosophy is epitomized in
on argued that including the bonds in the budget would have required.
link the multibillion dollar savings and loan crisis with
regulation mania of the "80s, a philosophy which
Waiver o' the Gramm-Rudman-Holings budget reduction act that
Wilson, who has served in U.S. Senate since 1983:
peatedly espoused. she said in à statement Thursd
PAGE 28
outy have opened the dike for more such requests.
*He thinks that being in the United States Senate is a
The Wilson campaign had already distributed
D: FIVE - California can't afford a politician like Pete Wilson as
speciator sport, that no matter what goes on he doesn't
porters a memo defending Wilson's actions im
overnor.
have anything to do with it." said Feinstein campaign di-
savings and loans. The memo notes that Wilson was
NALYSIS: The line is emerging as a theme of Feinstein's campaign.
rector Bill Carrick. "If he'd spend time doing the job he
senator when the Industry was deregulated, and 1
was elected to do. instead of running for something else,
co-sponsored 1985 legislation to ban savings anc
maybe the problems wouldn't be as serious."
from investing in junk bonds.
AUG 13 90 12:19
AACRAMENTO CRP
PAGE 29
L.A. TIMES
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS PROPOSITION 128
8-11-90
Opponents Label Measure
"Hayden Initiative' in Ads
By RICHARD PADDOCK
defeat the measure to prevent a
TIMES STAFF WRITER
ban on cancer-causing pesticides in
food.
S
ACRAMENTO Opponents of
California should do everything
Proposition 128, a sweeping en
possible to protect ourselves and
vironmental initiative, have begun
our children from those chemicals
running two radio ads throughout
that cause cancer and birth de
the state attacking the measure for
fects, Mulholland said Big Green
being too costly and attempting to
will do that and the chemical
do too many things to save the
companies don't like it.
environment
Both ads also key on the fact that
T
he radio attack on Hayden
Assembl yman Tom Hayden (D:
apparently is designed to shift
Santa Monica) is a co-sponsor of
the focus of the campaign onto the
the measure and repeatedly call it
controversial one-time radical who
the Hayden Initiative."
is detested by many conservatives.
The thrust is: here's an initia
Hayden is one of seven sponsors of
tive that tries to do too much," said
the measure, along with Atty. Gen.
Don Schrack, a spokesman for an
John K. Van de Kamp, representa
industry backed group opposing
tives of the Sierra Club and other
the measure, 'It would cost too
environmental groups
much and very probably would
The four-term assembly man
create more problems than it
said he is happy to have his name
would solve."
linked with the measure and pre
Proposition 128. called Big
dicted that his involvement will
Green" by proponents, seeks to
not deter voters from approving it
solve a variety of environmental
in November. Hayden and his allies
problems. Among other things, it
noted that he has had a high-pro-
would ban cancer-causing chemi-
file role in previous successful
cals in food, save old-growth red.
campaigns, most notably in helping
wood trees; tax companies to
pay for potential offshore oil spills
to win passage of Proposition 65, an
anti-toxics measure over whelm
and require a reduction in gases
that contribute to global warming
ingly approved by voters in 1986.
and depletion of the ozone layer.
The radio ads mark the first
Bob Mulholland, campaign man-
assault by opponents in what could
ager for the Yes on 128 committee,
be a tough campaign to persuade
said the initiative is a comprehen-
voters that the Big Green" goes
sive approach to solving interrelat-
too far in protecting the environ
ed environmental problems that
ment. Outlining the theme of the
are steadily. getting worse. He
opposition, Schrack said of Propo-
charged that industry groups af
sition 128: hile it may have been
fected by the proposition, including
well-intentioned, it just gets to be a
the.chemical industry, are trying to
little 100 much.
Sunday, September 10, 1989
The San Diego Union C-3
Crack babies: Child abuse through the umbilical cord
By Pete Wilson
civilized society cannot tolerate. Our
gal drug use and alcohol abuse by
If there remain any who persist in
failure to address this problem re-
abusing mothers. It is to protect the
women during pregnancy. It is a des-
the delusion that use of illegal drugs
sults in incredible costs both in
infants. The custodial setting for
perately needed beginning.
is a victimless crime, let them walk
human misery and tax dollars.
their mandatory rehabilitation is not
through a neo-natal intensive care
The Act would offer grants to
prison. Instead it is the kind of round-
According to the National Associa-
states that:
the-clock residential environment
ward full of babies innocently addict-
tion for Perinatal Addiction, Re-
ed to crack or PCP or alcohol.
Offer a comprehensive approach
search and Education, at least
provided to recovering addicts that I
to the prevention of illegal drug use
have seen at California's Phoenix
Let them listen to the especially
375,000 babies were born in the Unit-
piercing, incessant crying of crack
by pregnant mothers, including pre-
Houses or Oakland's Mandela House.
ed States last year to mothers who
ventive outreach, education and
babies, and let them watch these
abused alcohol or used illegal drugs
My own view was forcibly ex-
treatment;
pathetic infants writhing so violently
during pregnancy. That amounts to
pressed by Harvard Law Professor
Provide mandatory rehabilita-
in their cribs in withdrawal they
10 percent of all live births in the
Alan Dershowitz, a celebrated civil
tion to substance-abusing mothers
libertarian. Dershowitz declared that
must be swaddled to avoid doing
nation and marks a growth rate
who give birth to a baby who is ad-
themselves injury.
which is, to understate it substantial-
though he is "pro-choice" - as I am
dicted or otherwise injured or im-
These babies are victims. They are
ly, dramatically increasing. We are
- he feels strongly that the women
Wall Street Journal's front-page
they bring into the world.
paired by the mother's substance
victims of child abuse through the
experiencing a crack baby explosion.
who chooses to carry her pregnancy
story on July 18 on crack babies, had
It is a tragedy impossible to mea-
umbilical cord.
abuse during pregnancy;
The initial cost of hospital care for
to term is morally obliged to refrain
given birth to seven addicted infants!
sure fully, but thank God, it is pre-
Condition probation on absti-
We are seeing only the tip of the
from substance abuse or conduct
these infants totals more than $13
Cheryl is an aggravated but not iso-
ventable. While expensive, we have
nence from substance abuse and
iceberg, but already America is pay-
billion a year, now. Use of cocaine or
lated case: At the Martin Luther
during her pregnancy that will injure
to provide widely available, quality
ing a terrible price for our failure to
from association with known drug
the health of her child
and that
serious abuse of alcohol during preg-
King Medical Center in Los Angeles,
preventive outreach and treatment
users, and offer to mothers who have
prevent a tragedy of truly epidemic
nancy produces severe and irreversi-
the state has an entirely legitimate
the average mother whose child is in
that will allow mothers capable of
dimensions - substance abuse by
successfully completed probation the
ble injury to the child. Low
interest in seeking to secure the
the neonatal intensive care unit has
turning away from the substance
opportunity to have their records ex-
pregnant women. The use of illegal,
health of the child she has chosen to
birthweight, prematurity, deformi-
given birth to two addicted babies.
abuse to do so early enough in their
punged;
bear.
drugs or abuse of alcohol during
ties, retardation, other severe devel-
The experience is much the same in
pregnancy to prevent even greater
pregnancy causes cruel suffering and
Afford to a mother undergoing
opmental disabilities, stroke - all
Our response must be more than
Milwaukee or Philadelphia or Wash-
injury to their babies.
lasting impairment and damage to
mandatory rehabilitation the oppor-
are among the conditions which ex-
shaking our heads in dismay. The
ington, D.C.
That is why I introduced legisla-
tunity to keep her. baby with her if
the hundreds of babies being born
perts have determined to be caused
time has come to prevent substance
The Cheryls of the world must be
tion in the Senate, S 1444, the Child
the mother is competent to function
each day innocently addicted to
by substance abuse during pregnan-
abuse during pregnancy and the epi-
got clean - both for their sakes, and
Abuse During Pregnancy Prevention
in a maternal capacity.
drugs and alcohol.
demic of human tragedy it is caus-
cy.
certainly to prevent the recurrence
Act, to create five $10 million grants
The purpose of The Child Abuse
The emotional and physical suffer-
ing.
The pathetic "Cheryl," whose un-
of the avoidable tragedy of the addic-
to states to set up comprehensive
During Pregnancy Prevention Act is
ing of these children is something a
Wilson is U.S. Senator, R-Califor-
happy history was reported in The
tion of and damage to the children
programs for the prevention of ille-
not to imprison or punish substance-
nia.
A-4
SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE
Wednesday, May 9, 1990
Wilson unveils proposal
to assist pregnant addicts
By Ray Huard
Options for Recovery is "the kind
Fribune Politics Writer
of rehabilitation that offers, in my
Using an El Cajon drug treatment
judgment, the best hope of recov-
center for pregnant women as a
ery," Wilson said. "This facility is a
backdrop, U.S. Sen. Pete Wilson
godsend to these women and their
unveiled proposals yesterday for
babies."
dramatically increasing federal
Located in a six-bedroom leased
funding of such programs.
house, the center offers a nine- to 18-
"We have failed to find funding for
month treatment program for up to
treatment," Wilson said as he stood
18 pregnant women and their chil-
outside a pilot residential treatment
dren, said senior counselor Tori Fos-
center that is financed with state,
ter.
county and private money.
The center opened in January, but
"The federal government has done
already there is a waiting list, Foster
an abysmal job," said Wilson, a Re-
said.
publican candidate for governor and
Most of the women are referred to
former San Diego mayor.
the center by someone else. Some
Wilson said legislation he's filed
come voluntarily. Others are re-
would provide $200 million in 1991
quired to come by state social ser-
for outpatient and residential treat-
vice agencies or as a condition of
ment of pregnant drug and alcohol
parole.
abusers, up from $30 million.
"We provide a message of hope,"
Wilson's legislation would also
said Rebecca Ashby, project coordi-
provide $25 million to train health-
nator of a program that refers preg-
care workers to identify women who
nant women in jail to the center.
need such help, $40 million to find
Part of the problem is that many
foster homes for infants born addict-
pregnant addicts don't seek help be-
ed to drugs or alcohol and $40 million
cause they're afraid their babies will
to help coordinate services among
be taken from them, Foster said.
"We had a woman in here who had
agencies serving addicted pregnant
women and their children.
her baby on her couch because she
"If anybody is not moved by com-
knew she was using (drugs) and she
passion, they ought to at least be
was terrified," Foster said.
moved by reason," Wilson said in
Judi Leone said she was told by
calling for the increased funding.
state authorities that she would have
to either go through the program or
If trends continue, Wilson said,
put her 24-month-old baby, Cassan-
720,000 drug- and alcohol-addicted
dra, in foster care.
children will be born in California by
"My mother said maybe this baby
the year 2000. He said it will cost $1.6
is my salvation and I believe that,"
trillion to care for those children.
Leone said.
"This is not exaggerated when we
Said center resident Andrea Davis:
describe it as an epidemic," Wilson
"We lost control along the way."
said. "What people have to realize is
Through the center's programs,
prevention is the answer, the preven-
"We get some of our control back
tion of recurrence."
and our responsibility," said Davis,
He cited Options for Recovery, a
who is waiting to be reunited with
county drug treatment program of
her 3-month-old son when she fin-
which the El Cajon center is a part,
ishes the center program. Davis said
as an example of an effective re-
her son is living with her mother and
sponse to the problem.
visits on weekends.
Friday
May 11, 1990
Vol. 3
No. 162
THE DAILY BRIEFING ON AMERICAN POLITICS
(c) The American Political Network, Inc.
282 North Washington Street, Falls Church, VA (703) 237-5130
GOVERNORS '90
*11 CALIFORNIA: FEINSTEIN EDGES VdK; WILSON TOPS BOTH
The CA Poll, conducted 5/1-8 by Field Institute, surveyed
1,310 registered voters; margin of error +/- 2.8%. Dem
subsample: 631 reg. Dems; +/- 4.1%. (S.F. CHRONICLE, 5/11).
5/11
4/17
LIKELY
COMMITTED
WOMEN
MEN
Feinstein
39%
36%
40%
32%
40%
36%
Van de Kamp
36
35
36
27
31
43
Undec.
24
29
23
40
29
21
5/11
4/17
5/11
4/17
Wilson
48%
46%
Wilson
48%
43%
Feinstein
41
38
VdK
36
38
OTHER DATA: Feinstein also holds "a substantial lead in her
Northern California base," topping VdK 43-31%. VdK has a "much
narrower" 5% lead in "vote-rich" Southern California. Voters
"said they preferred Feinstein on the issues of abortion, the
environment and ethics. They also said she would do more for
education and the schools and she scored high on having a good
personality and being honest.
...
[But voters said VdK] would do
better in reducing crime. And
voters give him high marks for
being able to work with state lawmakers
...
and for being able to
strengthen the economy and keep taxes down" (Jerry Roberts,
CHRONICLE). Pollster Mervin Field: "It's still wide open.
What's giving Feinstein an edge is that she seems to be
resonating with a new agenda more than Van de Kamp" (5/11).
DEBATE WATCH?: When Feinstein and VdK debate this Sunday
they' 11 "have more to compete with than each other" (Rick
Rodriguez, MCCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE). They also "go head-to-head"
with "Murder She Wrote", "America's Funniest Home Videos" and,
during the last half-hour, "The Simpsons." In Feinstein's mock
debates, VdK is being played by L.A. attorney Barry Groveman. In
VdK's mock debates, Feinstein is played by L.A. attorney Loretta
Lynch. He's also being coached by Dem media consultant Bob
Shrum, who coached Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) in his 1988 VP
debate against Dan Quayle (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 5/10).
MAJOR PROFILES: "How Dianne Feinstein Has Defied the Odds,
From stiff stranger to front runner" (Jerry Roberts, S.F.
CHRONICLE, 5/11). VdK Q&A session, and op-ed analysis (John
Jacobs, S.F. EXAMINER, 5/11). "Van de Kamp has Surmounted
Political Contradictions" (Robert Gunnison, CHRONICLE, 5/11).
OTHER NEWS: Germond & Witcover look at VdK's "Big Green"
initiative as it "shapes up as the most potent blow at unlimited
industrial growth yet devised on the national political
landscape" -- but they note criticism that "it serves as little
more than a vehicle for [VdK's and Tom Hayden's] own ambitions"
(Balto. EVENING SUN, 5/9). "Law and Motion,' an S.F. legal
publication, says VdK's "convenient inconsistency is the
hobgoblin of a political mind" (Dirk Olin, May 1990).
PERSPECTIVE
CQ ROUNDTABLE
By Ronald D. Elving
The Political Mission
first faced the voters as incumbents). Conservatives. found
him suspiciously heterodox; many found him stylistically
dull. And his Democratic opponent in 1988, Leo McCarthy,
Facing Pete Wilson
though hardly a juggernaut, had yet to be dispatched.
Yet Wilson's destiny was about to take on a new dimension.
He prevailed in his re-election race, running ahead of the
E
arly in 1989, Pete Wilson was discovered to be the new
national ticket. Then GOP Gov. George Deukmejian decided
colossus of California Republicanism.
against a third term. It did not take long for state Republicans
The party that once had spurned his contribution
to count those of their number who had been elected statewide.
turned to him in its hour of need. It was no longer enough
Aside from Deukmejian, Wilson was it.
for the former mayor of San Diego to be the state's Repub-
Suddenly, bygones could be bygones, including Wilson's
lican in the Senate. The party insisted he also become its
support of Gerald R. Ford over Ronald Reagan in the 1976
nominee for governor in 1990.
presidential primaries. Another bygone forgone was the 1978
Finding himself living a politician's fantasy, Wilson was
gubernatorial primary, in which Wilson, as a mayor, opposed
told he would face no significant opposition in the primary.
the Proposition 13 property-tax limit and finished fourth.
He was guaranteed the largest campaign treasury in
Forgotten, too, were Wilson's deviations on abortion and the
Golden State history.
Equal Rights Amendment. With Deukmejian's January sur-
And, should he win, well, look at
prise, even the right wing saw Wilson
the prizes. He would anoint his own
newly arrayed in garments of light.
successor in the Senate. He would
"The Republican bench is not short
play the pivotal role in realigning the
in terms of talent," says Wilson. "But it
largest U.S. House delegation ever.
Big stakes in California
is very short in terms of statewide iden-
And his name could be expected to
tification."
appear on some future national ticket
politics and in national
California gives new meaning to the
- perhaps even at the top.
Notwithstanding all that, Wilson's
politics are wrapped up in
term statewide. It stretches 1,000 miles
and will soon have 30 million people. A
decision was far from a purely per-
the political destiny of
candidate must buy TV in more than
sonal one. Big stakes in California
a dozen media markets, including Los
politics and national politics were
the state's junior senator.
Angeles, the world's most costly.
wrapped up in the senator's electoral
Wilson raised and spent about $15
destiny.
million on his 1988 race. He is confident
Republicans do not expect to con-
he can immediately return to the same
trol the California Legislature by
individuals and political action commit-
1991, when the new congressional district lines must be
tees for more. He expects to report $3 million raised by July 1
drawn. Without a GOP governor, they would face a fleecing
and eventually to spend $20 million or more. "I haven't noticed
like they got in 1981, when Democrats deftly rewrote the
anyone reducing their rates," he says.
state's political map to their own advantage. The state's
Not all the price tags are written in dollars. Wilson's
House delegation, now 26-18 Democratic, is expected to
campaign will distract him from the job he has, and vice versa.
grow by six seats after the 1990 census.
Only a few senators have gone home and been elected governor,
"House members who used to barely nod are now al-
and no Californian has. One who tried was GOP Senate leader
most eager to help me across the street," Wilson says.
William F. Knowland, who sought to swap jobs with Republi-
Beyond the House, a Republican in Sacramento helps
can Gov. Goodwin Knight in 1958 (both lost). Wilson, should
carry California in the Electoral College, where in 1992 the
he lose, could keep his Senate seat. But he could not sustain his
state may have a stunning 53 votes. That number could
current aura of eminence into his next re-election cycle.
make Californians all but mandatory on future national
Wilson says he would be loath to leave the Senate, unlike
tickets.
some colleagues who have recently expressed disillusionment
Wilson may have his personal preferences - "I think I
by retiring. But Wilson also reports that 14 of the 16 former
enjoy the administrative role more," he says - but his decision
governors in the Senate have encouraged his prospective
clearly transcended personal ambition. An artist of understate-
switch, while the other two said he should think pretty hard
ment, the senator notes: "There is a lot riding on 1990."
about it "because it's a pretty hard job."
A scant few weeks before all this converged on Wilson, he
Wilson shrugs off talk of that other "hard job," in the Oval
had been struggling just to be re-elected to his Senate (a
Office, calling the governorship a "career capper." But, for
seat six predecessors had failed to hold when they
most politicians, the same could be said of the Senate.
1510 - JUNE 17, 1989
CQ
Pete Wilson: Stand-up politician
the California Republican Party,
moderate, Yalie, preppie as our
GOP candidate
explains: "Pete Wilson ran for this
president, but he's really learned
position at the urging of the Repub-
the difference between campaign-
for governor ducks
lican Party of California, the Re-
ing and governing - he now speaks
publican National Committee, the
with bullets rather than para-
Democrats' barbs
former president of the United
graphs," said Popkin.
States, Ronald Reagan, and the
By George Raine
current president of the United
As the contest develops, though.
OF THE EXAMINER STAFF
he will be portrayed by the Demo-
States."
crats as the symbol of the status
BEVERLY HILLS - One day
Revenge for '81 apportionment
quo, and part of party that has
in 1955, Pete Wilson. English liter-
The governor elected in 1990
presided over a time of worsening
ature major and later a would-be
governor, used the quiet law library
will negotiate with the Legislature
crime statistics, the disrepair of
at Yale to prepare for final exams,
as lawmakers' districts are re-
reading the dreamy romantics and
drawn, and Republicans seek to
transportation systems and a less.
ening of quality of life.
some truly awful poetry, like Percy
avenge what they call a blatant re-
It is the quick turnaround from
Bysshe Shelley's "To a Skylark:"
apportionment gerrymander pre-
senate candidate 10 gubernatorial
pared in 1981 under Democratic
Hail to thee, blithe spirit!
candidate that particularly tasci-
control.
Bird thou never wert,
nates Democrats. and the special-
"Pete Wilson is the person who
That from Heaven, or near it.
interest mining it may represent.
Pourest thy full heart
Sen. Pete Wilson: Democrats label
can make that happen," said Visco.
"The Republicans have no one
him a shill for special interests.
This is Wilson's second cam-
In profuse strains of unpremedi-
else," said Brown. now the chair-
tated art
paign for the party's nomination
man of the Democratic Party of
for governor, and through the years
A man with a Flatbush accent
governor than as a member of the
California. "Deukmejian is a bro
- he was an assemblyman from
happened by. scanned Wilson's
U.S. Senate, then that is what I will
ken down political horse. so they
1966 to 1971 and the mayor of San
reading material and sounded his
be."
thought they would take their one
Diego from 1971 to 1983 - he has
disapproval: "Wordsworth. Keats.
Not all days are colored with
candidate and run him from one
been known as one who dishes out
Shelley! An aesthete has snuck into
political tension, however, certainly
office to another."
small portions of himself to people
the law school."
not for the candidate who leads his
Brown theorized that Wilson
he is getting to know.
For reasons that may include
Democratic opponents, Attorney
would be run as an outsider, from
In an interview, the so-called
this experience. Wilson promptly
General John Van de Kamp and
anonymous politician told the story
Washington, so that he need not
joined the Marine Corps after be.
former San Francisco Mayor
about reading the romantics in the
take responsibility for the state's
ing graduated. Then. after law
Dianne Feinstein, in polls and in
Yale library and did the New York
condition.
school at Berkeley, he entered an
fund-raising.
accent with the cheery gusto of a
Wilson, in his quiet, bur.
even less aesthetic world: politics.
stand-up comic. Sam Popkin, a
ton-down way. says, "It is best for
These days. as he campaigns for
'Good Scout of the Year'
professor of political science at
the voters to look at the record.".
the highest executive office in Cali-
One day last week while cam-
UC-San Diego and veteran Demo-
Such acrimony, however, had
fornia, he hears rancorous words
paigning in Los Angeles, Wilson
cratic pollster, has heard Wilson's
been foreshadowed to Wilson, the
Shelley never dreamed of:
had noontime and evening ap-
repertoire of impersonations and
English literature major, when 30.
"Basically, he's just a fund-rais-
pointments here at the Beverly Hil-
has watched his political evolution
plus years ago he no doubt pressed
er." says former Gov. Jerry Brown.
ton - one to accept an award and
to a point, he said, where he will be
to memory these honeyed words
"He's on retainer for the major spe-
gushing praise from the conserva-
very hard to beat.
from William Wordsworth's "Lines
cial interests of California."
tive Criminal Justice Legal Foun-
"He has fabulous management
Written in Early Spring:"
dation, and the other to pick up the
instincts," says Popkin. "He's got
The GOP's chosen one
"Good Scout of the Year" award
To her fair works did Nature link
every instinct you need to manage
This is the anthem that Demo-
from the Boy Scouts of America.
The human soul that through nu
government and policy and a very
crats will broadcast wherever Wil-
The senator, whom the authors
ran;
good nose for knowing what needs
-son travels this year and next -
of the Almanac of American Poli-
And much it grieved my heart to
to be get done." says Popkin, a
the charge that he is 3 political
tics call "one of the most anony-
think
former Jerry Brown ally who pre-
opportunist. Shortly after Gov.
mous people in American politics,"
What man has made of man
pared him for his debate with Wil-
Deukmejian announced he would
and whose speaking style they say
son in their 1982 Senate race.
not seek re-election. Wilson. 55.
is bland. whose appearance is called
"He's the same kind of serious,
who in November had won re-clec-
"handsome but unremarkable."
San Francisco, CA
tion to his U.S. Senate by de-
works these crowds very well.
(San Francisco Co.)
feating Lt. Gov. Leo McCartny, be.
"We cannot afford to have Cali-
Examiner
came the Republican Party's cho-
fornia under siege to rapists, thugs,
(Cir. D. 158,722)
sen one in the gubernatorial race.
sellers of crack." he told the justice
The fund-raising begins anew,
foundation. "Our criminal justice
after Witson raise and spent $13
system cannot be a misnomer."
JUL 5' 1989
million in gaining a second term.
Above all. he has no opposition,
That sum is second only to that of
as a one-time challenger for the
the presidential candidates in fed.
Republican nomination, Los Ange-
eral races in 1988.
les Police Chief Daryl Gates, was
This is his ready reply: "If the
discouraged by party leadership.
voters think I can be more useful as
Frank Visco, the chairman of
JANUARY 8-14, 1990
THE WASHINGTON POST NATIONAL WEEKLY EDITION
PAC
THE POLITICAL PULSE
ELECTIONS
He Left His Heart in Sacramento
California's governorship beckons Sen. Wilson
about six days, then back out on the SI
again."
By Jay Mathews
Securely mounted on this crime-b
Washington Post Staff Writer
horse, Wilson charges with barely restr
glee at Van de Kamp's weak spot: his de
L
OS-ANGELES-Sen. Pete Wilson has
ner once considered a political liability, Wilson
a decade ago to drop charges because
dreamed of becoming governor of Cal-
edges close to passion when talking about
sufficient evidence against Angelo Buor
ifornia for a long time, and few politi-
becoming an administrator again, the kind of
suspected of raping and strangling 10 W
cians have sought that office with more ad-
work he did for nine years as mayor of San
and leaving their bodies on Southern C:
vantages: environmentalists' support; a rep-
Diego.
nia hillsides.
utation for both frugality and social concern;
"You are responsible for one, the quality of
Republican prosecutors later took u
and the backing of a unified, wealthy GOP ter-
the services provided by your administration;
case and were able to have Buono sent
rified of losing the governorship in a reappor-
and, two, the responsibility to mandate costs,
to life in prison, an incident that Wilson
ionment year.
to set priorities, to engage in the difficult de-
"a legitimate issue" raised by Feinsteil
In addition, Wilson's likely Democratic op-
cisions as to what doesn't make the cut," he
certain to be included in GOP television
onent in this year's race-moderate, well-
says.
the November election approaches.
regarded state Attorney General John Van de
Van de Kamp's campaign chairwoman
Kamp-is burdened with a potentially crip-
bara Y. Johnson, says the issue can be ha
ling blemish.
lecade ago, Van de Kamp declined to pros-
W
ilson's first run for governor ended
easily by emphasizing the many murd
As Los Angeles County's district attorney a
poorly in 1978, when he finished
Van de Kamp has taken off the streets
fourth among five candidates in the
long career as a prosecutor and attorney
cute the "Hillside Strangler." Because of
GOP primary. He talked about trying again in
eral. As for Wilson, she asks, "How many
hat, "I don't think he can beat Pete Wilson,"
1982 but instead ran for the Senate.
ple did he put on death row?"
ays one Democratic city officeholder here
He won a grueling, multicandidate primary,
Democratic consultant Kam Kuwata
who publicly supports Van de Kamp.
then defeated Democratic Gov. Edmund G.
Wilson may undergo more intense new:
Few forecasters can resist the temptation
(Jerry) Brown Jr., who was trying to move
dia scrutiny than in previous campaigns
o pronounce Wilson's move from Washington
from Sacramento to Washington. Wilson suc-
Johnson predicts strain from juggling
o Sacramento a foregone conclusion. But,
cessfully labeled Brown a liberal extremist
campaigning with Senate service.
vhen a race is expected to cost as much as
then, and has begun invoking Brown's name
Careful of his image, Wilson recent]
$30 million and significantly influence the po-
again as an example of how bad for business
turned $17,500 in campaign funds from
itical map of the nation's most powerful state,
Democratic governors can be.
sieged savings-and-loan magnate Chark
II kinds of unexpected mishaps are possible.
By 1988, as Wilson won reelection by de-
Keating Jr. and allied contributors,
"The stakes are so high," says Robert Nay-
feating Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy by 53 percent
though Wilson staff members say the
or, former state GOP chairman. "Anything
to 44 percent, he seemed to be enjoying the
jected Keating's request for a meeting
ould happen in that race."
legislative process and had won praise for his
his battle with federal regulators.
Mervin Field's last major California Poll on
work on defense and illegal drugs and as a foe
BY JAMES K.W. ATHERTON-THE WASHINGTON POST
Wilson is expected to call for a careful
he race showed Van de Kamp with 44 per-
of congressional spending on newsletters to
Sen. Pete Wilson
sition to a post-Cold War economy here.
ent, Wilson 43 percent and 13 percent un-
constituents.
serving research-and-development indus
lecided, a statistical dead heat. Van de Kamp
But Republican Gov. George Deukmejian
has favored abortion rights, supported limits
vital to future U.S. security and, coinc
as benefited from major environmental and
announced that he would not seek reelection
on offshore oil drilling and opposed Deukme-
tally, important to California's economy.
olitical reform initiatives drafted in his name
in 1990. With both houses of the state legis-
jian's recent decision to cut funds for family
His main argument is that governmen
nd from the faltering campaign of his likely
lature controlled by Democrats, the GOP
planning clinics.
make a difference in ridding society of
rimary opponent, former San Francisco may-
faced the risk of repeating the 1980 reappor-
r Dianne Feinstein.
Wilson has proposed a $1,200 prenatal-
creants and misery yet keep taxes low
tionment, when congressional and legislative
care stipend for every poor pregnant woman
proposal to open social-service offices is
Wilson held an 8-percentage-point lead last
lines were drawn distinctly to Democratic
in the state. And, to balance his Republi-
schools and create a cabinet position to
ummer, but Otto Bos, his campaign director,
advantage.
can fondness for government intervention to
see the program is designed to catch me
iscounts the narrowing of the race as the ex-
The party needed a Republican governor
redress social wrongs, he has emphasized
emotional and financial problems in the y
ected consequence of fading public memory
with veto power. Wilson was promised a unit-
very tough measures against crime and illegal
before they poison their adult lives. "Bui
f Wilson's strong Senate reelection campaign
ed party and plenty of campaign funds if he
drugs, the state's most potent issues.
prisons compensatory education, r
1 1988.
ran. Plus, he had the security of knowing that
State drug laws, Wilson says, are too soft.
dial health care, these things involve tre
After initially debating whether to renew
he would have four years left on his Senate
"If you sell five grams of cocaine and get
dous costs," which taxpayers could be S
is quest for the governorship, Wilson is ag-
term if he lost.
busted and convicted in federal court," he
through early intervention, he says.
ressively raising money and won statewide
In interviews and at luncheon speeches,
says, "you're going away for a long time-
On having to choose between a legisl
eadlines last month for a novel proposal to
Wilson emerges as very different from the
minimum five years, no parole, no probation.
and an administrative life, Wilson says, "I
tegrate social-service offices into the public
hard-line Republican conservatives, such as
The same five grams in state prosecution will
I'm good at both, but there is no question
chools.
Deukmejian and Ronald Reagan, who have
get you in Los Angeles County a sentence of
while it is more difficult and demanding, be
Known for a restrained, businesslike man-
presided in Sacramento. Wilson consistently
about six months and actual time served
chief executive is also much more fun."
08/14/90
11:04
KATHY HUTCHINSON
002/014
L.A.Times L.A.
66
8.14.90
A25
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS GOVERNOR
Wilson TV Ad Says Feinstein
Has Profited From S&L Crisis
By BILL STALL
Feinstein said in a statement re-
TOMES POLITICAL WRITER
leased by her campaign.
The statement also said that
Republican gubernatorial candi-
Blum personally owns only one-
date Pete Wilson escalated his
quarter of 1%" of the stock in
savings. and loan dispute with
Jackson County Savings & Loan.
Democrat Dianne Feinstein Mon-
While the firm reported net earn-
day by airing a new television
ings in its first year under the
commercial that claims Feinstein
takeover, the statement said that
has personally profited from the
Blum has not profited on his in-
troubles of the thrift industry-a
vestment because the price of
contention Feinstein immediately
Jackson County S&L stock has
denied
dropped from $10 a share in De-
The new Wilson ad, appearing in
cember. 1988, to between $7.50 and
30-second and 60-second versions,
$8.75 a share now.
contends that Feinstein profited
Blum's firm, Richard C. Blum
through the takeover of the ailing
Associates, did receive a $325,000
Jackson County Savings & Loan in
consulting fee for arranging the
Medford, Ore,, by a group of inves-
takeover-designed to prevent the
tors led by her husband, Richard C.
thrift from going under. Feinstein
Blum, a San Francisco investment
aides said that is less than the
banker and adviser.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Seat-
The commercial says Feinstein
tle had approved for such a service
and her husband "own" a savings
from an Ohio investment firm that
and loan that received an $87-mil-
earlier tried. and failed. to put
lion federal bailout. The ad relies
together an investor bailout for the
on an estimate by American Bank-
Jackson County thrift.
er, an investment newspaper, that
The Wilson ad reiterated that he
the total cost of the bailout for the
"had no. role" in the savings and
life of the agreement between
loan crisis while the Feinstein
Blum's group and the federal gov-
campaign cited letters he wrote to
ernment could reach $87 million.
federal regulators on behalf of 16
But the initial federal invest-
California firms. But there has
ment is $23 million with a guaran-
been no evidence that Wilson ei-
tee of $35 million to cover ques-
ther sought or received special
tionable loans should they default,
treatment for his constituents.
08/14/90
11:05
KATHY HUTCHINSON
004/014
THE TRIBUNE, Oakland, California
Wilson ads
8/14/90
target Blum
S&L deal
MoCletchy News Service
SACRAMENTO - Republi-
can Fete Wilson, moving to turn
the tables on Democratic oppo-
nent Dianne Feinstein, released
new television ads yesterday
that allege that Feinstein and
her husband, Richard Blum, ben-
efited personally from a "sweet-
heart" savings and loan deal
backed by a government ball-
out.
The ads, which also defend
Wilson against charges that he
has been too cozy with the sav-
ings and loan industry as a U.S.
senator, accuse Feinstein of
"reckless" and "unfair" political
attacks.
The latest skirmish in the
campaign for governor began
Thursday, when Feinstein un-
velled an ad that implied that
Wilson cast votes sympathetic to
the .scandal-ridden sayings and
loans Industry after receiving
thousands of dollars in campaign
contributions from the industry.
Wilson's campaign strategists,
arguing that her spot amounts to
$$500,000 worth of character as-
sassination," said they plan to
match Feinstein's purchase of
television time, dollar for dollar,
with their own savings and loan
commercials.
"They're trying to besmirch
Wilson's well-earned, squeaky-
clean reputation," said Wilson's
campaign director, Otto Bos.
"We just simply cannot alt back
and take it"
-Wilson's counter-charge calls
attention to a 1988 deal ar-
ratiged by Blum in his capacity
as an investment banker.
That year. Blum brought to-
gether investors to buy the debt-
plagued Jackson County Federal
Savings and Loan of Medford,
Ore,, an action that the Feinstein
campaign maintains ultimately
Extended Page
4.1
saved taxpayers money by res-
cuing-a an ailing thrift.
He received a $325,000 fee for
arranging the purchase of the
savings and loan, which later re-
celved federal assistance from
the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corp. The govern-
ment aid included $23 million in
cash as well as loan guarantees
totaling $35.3 million.
Feinstein's campaign direc-
tor, Bill Carrick, said Blum was
simply one of the investors who
stepped in to clean up the sav-
Ings and loan "digaster" that
senators like Wilson allowed to
occur.
08/14/90
11:05
KATHY HUTCHINSON
003/014
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS: THE AD CAMPAIGN
The race: Governor. Whose ad? Pete Wilson.
Sen. Pete Wilson, the Republican nominee for governor, launched
Moriday a new television commercial, in 30-second and 60-second
versions, that contends Wilson "had no role" in the national savings
and loan debacle. The ad accuses Democratic opponent Dianne
Feinstein of hypocrisy in seeking to link Wilson to the scandal
through contributions he received in his Senate race while
Feinstein's husband, investment banker and adviser Richard C
Blum, participated in the takeover of an ailing savings and loan in
Oregon.
Elements of the ad, with analysis by Times political writer Bill Stall-
Ad: The commercial opens with photos of the two candidates and an
announcer saying that "newspapers are criticizing her tactics." The
camera focuses on newspaper clippings while the voice continues: "The
Los Angeles Times said Wilson had no role in the S&L crisis. The
Associated Press said the charges are 'reckless.' The Times editorial
said there was DO evidence Wilson intervened on behalf of the thrifts,
while the AP story said Wilson probably is a "victim of reckless guilt by
association."
Analysis: The ad generally quotes the two newspaper accounts
accurately.
Ad: "But there is one fact Feinstein isn't telling you." Showing a photo
of the Jackson County Savings & Loan in Medford: Ore, the announcer
continues: "She and her husband own this S&L, which received an
$87-million federal bailout-a sweetheart deal using your tax dollars."
Analysis: Blum, an investment banker and adviser: put together a
group that took over the ailing Jackson County thrift with $8 million and
qualified for $23.3 million in federal cash assistance and potential loan
guarantees of $35.3 million. Wilson aides quote American Banker, a
financial newspaper, as saying that the total potential cost of the
takeover for the life of the agreement could be $86.7 million, but Blum
said he had no idea how that figure was compiled Richard C. Blum &
Associates Inc. holds 24.9% of BK Capital Partners II, the firm that took
control of the Oregon savings and loan. Blum says his interest in BK
Capital Partners II amounts to less than 5%.
Ad: "So while Wilson had no role, Feinstein personally profits. That's
called hypocrisy."
Analysis: Wilson claims he never intervened on behalf of a savings and
loan, although the Feinstein campaign now argues he did, based on
Wilson letters that ask federal regulators to respond to queries or
requests from a number of California savings and loans. The San Jose
Mercury News said Jackson County S&L made a $594,000 profit in the
year after the bailout and paid small dividends to stockholders. But Blum
said he has made no money from the investment because the stock has
declined in value, and if the firm was liquidated now, he would take a
loss. Richard C. Blum Associates did receive a $325,000 consulting fee for
arranging the takeover. Federal regulators say there was no wrongdoing
involved The charge of hypocrisy is open to interpretation, but the
Wilson claim may be pertinent because Blum's money has helped finance
the Feinstein campaign. loaning it about $3 million before the June 5
primary.
1, August 14, 1990
ks Feinstein on profits from S&L bailout
08/14/06
0 direct public anger
egist Otto Bos.
ags-and-loan crisis to
Myers countered that Feinstein
B bailout is expected
unlike Cranston or Wilson -
Campaign-ad update
ayers $500 billion. So
never has had any governmental
backlash from the
responsibilities concerning sav-
loan debacle mostly
ings and loan institutions. And
An analysis of latest TV ads for Pete Wilson
California's other US
Blum called the ad "ridiculously
docrat Alan Cranston.
preposterous," saying that there
nd four other senators
was no "sweetheart deal" because
The ad: While Dianne Feinstein is attacking
Analysis: There is no evidence Feinstein is
aultipronged probes of
key terms were worked out before
Peto Wilson on savings and loans, newspapers are
attempting to deceive anyone. Under community-
t they repeatedly bad-
lie became Involved.
criticizing her tactics. The Los Angeles Times said
property laws, Feinstein co-owns what Richard
1 regulators on behalf
Wilson had no role in the S&L crisis. Associated
Bluim, her husband and main campaign bank-
ad loan executives who
Blum and federal regulators say
Press said the charges are "reckless." The Daily
roller, has acquired in his name during their
me than $1 million into
the deal cost taxpayers less than
News: "Untak." Even Felnstein admitted: "I have
marriage. Blum, however, says the partnership
campaigns and causes.
they would have had to pay if the
no evidence of any wrangdolng."
was formed before be and Feinstein were mar-
stein and Wilson have
institution had been allowed to col-
Analysis: A Feinstein ad claims Wilson, top
ried.
g to tar each other with
lapse. the transaction is one of
a number that congressional com-
recipient of the industry's political donations, vot-
In any. case, Blum directly owns only 0.25 per-
rush. In reality, neither
mittees are looking into to see
ed to help savings and loans. The Wilson ad para-
cent of the Medford, Ore,, savings and loan, but
or governor has treen
phrases a Times editorial and quotes analyses by
is the controlling partner in a group that owns
er in the scandal; and
whether participants received un-
a Daily News editorial writer and an Associated
249 percent, the biggest bloc.
ing to recast the other
warranted subsidies.
Press political writer. The statement attributed
In 1988, Blum, bis partners and clients put up
part to a major villain.
The Wilson ad is retaliation for
about $8 million to buy a controlling interest in
to Feinstein is accurate, but, like the newspaper
accurately portraying
one of Feinstein's that began air-
articles, came before it was revealed last week
the debt-ridden savings and loan. One of Blum's
ents of Blum's partici-
ing statewide last week that exag-
that Wilson wrote federal regulators at least 16
employees serves on the board, as does a Insi-
federally financed bai-
letters On behalf of savings and loans, some of
ness associate whom Feinstein appointed to a
gerates his role in the savings and
kson County Savings and
loan crisis. Her commercial im-
them Insolvent or accused of mishandling funds.
city job when she was mayor, before the Jackson
son's new ads overstate
plies that Wilson vated to help the
Wilson says the letters merely sought "appropri4
County acquisition.
ike. And because Blum's
ate action" on constituent complaints. Some of
Federal banking officials pumped almost $24
industry and hurt taxpayers after
he Oregon savings and
million in cash into the institution and and made
becoming the top national benefi-
the letters did so, but texts of others were not
acquired through a part-
available an additional $35 million to cover loans
clary of its political donations
available Monday.
ormed before they were
that might be bad. Blum received a $325,000 con-
it is not clear whether
"Wilson, however, was elected to
The ad: Why is Feinstein trying to deceive us?
sulting fee for putting the deal together
owns any of the institu-
the Senate after the major deci-
Because newspapers have just uncovered Fein-
But key terms were negotiated before a bust
tly
sions hinmed for the savings and
stein's S&L role. (Video shows etory from San Jose
ness associate asked him to become involved.
im got $325,000 in federal
loan crisis had been made. And the
Mercury News and quotes from the article:) "A re-
The institution earned $1.2 million last year,
IHIVY
put together the deal and
ad's contentions about Wilson's
view of federal records shows that Feinstein has
worth about $3,000 to Blum, either as dividends or
more than half of the $6
votes are based bn a selective
benefitted financially from the crisis." Feinstein and
a share of retained earnings. Because of a tax
'elnstein spent to win the
reading of Senate votes and a parti-
her husband own the Jackson County Savings &
break allowed under the terms of the acquisition,
tic nomination.
san Interpretation of the mechan-
Loan, which received an $87 million sweetheart
shareholders avoided payment of about $300,000
g twist on public financing
les of the bailout mechanisms and
deat using your tax dollars.
in taxes, Blum said
NOSNIROTOR
signs," jibed Wilson strat-
the federal budget process.
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The Orange County Register
Tuesday,
Wilson attack
GOP gubernatorial
Wilson seek to
over the saving
hopeful retaliates
the other. The
to cost taxpay
against rival's ad
far, political
savings-and-lo
has battered (
By Lerry Peterson
The Orango County Register
senator, Dem
Cranston an
Republican candidate for gover-
are facing mt
nor Pete Wilson on Monday bit
charges that
back with new television commer-
gered federal
cials countering attacks by Dianne
of savings an
Feinstein, his Democratic oppo-
funneled mor
neut, on the politically explosive
Cranston's c2
But Feinst
savings-and-loan issue.
The 30- and 60-secone spots,
been seeking
which the US senator's campaign
the same bru
began airing statewide Monday
candidate fo:
night, are a response.to a30 second
major playe
Feinstein commercial that began
each is tryls
airing last week, attacking Wilson
from a bit P
While as
on the issue.
The Wilson ads claim that the
some eleme
former San Francisco mayor and
pation in a I
Ther husband, Richard Blum, own
lout of Jack:
"an Oregon savings and loan that
Loan, Wilso
received an $87 million federal bai-
Bhum's stak
Mout in "a sweetheart deal using
share of th
loan was as
Lyour tax dollars."
: had no role in the S&L crisis, Fela-
"While newspapers say Wilson
nership for
married, it
Estein personally profits. That's
Felastein €
"what's called hypecrisy," the ads
tion direct)
But Bleen!
says. But Feinstein campaign spokes-
money to
woman Dec Dec Myers said the
provided I
ads "purposely twist the truth"
million Fe
and that Wilson is playing "fast
Democrat
and lose with the facts.
Through their ads, Felnstein and
of campai
"A new Page
CALIFORNIABRIEFLY.
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11:07
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AUG 14, 1990 9:42AM #099 P.05
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Feinstein hit over
S&L investments
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
legislation concerning thrifts.
Republican Sen. Pete Wilson
Wilson's new commercials
released new television com-
show newspaper editorials de-
mercials Monday attacking
fending Wilson on the S&L issue,
Democratic gubernatorial rival
then charge that Feinstein and
Dianne Feinstein and her hus-
Blum own an Oregon savings
band for investing in the trou-
and loan which received "an $87
bled savings and loan industry
million federal bailout - a
at the expense of U.S. taxpay-
sweetheart deal using your tax
ers.
dollars."
The ads say that an Oregon
One of the two new ads con-
savings and loan in which
cludes: "So while newspapers
Feinstein's investment banker
say Wilson had no role in the
husband and biggest campaign
S&L crisis, Feinstein personally
donor, Richard Blum, invested
profits."
received an $87 million "sweet-
heart deal" from federal bank
The charges against Feinstein
officials.
refer to the purchase of the
But Blum countered that the
debt-plagued Jackson County
ads are "ridiculously preposter-
Federal Savings and Loan of
ous" and obvious attempts to
Medford, Ore., by her husband
deflect attention from a
and some of his clients for a
Feinstein ad that attacks Wilson
fire-sale price of less than $8
for accepting more S&L contrib-
million. The Blum group then
utions than any other member
received huge subsidies from
of Congress - $243,000 in 10
the government. as did other
years - and for his votes on
purchasers of troubled S&Ls.
08/14/90
11:08
KATHY HUTCHINSON
007/014
Wilson TV ad fires back
at Feinstein commercial
By Bert Robinson
Bos said "That's part of his job."
Mercury News Secramento Bureau
ELECTION
For its part, the Feinstein camp
SACRAMENTO - Pained by a
quickly arranged a conference call
Dianne Feinstein campaign com-
involving reporters and Blum to
mercial that portrayed him as a
discuss Wilson's ad.
villain in the nation's savings and
Blum called it "misleading in
loan dehacle, Pete Wilson parried
every respect."
his opponent Monday with a new
Blum and his partners put up
television spot that accuses Fein-
about $8 million to purchase just
stein of hypocrisy and exposes her
Wilson aide Otto Bos character-
over 50 percent of the stock of the
own "S&L role."
ized Feinstein's S&L attacks as "an
debt-plagued Jackson County Fed-
The hastily filmed spot - in S0-
attempt on their part to besmirch
eral Savings and Loan of Medford,
and 60-second versions - relies on
Pete Wilson's integrity, and we're
Ore In return, federal banking of-
an article from Friday's editions of
not going to let them get away
ficials pumped in $23.3 million in
the Mercury News that reported
with it."
cash and guaranteed another $35.3
that Feinstein's husband and chief
Though Wilson's ad did not ad-
million in loans that were pre-
financial backer, Richard C. Blum,
dress the issue, Bos also sought to
sumed to be bad. Federal officials
in late 1988 purchased a piece of
downplay the senator's correspon-
said the alternative - to close the
an ailing thrift at a bargain price
dence with federal regulators. WII-
thrift and pay off its depositors -
from the federal government.
son did not explicitly ask the regu-
would have been costlier.
Repeats article
lators for special treatment in the
Blum said be personally owns
letters released by Feinstein, but in
In bold white letters that flash
less than 0.25 percent of the Ore-
some correspondence he did advise
gon thrift. Though his firm re-
across a blue background, the com-
regulators that his thrift executive
celved a $325,000 consulting fee
mercial repeats the article's con-
constituents hoped to receive fed-
clusion that Feinstein "has benefit-
for helping to arrange the pur-
eral assistance or approvals "as
chase of the S&L, Blum hotly dis-
ed financially from the S&L cri-
quickly as possible."
puted Wilson's contention that the
sis."
"We do that sort of thing for any
transaction was a "sweetheart
It omits 2 second conclusion
constituent who is having a prob-
deal" and said he and his partners
from the article, that the Blum
lem with the bureaucracy," not
would lose $653,000 if they sold
deal saved the taxpayers money,
just savings and loan executives,
their interest today.
according to federal regulators.
"While newspapers say Wilson
had no role in the S&L crisis, Fein-
stein personally profits. That's
what's called hypocrisy," intones
an announcer as the ad draws to a
close.
1
Wilson's new ad follows by four
days a Feinstein commercial that
blasted him for accepting $243,000
from the savings and loan industry
in the 1980s and concluded: "Cali-
fornia can't afford a politician like
Pete Wilson as governor."
Tuesday, August 14, 1990
San Jose Mercury News
Letters disclosed
Late Friday, Feinstein for the
first time produced an alleged quid
pro quo for those contributions, as
she publicized letters Wilson has
written to federal regulators on
behalf of thrift executives.
Wilson and Feinstein engaged in
a similar version of "Point-Coun-
terpoint" late last month over the
issue of hiring quotas for state
jobs. But this new round of sniping
- in which each candidate seeks
to tar the other with the costliest
scandal in American history -
was even more frenzied.
And it may yet intensify: Each
candidate is set to spend a report-
A-16 Wednesday, May 24, 1989
Wilson: Get tough on crime
wide range of other subjects. He
Senator calls for
criticized the Senate for its rejec-
tion of the "superbly equipped"
stiffer penalties
John Tower as Defense secretary in
the wake of charges Tower is an
on pushers, rapists
alcoholic. He cited a need for pro-
tecting the environment "without
By Norman Melnick
shutting down the economy" and
OF THE EXAMINER STAFF
said the nation needed "all the
child care we can find
(but) in
Sen. Pete Wilson says he in-
the hands of the consumer, not
tends to make California's streets
bureaucrats."
safer by seeking more severe penal-
James Lee, Wilson's press offi-
ties for criminals - including life
cer, said the 541 people had attend-
sentences for rapists and drug deal-
ed the event, which reportedly col-
ers.
lected $589,000.
Speaking at a $1,000-a-head
Earlier Tuesday, standing at the
fund-raiser at the St. Francis Hotel
gates to Chinatown and with a clus-
Tuesday evening. the Republican
ter of Chinese American elders
gubernatorial candidate said all the
1965 FILE PHOTO
looking on, Wilson spoke out on
other facets of the good life - a
Sen. Pete Wilson, speaking in S.F.,
pro-democracy demonstrations in
stable economy, educational oppor-
wants streets made safer in U.S.
Beijing that have precipitated a cri-
tunity, clean air and water - were
sis for the government of China.
nullified "where people fear to leave
fight crime.
He urged the Chinese govern-
their homes."
Wilson criticized state narcotics
ment to stop jamming Voice of
"I will not have California under
statutes as "too weak," rendering
America radio transmissions, to lift
siege," the former San Diego mayor
the impression that California. is
a news blackout imposed on foreign
said.
"not serious about the war on
news agencies and to heed the ris-
Wilson said Gov. Deukmejian,
drugs." He said a drug dealer selling
ing chorus seeking reform.
who has maintained a strong law-
five grams of cocaine would get six
"China cannot shut out world
and-order stance since he took of-
months in jail in a state court but
opinion without forfeiting all credi-
fice in 1983. had been frustrated by
fire years in a federal court.
bility with its own people and with
the Legislature in his efforts to
The candidate also touched on a
the civilized world," he said.
Frespo, CA
(Fresno Co.)
Bee
(Cir. D. 134,964)
(Cir. S. 157,228)
APR 1989
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list.
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Wilson: Justice in state
meted out too slowly
By JOE ROSATO
traffickers as an example.
Bee staff writer
A seller prosecuted under federal
law faces five to 40 years in prison,
U.S. Sen. Pete Wilson D-Calif.,
with a five-year minimum. That
told 2 Law Day luncheon crowd in
same crime tried in Los Angeles Su-
Presmo Friday that there was a cri-
perior Court, he said, would result
sis in the criminal justice system
in a sentence averaging six months
and that reform of the criminal law
in jail, with release more likely at 60
was needed.
days because of overcrowding.
"We have not done enough, not
"That is not being serious about a
any of us, he said.
war on drugs," Wilson said.
Trials are delayed for years, and
Wilson is the early front-runner
there are big differences in sen-
for his party's nomination to be
tences handed out by state and fed-
governor. The latest California Poll
eral judges, Wilson told about 350
shows that Wilson is the runaway
people at the annual luncheon at
choice of Republicans, and former
the Fresno Hilton.
San Francisco Mayor Dianne Fein-
Wilson, who has announced he
stein is the early favorite among
will Fun for governor next year,
Democrats, to be their parties' nom-
called it "intolerable and incompre-
inees for the 1990 governor's race.
hensible to most Californians" that
If the general election were held
if had taken four years for the
today, the poll found, Wilson would
Southern California man accused in
Fresno Bee
be an easy winner over Feinstein or
the "Night Stalker" killings to go to
either of two other potential Demo-
trial. as
SEN. PETE WILSON
cratic nominees - Attorney Gener-
Friday evening, Wilson and his
- Spoke in Fresno Friday
al John Van de Kamp and Control-
wise, -Gayle, were honored at a re-
ler Gray Davis.
deption at the Duncan Water Gar-
dens -Money raised at the $25-per-
that legal maxim was written pre-
Asked his assessment of the poll
person event went to the Fresno
sumably in the interest of the ac-
before his speech, Wilson told re-
Gounty and City Republican Wom-
cused criminal. But, he said, justice
porters that while he was pleased
en and the Fresno County Republi-
delayed is also justice denied for
with his showing, "polls are a snap-
can Gentral Committee.
victims of crime.
shot in time. They reflect the cur-
While the senator was speaking
After one legal motion after an-
rentistate of affairs."
at Law Day at the Hilton, his wife
other is made and trials are contin-
But more important, he said, they
was at the Ramada Inn giving a
ued, "memories fade, witnesses are
show that voters are happy with his
speech to Fresno Republican Wom-
often intimidated and witnesses and
performance as a U.S. Senator and
$
evidence disappear," Wilson said.
as former mayor of San Diego.
The Republican senator's speech
That is the concern of "taxpaying
"That has generated some confi-
was sponsored by the Fresno Coun-
citizens who do not understand how
dence in the voters, and I'm very
ty Bar Association, Fresno County
the criminal justice system can in-
pleased about it."
Legal Secretaries Association, the
volve so little justice in so many
s Wilson won re-election to a sec-
Law League of Fresno County and
cases as they perceive it," he said.
ond Senate term in November. He
the San Joaquin Association of Le-
Judges who are criticized for be-
was persuaded by Republican lead-
gal Assistants.
ing too lenient are entitled to com-
ers three months later to run for
Law. students are taught in a ba-
plain that it is not they who are
governor after Gov. Deukmejian an-
sic law class that justice delayed is
writing the laws, he said. Wilson
nounced that he would not seek a
justice denied. According to Wilson,
cited differences in sentencing drug
third term.
New Trolley Line for
Downtown San Diego
Boosts City Renewal
By KEVIN BRASS
T
he key to San Diego's Great American Plaza,
a sprawling, 3-acre office tower and hotel
complex under construction a block from the
waterfront, is a 50-foot-high glass atrium that
ices through the center of the project.
The $200-million complex wouldn't have been
huilt without it, or something like it.
In the atrium, the new Bayside Line of the San
Diego Trolley will connect with the existing trolley
line, which links downtown and the Mexican border
at Tijuana. The bay route will run between central
downtown, the Seaport Village shopping center
and the city's new convention center, due to be
completed by the end of the year.
The Bayside Line is the next leg in a light-rail
system that planners hope will someday include
more than 100 miles of track throughout San Diego
County. The Bayside route is scheduled to carry its
first rider next June.
San Diego planners have lofty goals for the
8-year-old trolley, often cited as a model for urban
light-rail systems. Besides providing transporta-
tion to San Diego's growing tourist population, they
hope it will ease congestion in a downtown area in
the midst of massive redevelopment.
"Los Angeles could learn from San Diego as to
how to put an organization together" to develop a
VINCE COMPAGNONE / Los Angeles Times
Please see TROLLEY, K11
Red trolleys, part of what planners hope will be a 100-mile system in San Diego County, travel along C Street downtown.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1989
K11
LOS ANGELES TIMES
back to the aging area, and and by
city can be successful."
TROLLEY: New Line Will Boost City Renewal
the relative case with which rights
The trolley's success has more to
of way can be arranged for.
do with civic pride and focusing
No tederal funds were used for
attention on downtown than actu-
ments under construction. More
the indial $116.6-naillion trolley
ally relieving traffic congestion.
Continued from K1
SAN DIEGO TROLLEY LINES
than 2.5 million square feet of
construction, allowing MTDB to
MTDB said the trolley carries an
light-rail system, said G.J. (Pete)
office space is expected to open in
avoid the bureaucratic hassles and
average of 31,000 riders a day.
Fielding, professor of social science
ST,
COLUMBIA
ST
ASH
ST
AVE
AVE
downtown San Diego within the
long-term financial obligations of-
making a relatively small impact
at UC Irvine and a specialist in
RUSS
on the area's traffic volume.
Santa Fo
A
ST
BLVD.
next two years. as well as 1,300
ten associated with such funding.
transportation management.
Depot
12TH
new hotel rooms.
In addition to a variety of state
The trolley may not be a primary
The enclosed Great American
Great American
B
ST.
Great American Plaza is sched-
and local financing. MTDB re-
commuter vehicle, Fielding said,
station is the type of public-private
Station
AVE
uled to open late in 1991, but
ceives one-third of us funds from a
but it can help case freeway traffic
development that may become
C
ST
Starboard and Great American
0.5% sales tax, approved by San
during rush hours.
commonplace in San Diego as the
DR.
ST.
must complete the trolley connec-
Diego veters i:: 1987. It is expected
It also serves as a spark plug of
trolley operators seek to integrate
BROADWAY
:
tion by June, 1990, the expected
to generate $750 million for San
sorts. Construction of the trolley
the trolley directly into the office,
hotel and commercial projects it
ST
ST
South
BLVD.
E
AVE
ST.
East
completion date for the Bayside
Diego County transit projects from
was a signal to developers that San
Line
Line.
1988 to 2008.
Diego was committed to revitaliz-
hopes to serve.
AVE
Line
F
AVE.
ST
MTDB is using the Great Ameri-
Even transportation experts un-
ing the downtown area, Fielding
"We have the potential of bring-
8TH
AVE
can project and the construction of
enthusiastic about fight-rail sys-
said, noting that it has a similar
ing people right to the doorstep of
CALIFORNIA ST.
ST
STATE
UNION
G
its headquarters as models for
tems praise the San Diego trolley
effect on property values and de-
offices or retail outlets," said Jack
10TH
ST
future development along trolley
for delivering the most for the least
velopment wherever a line is built
Limber, general counsel for the
ST.
FRONT
MARKET
routes. It already has identified 17
investment. Almost every part of
or planned.
Metropolitan Transit Development
Board (MTDB), developers of the
2ND
sites along planned trolley routes
the trolley construction project has
"They've had a renewal effect
ISLAND
AVE.
for potential joint developments.
been finished ahead of schedule
on these areas of San Diego,"
trolley.
Seaport
1ST
5TH
J
ST.
The latest segment in the 17-
and under budget.
Fielding said. "It gives an area a
Designed by architect Helmut
Village
3RD
7TH
Imperial
13TH
mile-long East Line, connecting
"To me, they didn't spend a
face lift, something so an individual
Jahn and curving through the two
& 12th
ST.
downtown to El Cajon, opened in
whole lot and they did real well,"
entrepreneur who is building a
city blocks of the Great American
Transfer
complex, with small stores on both
1
14TH
June. Future lines, still in the early
said Scott Rutherford. director of
business can say: "Something is
sides of the tracks, the 100-fool-
Convention
HARBOR
ST.
Station
planning stages. will connect
the Washington State Transporta-
happening here.' Not only does
downtown with the airport, Mis-
tion Center at the University of
[the trolley] increase property val-
long "Transportation Arcade" will
Center
IMPERIAL
AVE.
sion Valley and northern San Diego
Washington in Seattle, echoing the
ues, il gives an area a positive
be covered by a ceiling of three
Gas Lamp
County.
comments of other transportation
image.
hucs of glass.
South
"We hope to get some really
experts.
The complex will also include
good examples off the drawing
"San Diego is pointed out time
Brass is a San Diego-based free-
San Diego's tallest-at 31-stories-
Bayside Line (under construction)
board and up in brick and mortar so
and again as [an example of] how a
lance writer.
building. also designed by Jahn, as
people will start believing in |joint
well as a 15-story. 272-room all-
Transfer station
projects]." MTDB's Limber said.
suite hotel.
0
1/4
MTDB was created in 1975 to
MTDB is supplying $1.2 million
MILES
oversee development of the transit
to the project's developers, Star-
DON CLEMENT / Los Angeles Times
systems in San Diego. Its 15-mem-
board Development Corp. and
ber board of directors operates
Great American Development Co.,
for construction of the trolley sta-
redevelopment agency, noting that
ters, and a year later teamed with
independently of city and county
tion. The developers are contribut-
the whole design process was driv-
MTDB to build a 10-story complex
government, developing policy for,
en by the trolley. "We wish WC had
to house MTDB's headquarters. A
but not conducting. the day-to-day
ing $2.8 million.
The developers took on myriad
a little more elbow room."
ground-level trolley station was
business of the San Diego trolley
design and bureaucratic challeng-
Besides a few design compromis-
built beneath the offices.
and various bus systems.
CS, such as arranging for railway
es. the redevelopment agency of-
Starboard believes the Great
The board members are appoint-
protection insurance and designing
fered developers little more than a
American project will get a boost in
ed by county and city govern-
the complex around the trolley's
promise to help bring the two
a very competitive market from
ments. A representative is appoint-
the trolley: which will link the
ed by the governor.
exposed 600-volt cables. The trol-
blocks together-they were owned
Icy had to curve through the
by several different entities-by
complex to the rest of San Diego,
"The organization is a point of
using its power of eminent domain.
Starboard President G. Bradford
real innovation," said UCI's Field-
complex, and MTDB wanted the
station to accommodate four cars in
But Starboard knew what it was
Saunders said.
ing.
the station simultaneously.
getting into, having already estab-
"The trolley gives the project
Development of the trolley was
"The design was very tricky,"
lished a track record for public-
the ability to be a seven-day a
aided by general support from the
said Pam Hamilton, executive vice
private developments. In 1986.
week center,' Saunders said.
downtown business community,
president of the Centre City Devel-
Starboard completed the $43.7-
Great American is just one of
desperate for anything that would
opment Corp. (CCDC), the city's
million San Diego police headquar-
several large high-rise develop-
bring developers and customers
/ TUESDAY, JULY 25. 1989 / DAILY NEWS
GOP is greener pasture now for Wilson, other environmentalists
pioned by such turn-of-the-century Ro-
tributed to his problems within the state
But it's not just a matter of Wilson forc-
pollster Lance Tarrance, a veteran of sev
publican Progressives as Theodore Rooso-
party. Today that's changed, and he has
ing hard-line pro-development Republi-
cral California Republican campaign
MARTIN SMITH
velt and Gifford Pinchot. They would
the solid support of California GOP lead-
cans to accept his views on the environ-
saw the same trend developing national
have been upset by the events of recent
ers - including Deukmejian - in his bid
ment as the price for his candidacy for
He declared:
years, when their party was more likely to
for the party's gubernatorial nomination
governor. The deteriorating quality of
SACRAMENTO
next year.
California's air and water have helped to
"This year 1989 may go down
U.S. Sen. Pete Wil-
be aligned against defenders of the envi-
heighten awareness of pollution problems
American history as the year in which
ronment and in favor of its exploiters.
Even Republicans who still lack much
son's split with Califor-
vironmentalism moved toward the ccr
This neglect of environmentalism
sympathy for environmentalism are eager
among Republican voters and politicians.
nia Gov. George Deuk-
of the political spectrum. The Exxon
caused the California party significant
to see Wilson nominated, considering him
mcjian over the need for
Extensive television coverage of the cf-
dez oil tragedy in Alaska, by itself, is m
oil drilling off the Cali-
losses in the 1970s and 1980s in coastal
to be the party's strongest candidate. The
fects of a recent ecological disaster has gi-
compelling than 90 percent of envil
communities, where economic affluence
state GOP desperately wants to elect a
fornia coast is only part
ven even further impetus to pro-environ-
mentalist oratory to date.
of the evidence that cn-
should have produced Republican strong-
governor who can vcto whatever gerry-
mentalist sentiment among GOP voters.
holds. Instcad, Democrats frequently dis-
mandering plans that a Democratic-do-
"The stark contrast between grand
vironmentalism continues to gain greater
placed GOP members of Congress and the
minated Legislature devises in 1991.
A Republican political strategist - one
and gook, via television, has borne in
respectability within GOP ranks.
Wilson hasn't tried to disguise his envi-
who is not connected with Wilson's guber-
It's not that when Wilson favors a mor-
state Legislature by campaigning for en-
the American public images far more
vironmental protections in these areas
ronmentalist differences with Deukme-
natorial campaign - noted this in a pri-
gent than analyses of the greenhous
atorium on offshore drilling. he does so as
that have been especially sensitive to an
jian. Last month, in a question-and-an-
vate discussion recently in Sacramento,
fect, no matter how scientifically pre
a
Johnny-comc-lately environmentalist.
issue that was being neglected by Repub-
swer session with The Sacramento Bee
saying:
cd."
What's significant is that when hc does
licans.
Capitol burcau, he was asked how a Wil-
"The Alaskan oil spill moves Republi-
He said that since voters perceive
spcak up on environmentalist issues, he
no longer is regarded as a Republican pa-
Clearly: there have been exceptions, and
son state administration might differ from
cans even further in the direction of cn-
publicans as better managers than De:
environmentalists have continued to find
the present administration. After giving a
vironmentalism. The longer the Exxon
crats, the GOP now has the opportunit
riah the way hc was a decade ago.
To be sure, environmentalism — or
some Republicans willing to support'
few obligatory bows in the governor's di-
Valdez sits off the coast of San Dicgo and
make environmentalism once again
them. Wilson has long been one such ex-
rection for Deukmejian's tough stands
they don't kt it in, the greater the aware-
own issue.
conservation, as it was labcled - first be-
came a political issue when it was cham-
ception, although he doesn't go as far as
against tax increases and in support of
ness of it. So they ask, Why do wc want to
All of which suggests that, as far as
environmentalist hard-liners would like.
harsher measures against criminals, Wil-
drill off the coast? 90
long-term interests of the Republ
Martin Smith writes a column for the
A decade ago, however, even this mod-
son said, "I'd be more of an active envi-
Shortly after this California GOP strate-
Party are concerned, Deukmcjian ma
Sacramento Bee.
erate support for environmentalism con-
ronmentalist."
gist made her observation, Houston-based
retiring at just the right time.
A-6 the San Diego Union
Friday, May 11, 1990
Execution
Military death penalties can be
sought for
imposed for violent crimes or spying,
but no member of the U.S. military
drug killing
has been executed in peacetime since
1961.
"We think the statute is clearly
constitutional and will pass constitu-
Case in Chicago
tional muster," said Andrea L Zopp,
could be first use
one of the prosecutors handling the
case.
of '88 federal law
In a statement, Thornburgh
said, 'Street level distribution net-
Associated Press
works such as the one alleged in this
CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors
indictment cannot be effectively dis-
yesterday said they will seek the
mantled without the cooperation of
citizen-witnesses.
death penalty against two Chicago
"When those witnesses are mur-
men in the first use of a 1988 U.S. law
allowing execution for those convict-
dered because of their cooperation
ed in a drug-related murder.
with law enforcement authorities,
No civilian has been put to death
Congress has determined that this ul-
for a federal crime since Julius and
timate sanction should be available."
Ethel Rosenberg were electrocuted
The 1988 law does not provide for
in 1953 after being convicted of sell-
automatic appeal, as do some state
ing atomic secrets to the Soviet
death penalty statutes. However, it
Union.
does provide that appeals of federal
U.S. Attorney General Dick Thorn-
death penalty cases would take pre-
burgh approved the use of the "ulti-
cedence over other cases in the
mate sanction" in the case of two
appeals court, Zopp said.
men accused of murdering a federal
The alleged drug dealers, Alexan-
witness to protect their $50,000-a-day
der Cooper and Anthony Davis, had
drug ring. One of the suspects is still
been named along with 20 others in
at large.
two indictments issued Oct. 19, 1989,
"You can be hard-pressed to find a
charging them with various federal
case of greater federal interest or a
drug charges.
case that would more cry out for
The new charges of murder
utilization of this sanction than the
against Cooper, 29, and Davis, 39,
case where a cooperating individual
were included in a superseding in-
is murdered for his cooperation with
dictment announced yesterday, along
a federal probe," Acting U.S. Attor-
with the notification that prosecutors
ney Ira Raphaelson said at a news
will seek the death penalty for both
conference.
men.
Under federal drug law enacted in
Federal authorities say Cooper ran
November 1988, drug kingpins and
an extensive street-level operation
others who kill or order killings
from 1982 to September 1989 that dis-
while committing drug-related felo-
tributed up to six kilograms of heroin
nies could be executed if convicted.
and two kilograms of cocaine a
But the constitutionality of that pro-
week.
vision is in doubt and it is certain to
Authorities say Cooper directed
face court challenges should federal
Davis to kill an associate, Robert
officials attempt to use it.
Parker, because Parker was cooper-
Older federal law has allowed cap-
sting with police and giving federal
ital punishment for "gathering or de-
authorities information about the
livering defense information to aid
drug operation.
Parker was shot in the head five
(a) foreign government." But the
times on Feb. 6.
statute is widely considered uncon-
stitutional.
Wilson
Sunday, December 10. 1989 B-1
OF
proposes
novel plan
for kids
A 16-year-old
Santa Cruz
girl, honored
for heroism in
the Oct. 17
earthquake,
faces hard
times this
Christmas sea-
son[ B-3]
Radical reforms
would link schools
with social services
By George Raine
OF THE EXAMINER STAFF
Sen. Pete Wilson has reached
into the theoretical world of the
social sciences and education,
snatched a number of ideas that
have been percolating about the
rearing of children and proposed
'reform so sweeping that even his
political opposites are stunned and
elated.
In the first major policy propos-
al in his campaign for governor, the
Republican has called for the inte,
Young people, coming of age in
SanFrancisco Examiner
METRO
gration of social welfare services
with California's public schools.
times far more complex than a gen:
eration ago, would have easy access
to medical and mental health ser-
vices - and even be given atten-
tion in the womb, as a $1,200 pre-
natal care stipend would become a
[See WILSON, B-4]
B-4 Sunday. December 10. 1989
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
A section of the San Fenncisco Sunday Examiner and Charact
WILSON from B-1
Boards Association in San Jose.
forts to coordinate services for
There are many seeds in Wil-
more cost-effective, more probable
The theory of coordinating social
children, with varying degrees of
Pete Wilson unveils
son's concept, including the prod-
of success, more humane - to pre-
services for.children is an increas-
success, but educators consider the
ding of his wife, Gayle, a, former
vent than to undertake remedial
radical plan for kids
ingly popular one, but no statelhas
addition of education to the mix
mental health worker. In an inter-
action," said Wilson.
linked them with education.
revolutionary - a kind of super-
view he said he had imagined it as
market of services in and around
federal legislation until he entered
Independently, Democrat Bill
state guarantee.
state-supported schools to improve
the gubernatorial race.
Honig, the state superintendent of
Coordinated services
Funding sources are undefined,
chances for success in learning.
public instruction, Assemblyman
"I think it is a major break-
but Wilson, in a tone that crosses
In California, there are 160 state
Teen falls through the cracks
John Vasconcellos, D-San Jose,
traditional Republican boundaries,
through in conceptual leadership in
programs for childre administered
Wilson illustrates the plan with
and other lawmakers have been de-
says, "What is spent is spent on
where education ought to be going,"
by 45 agencies.
the story of a teen-ager who fell
signing similar plans. "If we were a
said Michael Kirst, professor of ed-
prevention, so you avoid the hellish
Specifically, Wilson proposes
through the cracks in California's
business," said Honig, "we would
ucation at Stanford University. T
costs that result when problems go
that each county name someone to
welfare system - a Vietnamese
be looking for strategi investment,
did not expect anything this bold,
undetected and prevent learning."
integrate the agencies "with the
immigrant and honors student who
for leverage points for higher re-
am surprised at its comprehensive-
schools as a focal point of preven-
was arrested when she gave birth to
turn. It's bad policy (not to spend
Wilson, unchallenged in the
ness, and everyone I know in this
tive service delivery." He says he
a 6-pound boy in a high school
on children's development) and by
1990 GOP gubernatorial primary,
business is elated," said Kirst.
would establish a cabinet-level sec-
restroom toilet and the infant
neglecting it for five years we have
outlined the ideas last week in a
New York, Oregon, Florida and
retary of child development ser-
drowned.
cost the state a bundle."
talk to the California School
a handful of cities have begun ef
vices if he were governor.
"How much better - how much
Wilson's county-based "preven-
tive service delivery councils"
1968 FILE PHOTO
would coordinate a "health watch"
Sen. Pete Wilson is running.
on the young.
unchallenged in the 1990 state
Additionally, he proposes re-
GOP gubernatorial primary.
cruiting volunteers as mentors and
supplementary teachers; merit pay
our children," she said.
for outstanding teachers; flexibility
in selecting schools, with safe-
There may be land mines: Con-
guards to avoid segregation; possi-
servatives may interpret the
scheme as unwarranted state inter-
bly enrolling 4-year-olds in pre-
vention. DiMarco warns about the
school classes taught by retired
teachers; and identifying alterna-
potential for "another monstrous
tives to test scores in assessing per-
bureaucracy" while linking ser-
vices.
formance.
But Wilson, says ally Roberta
Weintraub, a member of the Los
Education's future
Angeles Unified School Board,has
Educators such as Maureen Di-
but one option: "If you want to
Marco, a Garden Grove Democrat
survive today you have to get real,
and the president of the California
about what kinds of kids you are
School Boards Association, says
educating."
Wilson's child development plan
foreshadows education's future.
Says Kirst: "We're operating
and if it blurs traditional political
with institutions that are based on
boundaries, "I say hooray."
the Ozzie and Harriet family of the
'50s and we have an entirely new
"I give Wilson points for courage
situation in terms of how children
in bringing out a dramatic plan that
go through their lives. We've got to
is a very well meaning, heartfelt
reorganize child services with the
attempt to have the public focus on
new experiences of children.
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WASHINGTON--Pete Wilson, California's Republican senator,
suddenly understands the jest that life is what happens to us when we
are making other plans. Having just survived the rigors of a 20-month
re-election campaign, his face should be wreathed with what senators
call ``a six-year smile'': the certainty of six years before another
rendezvous with the voters.
But Wilson's boyish brow is furrowed. He is under intense pressure
to pack his bags, hit the road and run for governor of California in
1990.
The pressure on Wilson illustrates three things about
contemporary politics. They are the seamlessness of the political
seasons, the special importance of election years that end in ``2''
(1982, 1992) and the importance at all times of money.
The Republican incumbent, George Deukmejian, easily won
re-election in 1986, but he does not want a third term. However,
Wilson's achievement in winning a second term is not something to be
lightly laid aside. Not since 1952 has anyone won a second term in the
seat he holds. (It has been occupied by William Knowland, Clair Engle,
Pierre Salinger, George Murphy, John Tunney and S.I. Hayakawa.)
But California's governorship is second only to the presidency
among America's glittering political prizes. And possession of it is
especially coveted by the national parties in the two years after each
census.
(more)
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Page 2
In the 1980s, California, like New York in the 1940s, has been
allotted 45 House seats. Its 47 electoral votes have been one-sixth of
the total needed to win the White House. In 1992, California will have
23electoral votes. Its projected five-seat gain in the House is part
of the Sun Belt's gain--Texas four, Florida three; Georgia and Arizona
two each. California Republcians know that many more than five seats
can be gained if they can influence redistricting.
The Supreme Court's one-man, one-vote redistricting decisions
require strict mathematical equality of population among districts.
But that requirement leaves lots of room for gerrymandering.
Politicians armed with computers have brought modern proficiency to
the ancient art of drawing district lines to maximize the strength of
the party doing the drawing.
In 1982, California gained two House seats, but Democrats
enlarged their majority from 22-21 to 28-17. - Granted, the party not
controlling the White House usually gains in off-year elections, and
the 1982 elections coincided with a severe recession. Still, artful
redistricting helped Democrats, who controlled California's
legislature and governorship.
To understand why do so many Republicans want to rely on Wilson
so soon after his last race, begin with the basic fact (California is
big) and the crucial variable (money).
The people pressuring Wilson want him to plunge in immediately
because of his fund-raising experience and California's law about
campaign giving. With more than one-tenth of the nation's population
(nearly 29 million by 1990), California is a media state where a
campaign eats money ravenously. Deukmejian spent $15 million in 1986.
Most candidates must spend huge sums just to buy ``name
recognition. Wilson has that, having run twice statewide for Senate
and once unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination,
and having been mayor of San Diego for a decade. In this he has an
advantage over even Peter Ueberroth, who might be conscripted to run
if Wilson declines.
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California candidates can collect $1,000 from individuals each
fiscal year. California's fiscal years end in June. Thus, for
fund-raising purposes, there are three fiscal-year cycles in the 22
months between now and November, 1990. If Wilson declares his
candidacy now, he can raise money for five months in this fiscal year.
Republicans thinking ahead to George Bush's re-election campaign
want a Republican governor in Sacramento. Even with a large
last-minute assist from Ronald Reagan, Bush carried the state by less
than three percentage points. That margin seems especially slight
considering that California, which got a disproportionate share of
defense spending during the Reagan buildup, stands to suffer
disproportionately when Bush's austerity produces deep cuts in defense.
In 1990, California, Texas and Florida will elect governors. In
1992, those states will have 52, 33 and 24 electoral votes
respectively. Their total--109--will almost equal the total (116) of
Ohio, New, York, Michigan, Illinois and Pennsylvania, which will lose a
total of 12 House seats in 1992.
At the center of all this calculation and speculation stands a
weary Wilson who, contemplating yet another campaign in the California
nation, understands the jest that life is not one damn thing after
another, it is one damn thing over and over.
(c) 1989, Washington Post Writers Group
curity Council members), a reserve fund to finance
is beginning in earnest about who it will be. Africans
peacekeeping operations, and the ability to send larger
claim it is their turn to have a secretary general, and
forces to keep hostile forces apart. Eventually, he said,
several candidates are being touted, including Sene-
international consensus might make it possible to pres-
gal's president, Abdou Diouf; a former president of
sure angry parties to settle their grievances and not
Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo; former finance
resort to force.
minister Bernard Chidzero of Zimbabwe; Tanzanian
Pérez de Cuéllar also wants the U.N. to play a bigger
President Salim Salim; and Ugandan diplomat Olara
role in economic development and protection of the
Otunnu. But the Africans' lack of unity hurts, as does
environment. He has appointed former Italian Prime
the fact that the continent trails the world in economic
Minister Bettino Craxi as a personal representative to
development.
investigate debt reduction, and hopes to narrow politi-
Other potential candidates include Tommy Koh, Sin-
cal differences between rich and poor countries at a
gapore's former ambassador to Washington; former
World Conference on Environment and Debt in Brazil
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias; Finnish diplomat
in 1992. He said last year that he detects "the birth of a
Martti Ahtisaari, who oversaw U.N. Namibia opera-
new kind of loyalty, an Earth-patriotism, a looking at the
tions; former Norwegian Premier Gro Brundtland, who
planet and its atmosphere as an object for protection
would be the U.N.'s first female secretary general;
and not for aggression and pillage."
Sadruddin Aga Khan, former U.N. high commissioner
American officials say it will take more than eloquent
for refugees; and Ali Alatas, Indonesia's foreign
statements and skilled diplomacy for the U.N. to fulfill
minister.
even Pérez de Cuéllar's ambitions. They contend it will
Pérez de Cuéllar asserts to everyone that it's time
take managerial reorganization of a type that even
for him to quit, and there's every reason to believe he
Pérez de Cuéllar's admirers say is beyond him-a con-
means it. He is aging, has suffered a heart attack and
solidation of duplicate subagencies (such as the three
undergone bypass surgery, and reportedly has run
now supervising narcotics control, the dozens in eco-
down his personal fortune. He had to cut short a re-
nomic development, and the increasing numbers for
cent trip to Europe and Africa on doctor's orders.
environmental affairs); the elimination of unnecessary
With a new era dawning when the U.N. might really
programs (such as the $2 million decolonization pro-
become the world's peacemaking agency and
gram in a world now virtually without colonies); ap-
problem-solving forum, it would seem to be time for a
pointment of a deputy secretary general; and transfer
vigorous young person to take charge. On the other
of bureaucratic slots from economic oversight to
hand, if such a person cannot be agreed upon, the
peacekeeping.
world body could do far worse than to make do a
The biggest challenge facing the U.N., though, is
little longer with probably the best secretary general
picking Pérez de Cuéllar's successor, and speculation
it's ever had.
California exceptionalism, anointed in blood.
A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS
By Sidney Blumenthal
D
ianne Feinstein is quite calmly poised on the
almost no role in the redistricting. At the same time,
fault line of American politics. If she wins her
there can be no realistic plan by any presidential nom-
race for governor of California, Republican
inee of the Democratic Party to win the Electoral Col-
hopes for gaining control of Congress over
lege without figuring in California. For a beaten party,
the next decade will be dashed and Democratic hopes
a Feinstein victory will be taken as a tremor of great
for gaining the White House buoyed. After the reap-
possibility.
portionment of the House of Representatives based
For the candidate, this sweeping prospect has been
on the 1990 census, the California delegation will
achieved against a peculiar combination of odds. More
constitute one-eighth of the Congress. If a Republican
than once she has ridden into the chaos of the void and
does not preside as governor in a state where the
come out the other side, her coiffure unruffled. She has
Democrats control the legislature, the GOP will play
faced nearly all manner of bedlam and mayhem: familial
AUGUST 13, 1990 THE NEW REPUBLIC 23
insanity, divorce, illness, death, isolation, defeat, mur-
Dianne Feinstein's life is more vivid than her re-
der. More than ten years ago, she announced her retire-
strained image. She was born fifty-six years ago in San
ment from politics; within hours she was kneeling on
Francisco to a prominent surgeon and professor, Leon
the floor of City Hall, literally covered with flowing
Goldman, and a Catholic ex-fashion model and nurse,
blood, which anointed her mayor of San Francisco.
Betty. To the world beyond the front door, all in the
"I've just had a lot of death," she told me with compo-
Goldman family appeared to be going very well indeed.
sure. "And I've found that it does two things. It can
But Betty Goldman suffered from undiagnosed brain
make you very bitter, turn you very much into yourself,
damage, masked by alcoholism, that manifested itself in
or it can give you the strength to open up and be there
unpredictable and violent behavior. Dianne and her two
for others. If there's one thing about politics, it's the life
sisters were often beaten and threatened. She recalls
capsule sped up. You see much more of death, violence.
several of her mother's suicide attempts, and her father,
You see the renewal of life. Whether you want it or not,
the physician, frantically trying to wake the comatose
you see it."
woman, making her vomit up sleeping pills. If Dianne
Feinstein gives the impression of a resolved personal-
Feinstein appears controlled, polished, even stiff, it may
ity. With audiences large and small, she conveys an
be because she was raised between the poles of deco-
unusual empathy, even when she has scant direct expe-
rum and derangement.
rience with what she is addressing. But she also main-
tains an appropriate distance. One always senses her
H
er early introduction to politics came through
discretion; nothing about her is out of place. Her fusing
her Uncle Morris, who took her on happy outings
of empathy and self-control, warmth and coolness, re-
to City Hall, as if to a sporting event, to observe
flects a mature equilibrium. In her heels she stands at
"the Board of Stupidvisors," as he put it. After
nearly six feet tall, and in her conservative suits never
graduating from Stanford, where she won the race for
appears less than dignified. When she greeted Queen
student body vice president, the coed's traditional top
Elizabeth upon Her Majesty's arrival in San Francisco,
slot, she married a young lawyer and soon had a child. But
"it was hard to tell who was more regal," says a hostile
the marriage quickly and bitterly failed, and at the age of
politico with grudging admiration.
twenty-four she was left alone with her nine-month-old
"Tough but caring" is her slogan, reflecting her po-
daughter, living off alimony, without a profession.
litical persona, which has unexpectedly acquired charis-
Her interest, as it happened, was in criminal justice.
ma. "It's a great mystery," says Sal Russo, a Republican
She had spent a year studying the state system on a
political consultant, who has been conducting focus
foundation fellowship after graduation. Now she wrote
group research for the California GOP. Feinstein, after
Governor Pat Brown, an acquaintance of her father's,
all, had hitherto inspired respect, not enthusiasm. "I
inquiring about employment. She was offered a posi-
was shocked by the intensity for Feinstein. Reagan did
tion on the Women's Board to Terms and Paroles. Over
the same thing. People are not as ideological as political
five years, she spent much of her time in the state's jails,
consultants or reporters. They want some leadership."
passing judgment on more than 5,000 prisoners. She
"What people don't want anymore in politics," says
was acknowledged as an expert on criminal justice and
Feinstein, "is people who are pablum, who want to have
appointed to several commissions. She also opposed
it both ways, who don't stand up and take a position."
capital punishment.
PWIS against Big theen
As for her opponent, Senator Pete Wilson, the ever-
Dianne remarried, this time to Bertram Feinstein,
positioning Republican, she says: "He is pablum. The
nineteen years older and, in a startling asymmetry with
politics he espouses are pablum."
her brain-damaged mother, a brain surgeon. In 1969
she won a seat on the Board of Supervisors, and be-
he pablum factor, to be sure, has served him
T
cause she was the top vote-getter became its president.
well in the past, making him the right dull man
Twice she ran for mayor and was defeated. Her oppo-
at the right time. Feinstein is banking on the
nents taunted her as a rich bitch, "a Pacific Heights
moment now calling for the right woman. In the
matron," out of touch with blue-collar whites and mi-
past, she had been frequently out of political sync, the
norities alike, a cultural outcast in the countercultural
moment out of her grasp. But now she is riding a
capital. In San Francisco the dream of the Diggers'
slipstream that seems naturally to carry her along.
utopia had turned rancid; it was the age of Altamont,
Time and again, Feinstein has faced mortality itself
the Black Panther Party, and Patty "Tanya" Hearst:
and had no choice but to start over. Her surmounting of
"It's just a shot away
fatal caprice, at least as much as her position in favor of,
Even in San Francisco, where nobody anybody knew
say, the Big Green environmental initiative, has had a
voted for Richard Nixon in his landslide re-election,
profound appeal to women especially. Her personal
there was a resentful reaction of a Silent Majority. In
saga is her greatest political asset, transcending her
1975 George Moscone, the liberal, barely held off a
position on this or that issue. For Feinstein, the person-
conservative challenger for mayor; in office Moscone
al is the political. But her story has drawn a shock of
assiduously courted all the constituency groups, even to
recognition that translates into charisma partly because
the extent of appointing Jim Jones, the cultish leader of
she has suddenly fit the movements of larger political
forces.
the People's Temple, chairman of the city's housing
commission.
24 THE NEW REPUBLIC AUGUST 13, 1990
Feinstein, for her part, was distracted from politics by
His aides carefully checked her background and fi-
private ordeals. Her father died of cancer, and her
nances, finding her spotless. But, according to a former
beloved husband contracted the disease as well; his
Mondale adviser, she carried too many inherent liabil-
death was a long and painful one. In the end, she was
ities as a divorced Jewish woman. The candidate passed
alone again, emotionally drained, seemingly with no
over her and, in a rush, selected Geraldine Ferraro.
will to carry on in public life.
History seemed to have sidestepped Feinstein.
Quietly, she told a few reporters she was quitting
politics. Later that same day, November 27, 1978, she
hen she emerged last year as a candidate for
looked up from her desk to see a distraught former
W
governor, she appeared to have already been
supervisor, Dan White, racing past her office with a
eclipsed. In a fit of pique, her longtime political
pistol. Within seconds she heard a shot. She ran into the
consultant in effect fired her as a candidate, an-
office of supervisor Harvey Milk, the leading gay politi-
nouncing his resignation from the campaign by fax to the
cian in the city, and found him crumpled on the floor.
press before he informed her. He claimed she lacked a
She lifted his hand, trying to feel his pulse, and her
"fire in the belly." She was widely dismissed as lazy, head-
finger slipped into a gaping bullet hole. Both Milk and
strong, and aimless. Then she had a hysterectomy. "I had
Moscone, who had been shot minutes earlier, were
a fire in the belly," said Feinstein, "and had it removed."
dead. By the law of succession, Dianne Feinstein was
She was far down in the polls and little-known in
mayor.
Southern California. Her opponent was Attorney Gen-
Her experience now began to serve her. While others
eral John Van De Kamp, a decent and dull man, correct
fell apart, she was serene. "She was poised. She was
on every liberal issue, endorsed by virtually the entire
eloquent. She was restrained. And she was reassuring
political establishment in Los Angeles, and firing no
and strong," editorialized The San Francisco Chronicle.
one's imagination. The question on which they most
She won re-election a year later.
sharply divided was capital punishment.
And she remarried. Her husband, Richard Blum, a
She had reversed her position, coming to believe it
highly successful entrepreneur and economic adviser to
was somehow a deterrent, regardless of the overwhelm-
the city, led a Pacific Rim lifestyle that extended beyond
ing scholarly evidence to the contrary. Her conviction
his far-flung investments. He was a long-distance run-
was apparently rooted in a visceral response to viewing
ner, had scaled Mount Everest, befriended Sir Edmund
the consequences of gory murders as mayor-she men-
Hillary and the Dalai Lama, and was made an honorary
tions "brain matter all over" a mom and pop store and a
consul of Nepal. Blum would bankroll her future politi-
five-year-old machine-gunned on his front lawn. But
cal career.
her "toughness" was underscored by her presence at
least as much as her revised position. In the television
hough Mayor Feinstein prided herself on being
spot that advertised her death penalty stance, she ap-
T
at home on the streets of San Francisco, making
peared on grainy film announcing the assassination of
herself very visible, her unfriendly critics labeled
Moscone. It was war footage, and she was battle-tested.
her "Snow White" and "Goody Two-Shoes."
Van De Kamp countered by asserting his belief
Soon after she took office she banished blue jeans and
against capital punishment while saying he might carry
T-shirts from the City Hall work force. With her man-
out executions anyway. He was caught between a rock
ers and wealth, she was not exactly the saloon queen of
and a soft place. Thus, the gender roles in the primary
he Tenderloin, the majorette of Castro Street, the toast
were reversed. She dominated as the strong and mas-
of the Barbary Coast. It was said that she didn't care who
terful one. In the final tally she won by more than ten
ou went to bed with so long as you were in bed by elev-
points.
n. She vetoed a resolution that would have granted full
She was now thrust in the race against Pete Wilson,
enefits to the live-ins of gay city employees, while she
another clash of bright primary colors and shades of
desperately attempted to close the bathhouses at the be-
beige. But the contest between her story and Wilson's
ginning of the AIDS epidemic. She also satisfied neither
lack of one is not merely the unfolding of their
levelopers nor neighborhood activists by forging a
personalities.
ompromise over downtown construction. Then a loony
In the gap between the California of dreams and the
ectlet called the White Panthers managed to collect
California of fact lies the strobe-like history of Califor-
nough signatures to force a recall election. She took
nia politics. Cruel illusion is the greatest factor in these
er victory by more than 80 percent as a personal vindi-
politics. The last thing Californians want is low-key
ation. For San Francisco, she had become a necessity:
reality; the California dream is to keep dreaming. Just
he straight man to play against, the moderating influ-
around the corner from Disneyland, however, is the day
nce to make it all work, the stately symbol to lend the
of the locust-in fact, the Richard M. Nixon Library and
ity legitimacy in the eyes of a country where "San Fran-
Birthplace. California is in a constant state of flux,
isco Democrat" was about to become a Republican epi-
relentlessly growing bigger, its inherent instability un-
net loaded with sly innuendo.
settling any momentary balance. There is also a menace
In 1984, just before the Democratic convention
amid the palms, a Chinatown going down, unseen ac-
olled into town, Walter Mondale interviewed her at
tors plotting to gain control of paradise.
ength about the vice presidency. He was impressed.
Ever since 1910, when the Progressives dynamited
AUGUST
13.
Tur
the smoke-filled room, whoever could lay claim to the
negative or positive, Wilson's campaign is all tactics.
franchise of California exceptionalism has had an elec-
The message of Feinstein's campaign is cohering into
tric connection to a mythic force that can be turned into
a classic restatement of California exceptionalism. It is
political power. The state's important modern gover-
framed by the growing feeling in the state that things
nors all rose on that claim: Earl Warren and Pat Brown,
are slipping out of control. She sees a fissure in the
Ronald Reagan and Jerry Brown.
earth opening up, separating the 1990s from the past.
"California," she says, "has grown twice as fast as
B
y contrast, the two leading figures of California
America. It's due to grow another one-third in size in
politics in the 1980s-Governor George Deuk-
the next ten to fifteen years. Beginning with Reagan,
mejian and Senator Pete Wilson-have been
the philosophy has been 'get government off the backs
caretakers of the Republican advantage they had
of people.' Then, with Jerry Brown, it was 'small is
ridden into office. The Reagan years in Washington
beautiful.' With Deukmejian, it was that the economy
were an interregnum in California. During this period,
would take care of all things. The only thing that admin-
Deukmejian presided in Sacramento as an ideological
istration has concentrated on has been prison growth.
conservative who could never approach Reagan in his
So the educational system has gone down, the environ-
talent for dramatization.
mental cleanup has languished
It's laissez-faire ide-
Wilson's story has been told before. But it is neces-
ology, Republican ideology
People are now begin-
sarily not about him, because the tale of the Protestant
ning to see the failures. They see it in the lack of
ethic is so generic. It is the Nixon story without all the
attention to the state's infrastructure to accommodate
weird edges and paranoid subtext. Wilson, by all testi-
growth, whether that be freeways or transportation sys-
mony, always wanted to be governor because it was a
tems or schools. There is concern over drinking water,
position he wanted to have. He came from a middle-
drought, medfly-and no policy
The suburbs are
be
class background, went to Yale and Boalt Hall, won a
where families get the worst air quality, the worst in
seat in the state Assembly, and was elected mayor of
America. You grow up down there you have 20 percent
prospering San Diego. In 1976 he backed Gerald Ford
less air capacity
People now want a more activist
over Ronald Reagan for the GOP presidential nomina-
government, an advocacy government."
tion. Two years later Wilson lost the Republican prima-
In the Feinstein campaign research, Wilson appears
ry for governor. When he wanted to run again in 1982,
as too politically motivated. Four focus groups in heavi-
he was persuaded by the Republican powers that be to
ly Republican Orange County had difficulty assigning a
run against a weakened Jerry Brown for the Senate. In
rationale to him besides ambition.
the Senate, Wilson has been a cipher. He ran an empty
re-election campaign against a lame candidate, Lieuten-
A
nd he has another problem. He is the largest
ant Governor Leo McCarthy. Wilson's inoffensiveness
recipient of S&L campaign funds of any politi-
has been the heart of his appeal.
cian in the country. The fabled Charles Keat-
Wilson was a Bush-type Republican before there was
ing of the Lincoln S&L gave him $16,000,
a Bush presidency, a movable Republican. He has a
which he returned when the press exposed it. The S&L
suburban strategy, trying to win over social liberals
issue plays against a California backdrop. Deukme-
without significantly alienating the GOP base. Wilson
jian's chief fund-raiser, Karl Samuelian, happens to be
has also edged further away from the conservative line
Keating's lawyer. And, at his suggestion, Deukmejian
on abortion and environmentalism than Bush. Simply
appointed two of Samuelian's partners as the top reg-
by getting the Republican vote, Wilson may run a tight
ulators of the state S&L commission, which failed to
race. Democratic Party identification in California has
deal with the massive, still spreading, scandals. Wilson
dropped from 57 percent at the beginning of the 1980s
may bear the burden of the GOP incumbency. "The
to 49 percent today, while the Republican partisan at-
S&L debacle," says Feinstein, "is a case in point of
tachment has risen from 32 to 40 percent.
Republican philosophy." The California dream is not
Wilson's strategy is to hold his party, moderate his im-
being undermined by impersonal forces, in her ac-
age to draw independents, and tarnish Feinstein's. Go-
count, but by deliberate Republican policies. Connect
ing negative is as essential to him as going positive. Ac-
the dots.
cording to Otto Bos, his campaign director, Wilson will
Pete Wilson has never before had a difficult oppo-
attack Feinstein for her "flip-flop" on the death penalty;
nent. Dianne Feinstein has never faced a situation that
for her "taxing and spending" record as the mayor of
was easy. She has overcome all sorts of disorders, politi-
San Francisco; for the undisclosed investors in her hus-
cal and personal, to confront the disorder in California
band's enterprises; for her "extreme" statement in favor
she charges has been fostered by a long period of
of proportionate hiring goals for minorities and women;
Republican rule. The Democrats, however, have been a
for her association with Willie Brown, the elegantly at-
party on a gradual slide. And yet California is a place
tired black Assembly Speaker who has been crucial in her
where even a party can renew itself. By redefining Cali-
political education. To produce his negative ads, Wilson
fornia exceptionalism, she may rearrange the coordi-
has retained Larry McCarthy, auteur of the infamous Wil-
nates of the state's politics. She has emerged in a wrin-
lie Horton spot. Feinstein says, "It will be a Republican
kle of time in which, despite a thousand variables, her
campaign: nasty, demeaning, humiliating." Whether
victory may largely depend on her own efforts.
26 THE NEW REPUBLIC AUGUST 13, 1990
'90-08-27 10:20 DOUG GAMBLE
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424 . 36th Place
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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PETE WILSON CALIFORNIA FUNDRAISERS (Mark Davis / Beth Hinchliffe)
LOS ANGELES
I CAN'T STAY LONG. I'M ON MY WAY DOWN TO SAN DIEGO TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
AT THE BALLGAME. (Mark: You may have been out of the country during the Roseanne
Barr-national anthem flap?)
WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT I SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE HOLDING UP BANNERS THAT
SAID "YOU' RE OUR LEADER -- ONWARD TO VICTORY -- AND YOU'RE NUMBER ONE.' I WAS
FEELING PRETTY GOOD UNTIL I LOOKED AROUND AND NOTICED TOMMY LASORDA GETTING OFF
THE PLANE BESIDE OURS.
I CAN TELL I'M IN L.A. I OVERHEARD SOMEONE SAYING THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED TONIGHT
BECAUSE THEY WERE ASKED TO COME HERE TO SEE THE LEADING MEMBER OF AMERICA'S FIRST
FAMILY, AND THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BART SIMPSON.
A FELLOW CAME UP TO ME ON THE WAY IN HERE AND DEMANDED THAT I DO SOMETHING ABOUT
HIS HOMELESS PROBLEM. I'M AFRAID I HAD TO TELL AL DAVIS THAT THE RAIDERS ARE OUT
OF MY JURISDICTION.
MORE
BEN WATTENBERG
BURBANK, Calif.
ful because proportionalism is
t's said here that the race for
governor has "gone negative
Negatives
unpopular, and quotas are associated
I
with Democratic liberalism.
early" and is between "two
Interestingly, Mrs. Feinstein's re-
moderates."
between
buttal ads not only deny the charge,
The first description is generat-
but claim Sen. Wilson is pro-quotas.
ing California political news - and
(Mrs. Feinstein says that over the
will now get much nastier.
years government should hire quali-
The second characterization,
moderates
fied people who proportionally "re-
flect all the state's citizenry" and
which sounds like no news, is prob-
that this view is not pro-quotas.)
ably the hinge of this crucial elec-
that Mr. Wilson's campaign smacks
Mr. Wilson says Mrs. Feinstein is
tion - and may well set up a model
for national politics.
of antisemitism.
a classic tax-and-spend liberal. He
says she denies her earlier liberal-
The negativism was clear in a
Stunned, the Wilson campaign
press conference given here by Re-
says the antisemitism issue is
ism, acting as if "yesterday never
"astonishing and absolutely unbe-
happened."
publican Sen. Pete Wilson. He
charged that his opponent, Demo-
lievable" and that campaign financ-
Yet, in conversation, Mrs. Fein-
ing is a legitimate issue.
stein matter-of-factly notes that she
crat Dianne Feinstein, had engaged
in "McCarthyism," "character assas-
Beneath the ugliness is the "two
has "gotten tougher over time."
Asked how she would characterize
sination," "pandering" and a "des-
moderates" theme, advanced by the
herself on a liberal-conservative
peration smear" - mostly regard-
Feinstein campaign, endorsed by
ing attacks trying
much of the media and challenged
scale, she answers that she is a
to link him to the
by the Wilson campaign. If it works,
"problem-solver."
There are sim-
savings and loan
it can go a long way toward rebutting
ilarities between
scandal. Later, Mr.
the image of super-liberalism that
the two candi-
Wilson said he in-
has plagued the Democratic Party. If
dates that lead the
tended to "un-
it doesn't, it will tell Democrats how
media toward
mask" Mrs. Fein-
far they still have to go.
stein.
Mrs. Feinstein does not intend to
validating the
"two moderates"
Mrs. Feinstein,
be vulnerable to yet another Repub-
theme: Both are
a former San
lican "L-word" campaign, charging
Wilson
Democrats are soft on everything.
pro-choice and
Francisco mayor,
Feinstein
She won the Democratic primary
pro-environment,
escalated the conflict in an inter-
both want to stress "real issues."
view with this writer. She accused
partly by coming across tougher
But behind it all is an election
Mr. Wilson of an "insidious" attack
than her liberal opponent.
schematic reminiscent of the bruis-
on her husband, Richard Blum, a
Speaking here to a police group,
she said, contrary to prevailing lib-
ing 1988 presidential campaign. Lib-
wealthy San Francisco lawyer who
eral Michael Dukakis eschewed
financed much of her primary cam-
eral wisdom, "I support the death
paign.
penalty because
it is the most
liberal-conservative talk, saying the
Mrs. Feinstein, who is Jewish, vol-
powerful deterrent there is for pre-
issue "was not ideology but compe-
unteered a new and startling view.
venting violent crime."
tence." But George Bush pounded
She said the Wilson campaign is por-
Indeed, as Mrs. Feinstein points
Mr. Dukakis on symbols of Demo-
traying Mr. Blum in ways that she
out, in San Francisco she was often
cratic liberalism, from flags to
criticized for not being liberal.
prison furloughs.
maintained call up images of
"profiteering" and "money-chang-
Mr. Wilson does not want the cri-
Mrs. Feinstein is more moderate
teria of liberal San Francisco to be-
and more appealing than Mr. Du-
ing." These images, she noted, are
come the California standard. He
kakis. The question at issue is
classic antisemitic stereotypes.
Mrs. Feinstein said she had reached
says Mrs. Feinstein is much more
whether "more moderate" by Demo-
"no conclusion," but is "concerned"
liberal than he is.
cratic criteria is moderate enough.
Mr. Wilson has attacked Mrs.
Mr. Wilson will test that.
Feinstein for being "pro-quotas" in
If he wins, Democrats nationally
Ben J. Wattenberg, a senior fellow
state government hiring. A Wilson
will likely be pushed further to the
at the American Enterprise Insti-
ad shows a Los Angeles Times head-
right to counter "L-word" charges. If
tute, is a nationally syndicated col-
line reading "Feinstein Vows Nu-
she wins, they may feel comfortable
umnist.
merical Quotas." The issue is power-
with Feinsteinian moderation.
Wash Times
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curity Council members), a reserve fund to finance
is beginning in earnest about who it will be. Africans
peacekeeping operations, and the ability to send larger
claim it is their turn to have a secretary general, and
forces to keep hostile forces apart. Eventually, he said,
several candidates are being touted, including Sene-
international consensus might make it possible to pres-
gal's president, Abdou Diouf; a former president of
sure angry parties to settle their grievances and not
Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo; former finance
resort to force.
minister Bernard Chidzero of Zimbabwe; Tanzanian
Pérez de Cuéllar also wants the U.N. to play a bigger
President Salim Salim; and Ugandan diplomat Olara
role in economic development and protection of the
Otunnu. But the Africans' lack of unity hurts, as does
environment. He has appointed former Italian Prime
the fact that the continent trails the world in economic
Minister Bettino Craxi as a personal representative to
development.
investigate debt reduction, and hopes to narrow politi-
Other potential candidates include Tommy Koh, Sin-
cal differences between rich and poor countries at a
gapore's former ambassador to Washington; former
World Conference on Environment and Debt in Brazil
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias; Finnish diplomat
in 1992. He said last year that he detects "the birth of a
Martti Ahtisaari, who oversaw U.N. Namibia opera-
new kind of loyalty, an Earth-patriotism, a looking at the
tions; former Norwegian Premier Gro Brundtland, who
planet and its atmosphere as an object for protection
would be the U.N.'s first female secretary general;
and not for aggression and pillage."
Sadruddin Aga Khan, former U.N. high commissioner
American officials say it will take more than eloquent
for refugees; and Ali Alatas, Indonesia's foreign
statements and skilled diplomacy for the U.N. to fulfill
minister.
even Pérez de Cuéllar's ambitions. They contend it will
Pérez de Cuéllar asserts to everyone that it's time
take managerial reorganization of a type that even
for him to quit, and there's every reason to believe he
Pérez de Cuéllar's admirers say is beyond him-a con-
means it. He is aging, has suffered a heart attack and
solidation of duplicate subagencies (such as the three
undergone bypass surgery, and reportedly has run
now supervising narcotics control, the dozens in eco-
down his personal fortune. He had to cut short a re-
nomic development, and the increasing numbers for
cent trip to Europe and Africa on doctor's orders.
environmental affairs); the elimination of unnecessary
With a new era dawning when the U.N. might really
programs (such as the $2 million decolonization pro-
become the world's peacemaking agency and
gram in a world now virtually without colonies); ap-
problem-solving forum, it would seem to be time for a
pointment of a deputy secretary general; and transfer
vigorous young person to take charge. On the other
of bureaucratic slots from economic oversight to
hand, if such a person cannot be agreed upon, the
peacekeeping.
world body could do far worse than to make do a
The biggest challenge facing the U.N., though, is
little longer with probably the best secretary general
picking Pérez de Cuéllar's successor, and speculation
it's ever had.
California exceptionalism, anointed in blood.
A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS
By Sidney Blumenthal
D
ianne Feinstein is quite calmly poised on the
almost no role in the redistricting. At the same time,
fault line of American politics. If she wins her
there can be no realistic plan by any presidential nom-
race for governor of California, Republican
inee of the Democratic Party to win the Electoral Col-
hopes for gaining control of Congress over
lege without figuring in California. For a beaten party,
the next decade will be dashed and Democratic hopes
a Feinstein victory will be taken as a tremor of great
for gaining the White House buoyed. After the reap-
possibility.
portionment of the House of Representatives based
For the candidate, this sweeping prospect has been
on the 1990 census, the California delegation will
achieved against a peculiar combination of odds. More
constitute one-eighth of the Congress. If a Republican
than once she has ridden into the chaos of the void and
does not preside as governor in a state where the
come out the other side, her coiffure unruffled. She has
Democrats control the legislature, the GOP will play
faced nearly all manner of bedlam and mayhem: familial
AUGUST 13, 1990 THE NEW REPUBLIC 23
insanity, divorce, illness, death, isolation, defeat, mur-
Dianne Feinstein's life is more vivid than her re-
der. More than ten years ago, she announced her retire-
strained image. She was born fifty-six years ago in San
ment from politics; within hours she was kneeling on
Francisco to a prominent surgeon and professor, Leon
the floor of City Hall, literally covered with flowing
Goldman, and a Catholic ex-fashion model and nurse,
blood, which anointed her mayor of San Francisco.
Betty. To the world beyond the front door, all in the
"I've just had a lot of death," she told me with compo-
Goldman family appeared to be going very well indeed.
sure. "And I've found that it does two things. It can
But Betty Goldman suffered from undiagnosed brain
make you very bitter, turn you very much into yourself,
damage, masked by alcoholism, that manifested itself in
or it can give you the strength to open up and be there
unpredictable and violent behavior. Dianne and her two
for others. If there's one thing about politics, it's the life
sisters were often beaten and threatened. She recalls
capsule sped up. You see much more of death, violence.
several of her mother's suicide attempts, and her father,
You see the renewal of life. Whether you want it or not,
the physician, frantically trying to wake the comatose
you see it."
woman, making her vomit up sleeping pills. If Dianne
Feinstein gives the impression of a resolved personal-
Feinstein appears controlled, polished, even stiff, it may
ity. With audiences large and small, she conveys an
be because she was raised between the poles of deco-
unusual empathy, even when she has scant direct expe-
rum and derangement.
rience with what she is addressing. But she also main-
tains an appropriate distance. One always senses her
H
er early introduction to politics came through
discretion; nothing about her is out of place. Her fusing
her Uncle Morris, who took her on happy outings
of empathy and self-control, warmth and coolness, re-
to City Hall, as if to a sporting event, to observe
flects a mature equilibrium. In her heels she stands at
"the Board of Stupidvisors," as he put it. After
nearly six feet tall, and in her conservative suits never
graduating from Stanford, where she won the race for
appears less than dignified. When she greeted Queen
student body vice president, the coed's traditional top
Elizabeth upon Her Majesty's arrival in San Francisco,
slot, she married a young lawyer and soon had a child. But
"it was hard to tell who was more regal," says a hostile
the marriage quickly and bitterly failed, and at the age of
politico with grudging admiration.
twenty-four she was left alone with her nine-month-old
"Tough but caring" is her slogan, reflecting her po-
daughter, living off alimony, without a profession.
litical persona, which has unexpectedly acquired charis-
Her interest, as it happened, was in criminal justice.
ma. "It's a great mystery," says Sal Russo, a Republican
She had spent a year studying the state system on a
political consultant, who has been conducting focus
foundation fellowship after graduation. Now she wrote
group research for the California GOP. Feinstein, after
Governor Pat Brown, an acquaintance of her father's,
all, had hitherto inspired respect, not enthusiasm. "I
inquiring about employment. She was offered a posi-
was shocked by the intensity for Feinstein. Reagan did
tion on the Women's Board to Terms and Paroles. Over
the same thing. People are not as ideological as political
five years, she spent much of her time in the state's jails,
consultants or reporters. They want some leadership."
passing judgment on more than 5,000 prisoners. She
"What people don't want anymore in politics," says
was acknowledged as an expert on criminal justice and
Feinstein, "is people who are pablum, who want to have
appointed to several commissions. She also opposed
it both ways, who don't stand up and take a position."
capital punishment.
As for her opponent, Senator Pete Wilson, the ever-
Dianne remarried, this time to Bertram Feinstein,
positioning Republican, she says: "He is pablum. The
nineteen years older and, in a startling asymmetry with
politics he espouses are pablum."
her brain-damaged mother, a brain surgeon. In 1969
she won a seat on the Board of Supervisors, and be-
he pablum factor, to be sure, has served him
T
cause she was the top vote-getter became its president.
well in the past, making him the right dull man
Twice she ran for mayor and was defeated. Her oppo-
at the right time. Feinstein is banking on the
nents taunted her as a rich bitch, "a Pacific Heights
moment now calling for the right woman. In the
matron," out of touch with blue-collar whites and mi-
past, she had been frequently out of political sync, the
norities alike, a cultural outcast in the countercultural
moment out of her grasp. But now she is riding a
capital. In San Francisco the dream of the Diggers'
slipstream that seems naturally to carry her along.
utopia had turned rancid; it was the age of Altamont,
Time and again, Feinstein has faced mortality itself
the Black Panther Party, and Patty "Tanya" Hearst:
and had no choice but to start over. Her surmounting of
"It's just a shot away
fatal caprice, at least as much as her position in favor of,
Even in San Francisco, where nobody anybody knew
say, the Big Green environmental initiative, has had a
voted for Richard Nixon in his landslide re-election,
profound appeal to women especially. Her personal
there was a resentful reaction of a Silent Majority. In
saga is her greatest political asset, transcending her
1975 George Moscone, the liberal, barely held off a
position on this or that issue. For Feinstein, the person-
conservative challenger for mayor; in office Moscone
al is the political. But her story has drawn a shock of
assiduously courted all the constituency groups, even to
recognition that translates into charisma partly because
the extent of appointing Jim Jones, the cultish leader of
she has suddenly fit the movements of larger political
forces.
the People's Temple, chairman of the city's housing
commission.
24 THE NEW REPUBLIC AUGUST 13, 1990
Feinstein, for her part, was distracted from politics by
His aides carefully checked her background and fi-
private ordeals. Her father died of cancer, and her
nances, finding her spotless. But, according to a former
beloved husband contracted the disease as well; his
Mondale adviser, she carried too many inherent liabil-
death was a long and painful one. In the end, she was
ities as a divorced Jewish woman. The candidate passed
alone again, emotionally drained, seemingly with no
over her and, in a rush, selected Geraldine Ferraro.
will to carry on in public life.
History seemed to have sidestepped Feinstein.
Quietly, she told a few reporters she was quitting
politics. Later that same day, November 27, 1978, she
hen she emerged last year as a candidate for
looked up from her desk to see a distraught former
W
governor, she appeared to have already been
supervisor, Dan White, racing past her office with a
eclipsed. In a fit of pique, her longtime political
pistol. Within seconds she heard a shot. She ran into the
consultant in effect fired her as a candidate, an-
office of supervisor Harvey Milk, the leading gay politi-
nouncing his resignation from the campaign by fax to the
cian in the city, and found him crumpled on the floor.
press before he informed her. He claimed she lacked a
She lifted his hand, trying to feel his pulse, and her
"fire in the belly." She was widely dismissed as lazy, head-
finger slipped into a gaping bullet hole. Both Milk and
strong, and aimless. Then she had a hysterectomy. "I had
Moscone, who had been shot minutes earlier, were
a fire in the belly," said Feinstein, "and had it removed."
dead. By the law of succession, Dianne Feinstein was
She was far down in the polls and little-known in
mayor.
Southern California. Her opponent was Attorney Gen-
Her experience now began to serve her. While others
eral John Van De Kamp, a decent and dull man, correct
fell apart, she was serene. "She was poised. She was
on every liberal issue, endorsed by virtually the entire
eloquent. She was restrained. And she was reassuring
political establishment in Los Angeles, and firing no
and strong," editorialized The San Francisco Chronicle.
one's imagination. The question on which they most
She won re-election a year later.
sharply divided was capital punishment.
And she remarried. Her husband, Richard Blum, a
She had reversed her position, coming to believe it
highly successful entrepreneur and economic adviser to
was somehow a deterrent, regardless of the overwhelm-
the city, led a Pacific Rim lifestyle that extended beyond
ing scholarly evidence to the contrary. Her conviction
his far-flung investments. He was a long-distance run-
was apparently rooted in a visceral response to viewing
ner, had scaled Mount Everest, befriended Sir Edmund
the consequences of gory murders as mayor-she men-
Hillary and the Dalai Lama, and was made an honorary
tions "brain matter all over" a mom and pop store and a
consul of Nepal. Blum would bankroll her future politi-
five-year-old machine-gunned on his front lawn. But
cal career.
her "toughness" was underscored by her presence at
least as much as her revised position. In the television
hough Mayor Feinstein prided herself on being
spot that advertised her death penalty stance, she ap-
T
at home on the streets of San Francisco, making
peared on grainy film announcing the assassination of
herself very visible, her unfriendly critics labeled
Moscone. It was war footage, and she was battle-tested.
her "Snow White" and "Goody Two-Shoes."
Van De Kamp countered by asserting his belief
Soon after she took office she banished blue jeans and
against capital punishment while saying he might carry
T-shirts from the City Hall work force. With her man-
out executions anyway. He was caught between a rock
ners and wealth, she was not exactly the saloon queen of
and a soft place. Thus, the gender roles in the primary
the Tenderloin, the majorette of Castro Street, the toast
were reversed. She dominated as the strong and mas-
of the Barbary Coast. It was said that she didn't care who
terful one. In the final tally she won by more than ten
you went to bed with so long as you were in bed by elev-
points.
en. She vetoed a resolution that would have granted full
She was now thrust in the race against Pete Wilson,
benefits to the live-ins of gay city employees, while she
another clash of bright primary colors and shades of
desperately attempted to close the bathhouses at the be-
beige. But the contest between her story and Wilson's
ginning of the AIDS epidemic. She also satisfied neither
lack of one is not merely the unfolding of their
developers nor neighborhood activists by forging a
personalities.
compromise over downtown construction. Then a loony
In the gap between the California of dreams and the
sectlet called the White Panthers managed to collect
California of fact lies the strobe-like history of Califor-
enough signatures to force a recall election. She took
nia politics. Cruel illusion is the greatest factor in these
her victory by more than 80 percent as a personal vindi-
politics. The last thing Californians want is low-key
cation. For San Francisco, she had become a necessity:
reality; the California dream is to keep dreaming. Just
he straight man to play against, the moderating influ-
around the corner from Disneyland, however, is the day
ence to make it all work, the stately symbol to lend the
of the locust-in fact, the Richard M. Nixon Library and
city legitimacy in the eyes of a country where "San Fran-
Birthplace. California is in a constant state of flux,
:isco Democrat" was about to become a Republican epi-
relentlessly growing bigger, its inherent instability un-
het loaded with sly innuendo.
settling any momentary balance. There is also a menace
In 1984, just before the Democratic convention
amid the palms, a Chinatown going down, unseen ac-
olled into town, Walter Mondale interviewed her at
tors plotting to gain control of paradise.
ength about the vice presidency. He was impressed.
Ever since 1910, when the Progressives dynamited
AUGUST 13, 1990 THE NEW
the smoke-filled room, whoever could lay claim to the
negative or positive, Wilson's campaign is all tactics.
franchise of California exceptionalism has had an elec-
The message of Feinstein's campaign is cohering into
tric connection to a mythic force that can be turned into
a classic restatement of California exceptionalism. It is
political power. The state's important modern gover-
framed by the growing feeling in the state that things
nors all rose on that claim: Earl Warren and Pat Brown,
are slipping out of control. She sees a fissure in the
Ronald Reagan and Jerry Brown.
earth opening up, separating the 1990s from the past.
"California," she says, "has grown twice as fast as
B
y contrast, the two leading figures of California
America. It's due to grow another one-third in size in
politics in the 1980s-Governor George Deuk-
the next ten to fifteen years. Beginning with Reagan,
mejian and Senator Pete Wilson-have been
the philosophy has been 'get government off the backs
caretakers of the Republican advantage they had
of people.' Then, with Jerry Brown, it was 'small is
ridden into office. The Reagan years in Washington
beautiful.' With Deukmejian, it was that the economy
were an interregnum in California. During this period,
would take care of all things. The only thing that admin-
Deukmejian presided in Sacramento as an ideological
istration has concentrated on has been prison growth.
conservative who could never approach Reagan in his
So the educational system has gone down, the environ-
talent for dramatization.
mental cleanup has languished
It's laissez-faire ide-
Wilson's story has been told before. But it is neces-
ology, Republican ideology
People are now begin-
sarily not about him, because the tale of the Protestant
ning to see the failures. They see it in the lack of
ethic is so generic. It is the Nixon story without all the
attention to the state's infrastructure to accommodate
weird edges and paranoid subtext. Wilson, by all testi-
growth, whether that be freeways or transportation sys-
mony, always wanted to be governor because it was a
tems or schools. There is concern over drinking water,
position he wanted to have. He came from a middle-
drought, medfly-and no policy.
The suburbs are
class background, went to Yale and Boalt Hall, won a
where families get the worst air quality, the worst in
seat in the state Assembly, and was elected mayor of
America. You grow up down there you have 20 percent
prospering San Diego. In 1976 he backed Gerald Ford
less air capacity.
People now want a more activist
over Ronald Reagan for the GOP presidential nomina-
government, an advocacy government."
tion. Two years later Wilson lost the Republican prima-
In the Feinstein campaign research, Wilson appears
ry for governor. When he wanted to run again in 1982,
as too politically motivated. Four focus groups in heavi-
he was persuaded by the Republican powers that be to
ly Republican Orange County had difficulty assigning a
run against a weakened Jerry Brown for the Senate. In
rationale to him besides ambition.
the Senate, Wilson has been a cipher. He ran an empty
re-election campaign against a lame candidate, Lieuten-
A
nd he has another problem. He is the largest
ant Governor Leo McCarthy. Wilson's inoffensiveness
recipient of S&L campaign funds of any politi-
has been the heart of his appeal.
cian in the country. The fabled Charles Keat-
Wilson was a Bush-type Republican before there was
ing of the Lincoln S&L gave him $16,000,
a Bush presidency, a movable Republican. He has a
which he returned when the press exposed it. The S&L
suburban strategy, trying to win over social liberals
issue plays against a California backdrop. Deukme-
without significantly alienating the GOP base. Wilson
jian's chief fund-raiser, Karl Samuelian, happens to be
has also edged further away from the conservative line
Keating's lawyer. And, at his suggestion, Deukmejian
on abortion and environmentalism than Bush. Simply
appointed two of Samuelian's partners as the top reg-
by getting the Republican vote, Wilson may run a tight
ulators of the state S&L commission, which failed to
race. Democratic Party identification in California has
deal with the massive, still spreading, scandals. Wilson
dropped from 57 percent at the beginning of the 1980s
may bear the burden of the GOP incumbency. "The
to 49 percent today, while the Republican partisan at-
S&L debacle," says Feinstein, "is a case in point of
tachment has risen from 32 to 40 percent.
Republican philosophy." The California dream is not
Wilson's strategy is to hold his party, moderate his im-
being undermined by impersonal forces, in her ac-
age to draw independents, and tarnish Feinstein's. Go-
count, but by deliberate Republican policies. Connect
ing negative is as essential to him as going positive. Ac-
the dots.
cording to Otto Bos, his campaign director, Wilson will
Pete Wilson has never before had a difficult oppo-
attack Feinstein for her "flip-flop" on the death penalty;
nent. Dianne Feinstein has never faced a situation that
for her "taxing and spending" record as the mayor of
was easy. She has overcome all sorts of disorders, politi-
San Francisco; for the undisclosed investors in her hus-
cal and personal, to confront the disorder in California
band's enterprises; for her "extreme" statement in favor
she charges has been fostered by a long period of
of proportionate hiring goals for minorities and women;
Republican rule. The Democrats, however, have been a
for her association with Willie Brown, the elegantly at-
party on a gradual slide. And yet California is a place
tired black Assembly Speaker who has been crucial in her
where even a party can renew itself. By redefining Cali-
political education. To produce his negative ads, Wilson
fornia exceptionalism, she may rearrange the coordi-
has retained Larry McCarthy, auteur of the infamous Wil-
nates of the state's politics. She has emerged in a wrin-
lie Horton spot. Feinstein says, "It will be a Republican
kle of time in which, despite a thousand variables, her
campaign: nasty, demeaning, humiliating." Whether
victory may largely depend on her own efforts.
26 THE NEW REPUBLIC AUGUST 13, 1990
The Smithsenan Guide to Historic
America
-Diff Reasons Peop came
to California
1
1st real estate, alimate + leisure
2
missimanies
3 gold moh in north
El Camino Real on Royal Rd. Survives
today at Rte 101
- 1842 Pres Tyeirs admin unsuccessfully
attempted to by Ca tenit form Max
- Pres Polk repeated spared 25 millin
- Tex-Mex buder events determined
Cais fate.
- was > July 7, 1846 Commocters
for D. Sloat declared California
partaf us.
WILL ROGERS IS FROM CA fuote him
SOME OF THE GREAT MENT
WOMEN WHO HAVE COME FROM CA
-Will Rogers
- 011 Magnate g. Paul Getty
- -Ronald Reagun
- Phineas Banning, strong Union
Supporter during civ was, d LA developm
also : Edwards Air force Base in
Antelope Valley, Ca
Pit was here that then - Captain
Charles year ge 1st bro ke the
sound bani en (see wolfe)
p.132 The mining town of Rough and Ready
was founded in 1849 f named for Pres
Zachary Taylor (see quotes?), "Old Rough + Ready"
who had served as ageneral in the Mexican War.
mk Twain in California, guot
Ansel Adams said of yosemite Nat
Park, that it was "always a
sunrise, a glitter of green +
golden wonder in a vast edifice
of stanet space" this might
apply to the centinity of Ca,
a state whose beauty he
celebrated in his as +.
Nobel- Anize-Winning
John Steimbeele Born in
Salinas, Ca 1902
-he described life here in
The long Valley, East of Eden,
of Mice + Mex, d Tertilla Flat
-Mamo in California have
Conservative nots, some without
even knowing what it, Forinstance, would
what do you think the
students of Barkly 80 about
say of this know
than covege nested land
their Nots on the land orig
known called as the "Centra Costa
Joaguin Miller wrote in East Bay Ca
P
264
Robert louis Stevenson heneymound
whis mide Fammy Osbour in an
abaendoned mining shack on
the slo per of Mt. St. Helena
author f adventure
Jack lenden lived in Glen Ellen
came there in 1903, is famous
for The call of the Will
your great state gove birth to
many of Americas great peroes
leaders, and authors
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p
Bayand Tayler "There has never been
anything to parallel SF, mer will there
even be. like the magic seed of an
Indian juggles that speaked, bloss omed
f bore fruit before & very eyes of on
onlooken, 50 S.F slems in one day
to have accomplished the growth of
1/2 a century
p. 207 Robert louis Shevenson
spent p ants of 1879 d 1880
in SF waiting to many his
beloved Fanns O sbourne
-Mark Twain belonged to IF'S p219
The Bohemium Club.
THE SIERRA NEVADA
THE SIERRA NEVADA
149
RA NEVADA
) miles from Lassen Peak in the
outh. The High Sierra begins at
<S of alpine peaks from 12,000 to
han 1,200 lakes scattered beneath
d highest peak in the continental
evada means "snowy mountains"
amed by Franciscan missionaries
he Sacramento Valley in 1776. But
, later, beholding the same view,
1 the mind of everyone who has
ks. The great naturalist John Muir
m the summit of the Pacheco Pass
tains shone in all its glory. Then it
: called not the Nevada, or Snowy
[uch of the glory of those moun-
here the John Muir Trail begins,
crest south 200 miles to Mount
Sierra proved a formidable obsta-
and south of Lake Tahoe, roughly
y 50, respectively, were two of the
ttlers and gold-rush miners to
re still likely to come on the ruts
r or even in the rock.
R PASS
follows a trail favored by early set-
route to Sacramento. The route
here walls of steep granite look
band of immigrants to use this
14, was caught by early snows and
Yosemite's Bridal Veil Fall, photographed by Ansel Adams, for whom the park was "always
a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space."
guard until spring. Parts of the
ed by ox-drawn wagons; instead,
unexpectedly rugged, and the party did not reach the Sierra cross-
) first, then haul the wagons over
ing until November. Trapped in the mountains by early snows, they
chains.
were forced to make a winter encampment near Donner Lake. In
ice, however, took place in the
the
ensu...g months, despite repeated rescue and escape attempts,
arty headed west along the newly
thirty-five of the party died, and survivors were at one point com-
which ran south of the Great Salt
pelled to eat their dead companions' flesh. It was April 1847 before
eserts of Utah and Nevada, was
the last of the survivors was brought out. In Donner Memorial State
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CALIFORNIA . OREGON . WASHINGTON
THE PACIFIC STATES
HISTORIC AMERICA
GUIDE TO
SMITHSONIAN
THE
California Color
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SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTHERN
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G
eologically, San Francisco was made possible toward the end
of the last great Ice Age, when melting glaciers raised the
level of the oceans and what had been a coastal valley became
a great bay extending forty-five miles inland and varying from three
to thirteen miles in width. To the south of the bay's entrance loomed
a peninsula on which the spine of the Coast Ranges broke into a
scattering of barren hills. Where the peninsula reached the bay, the
land consisted of shifting sands, marshes, and mud flats. On those
flats and on the forty-three hills around them, the city of San
Francisco would rise. Of all the possible sites to settle along the coast,
it was among the poorest. Water and wood were scarce; the gap in the
Coast Ranges allowed fog to roll unhindered over the area on days
when, just a few miles north, south, or east, the countryside basked in
sunshine. For centuries, the area was chiefly used as a gathering
ground for the Tamal Indians of what is now Marin; they took salt
from the marshlands.
The indigenous peoples had the bay to themselves until the
autumn of 1769, when Sergeant José Francisco Ortega led a
detachment of Gaspar de Portolá's expedition to the summit of
In this painting of San Francisco during the gold rush, the tents of newly arrived miners
dot Telegraph Hill, atop which stands the telegraph station that signalled the approach
Sweeney Ridge in what is now Pacifica. From there, the Spaniards first
of ships.
saw the "estuary" that, diarist Father Juan Crespi surmised, "could
shelter not only the King's navy, but all the navies of Europe." No
Augustus Sutter.) "Gold!" he cried, rushing through the streets of San
Spanish settlers reached San Francisco Bay until 1776, when Mission
Francisco. "Gold! Gold from the American River!" He had carefully
San Francisco de Asís and the Presidio were founded. The small
stocked his store with the necessary equipment before he made the
settlement of Yerba Buena, established near the mission, became a
dramatic announcement.
significant trading port in the mid-1830s. In 1846 Captain John B.
The immediate effect of his proclamation was to empty the
Montgomery put into the bay in the sloop Portsmouth, immediately
town of able-bodied men, who shouldered whatever pans and picks
claiming the whole area for the United States and renaming the town
they could find and headed east for the hills. Thanks to Brannan's
square Portsmouth Square in honor of his ship. Included in the claim
publicity in the California Star, the news spread quickly across the
was a settlement of little more than 100 Spaniards and Americans,
nation and the world, inciting a mass migration toward San
plus an equal number of Indians. The population tripled when Sam
Francisco. By 1860 the city's population had swollen to 56,000.
Brannan arrived later that year with over 200 Mormon colonists.
Settlement spread from Portsmouth Square to Union Square, Jackson
From Father Crespi onward, almost every visitor recognized the
Square, North Beach, Chinatown, and South Park. "There has never
potential of the bay as the great harbor of the West Coast. In
been anything to parallel San Francisco," wrote Bayard Taylor, "nor
American hands the population had almost tripled again by the end
will their ever be. Like the magic seed of the Indian juggler that
of 1847, numbering 800 souls and 200 buildings. However, all
sprouted, blossomed and bore fruit before the very eyes of the
prospects for an orderly expansion of the town ended on May 12,
onlooker, SO San Francisco seems in one day to have accomplished
1848, when Sam Brannan, now a merchant and editor of the
the growth of half a century." This instant urbanism did not come
California Star, returned from the Sierra foothills town of Coloma with
without problems. Twice citizens had to form vigilance committees
a bottle full of gold dust. (Gold had been discovered there by James
to control crime and political corruption by means of the noose.
W. Marshall, who was building a saw mill for his employer, John
(The word hoodlum was coined in San Francisco.)
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SAN FRANCISCO
1880 in San Francisco, waiting to marry his beloved Fanny
Osbourne. He often sat here, admiring "the power and beauty of the
sea architecture" lying at anchor in the bay.
Originally the waterfront began just east of Montgomery
Street, a scant block from Portsmouth Square. At that time
Commercial Street, just southeast of the square, was the famous
Long Wharf, extending 2,000 feet into the bay, where great ships
were moored and everyone from preachers to pickpockets practiced
their professions. Montgomery Street was so boggy that, during the
wet winter of 1850, a sidewalk was built of strategically sunk pianos,
cooking stoves, and tobacco boxes. The main constituent of the
landfill that eventually added 100 acres to the city, however, was the
ships abandoned by their crews at the height of the gold fever. On
part of that fill rose the brick stores, assay offices, and warehouses
now known as Jackson Square-not really a square but a few urban
blocks-located just northeast of Portsmouth Square in the area
bordered by Washington, Montgomery, Gold, and Sansome streets.
One of the first buildings erected here used unopened boxes of
Virginia tobacco for its foundation. So unsettled were the times,
however, that before the building was finished the rising price of
tobacco had made the foundation worth more than the structure.
The sturdy brickwork of the buildings helped them survive the great
earthquake of 1906, but only because the navy extended hoses from
their tugboats all the way up Telegraph Hill and down Montgomery
Street did the area survive the ensuing fire. The district still provides
a glimpse of how commercial San Francisco looked in the decade
following the gold rush.
The handsome Ghirardelli Building (415-417 Jackson Street),
constructed in 1853, served as the Ghirardelli chocolate factory until
the business moved to Ghirardelli Square in 1894. Two ships were
used for the foundation of the 1862 building at 441 Jackson Street.
The 1866 Hotaling Building (451 Jackson Street), once the home of
the A. P. Hotaling & Company whiskey distillery, also survived the
great earthquake and fire, inspiring the ditty:
If, as they say, God spanked the town
For being over-frisky,
Why did He burn His churches down
And spare Hotaling's whiskey?
OPPOSITE: Atop one of San Francisco's hills, two women mug for the camera as others
watch the destruction of their city in this photograph taken by Arnold Genthe on the
morning of the 1906 earthquake.
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THE PENINSULA
THE PE!
a huge fortune, he appeared after death in a half-waking vision to
his father with the message, "Live for humanity!" The university was
his parents' response to this command. Information on campus
This ex
tours is available by calling 415-725-3335.
of San.
The Leland Stanford, Jr., Museum (Lomita Drive and Museum
Kelley
Way, 415-723-4177), just east of the quad, was also dedicated to the
Spanish
younger Stanford's memory. Among the wide-ranging collections of
dating
European, American, Asian, and African art are the extensive
include
photographic studies of animal locomotion commissioned from
building
Eadweard Muybridge by Stanford; a group of Rodin sculptures; and
firehou
the original golden spike driven into the rail at Promontory, Utah,
San Jos
on May 10, 1869, marking the completion of the first
transcontinental railroad.
LOC
12-
SAN JOSE AND ENVIRONS
South of Stanford University, the once pastoral countryside has in
Operat
the last decade become dotted with industrial parks, sites of the
downtc
multitudinous high-tech ventures of Silicon Valley. The
monum
development stretches all the way to San Jose, the oldest town in
what a
California and the vertex of the Peninsula and the East Bay.
ideas th
Founded in 1777, it was the first secular Spanish settlement in
is thoug
California; later it was briefly the state capital and from 1849 to
was am
1851 hosted the roistering meetings of what came to be known as
family
Restapher
the Legislature of 1,000 Drinks.
held a
Sarah L. Winchester, heir to a munitions fortune, built a
original
rambling and strange Victorian mansion now known as the
of
Winchester Mystery House (525 South Winchester Boulevard,
LOC
$
408-247-2000), beginning in 1884 and continuing until her death
FEE:
in 1922. A psychic told her she would never die so long as she kept
Dems.
building the house; she responded by having workers add on a
The Sa
welter of towers and staircases, some leading to nowhere.
is locat
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (Park and Naglee
housec
avenues, 408-287-2807) is set in Rosicrucian Park, a full city block
interes
of Egyptian-style buildings. The museum is operated by the
collecti
Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, a mystical and educational
organization that traces its roots back to the mystery schools of
Neu
ancient Egypt. It contains a collection of Egyptian, Babylonian, and
Assyrian pieces, including mummies, plus a life-size replica of an
Thirtee
Egyptian tomb.
Americ
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THE WINE COUNTRY
THE
San Pablo Bay. The Mexican government knew that it needed a
strong leader in the north, since the Russians had signified their
interest in the area by building Fort Ross on the coast; but the
Am
general proved to be both strong and adaptable. When the Bear Flag
tow
Revolt-the opening rebellion in the struggles that eventually put
Son
upper California under American control-broke out at the town of
Spa
Sonoma in 1846, Vallejo was taken prisoner, but when freed he took
hist
an active role on behalf of American annexation. Consequently,
mis
unlike most of his fellow Californios, he preserved much of his
of
fortune following the American takeover.
for
The second figure is Agoston Haraszthy. Although not the first
So
man to plant a vineyard in the valleys (that distinction goes to George
re
C. Yount, who started one in 1838), this peripatetic Hungarian-who
first emigrated to Wisconsin and then moved successively to San
Diego, San Francisco, Sonoma, and finally Nicaragua-was the real
founder of the wine industry now almost synonymous with Napa and
Sonoma. In 1858 he created the state's first large-scale vineyard, near
Sonoma, and soon thereafter went on a state-sponsored tour of
Europe to collect appropriate grapes for the California climate. He
St
was the first to import the Zinfandel grape, among other varieties.
Before leaving for Nicaragua to become a sugar planter, he saw his
two sons marry daughters of Mariano Vallejo.
The region also attracted two distinguished writers. In 1880
Robert Louis Stevenson honeymooned with his bride, Fanny
Osbourne, in an abandoned mining shack on the slopes of Mount
Saint Helena and wrote a book about the area, The Silverado Squatters.
Among other things, he predicted the bright future of the wine
industry, claiming, "The smack of Californian earth shall linger on
the palate of your grandson." Three decades later, Jack London
settled in more grandly, buying over 1,400 acres near Glen Ellen for
his Beauty Ranch.
NAPA
The town of Napa had a gridiron pattern of streets before it had any
houses. The first of the town's grids was laid out in 1848, but an 1849
settler commented that there was really no town at all: "The name
had got there somehow, but the city hadn't." By the late nineteenth
century, however, Napa had become a processing and shipping
center for wine and produce. The town retains a core of Victorian
buildings and the First Presbyterian Church (Randolph and Third
streets), a dramatic wooden building in the Gothic Revival style.
Tieman to design a coat of arms in 1923. The motto was translated
into Latin by University of Alabama Professor W. B. Saffold. The
positive statement made by this motto replaced what was considered
a negative statement imposed by outsiders during Reconstruction
through the motto "Here We Rest."2
Alaska
Motto: "North to the Future"3
Origin: In 1963, the Alaska Centennial Commission announced a compe-
tition to determine a distinctive centennial motto and emblem for
Alaska.4 During the competition, which carried a $300 prize, 761
entries were received. In December 1963, the commission announced
that "North to the Future," the entry submitted by Juneau newsman
Richard Peter, had won.⁵ The legislature adopted this motto officially
in 1967.
Arizona
Motto: Ditat Deus⁶
Translation: "God Enriches"
Origin: The motto remains unchanged since its introduction by Richard
Cunningham McCormick in 1864. It is an expression, probably bibli-
cal in origin, of deep religious sentiment.
Arkansas
Motto: Regnat Populus⁷
Translation: "The People Rule"
Origin: A 1907 act changed the motto to its current language from "Regnant
Populi," the motto selected in 1864. While the direct origin of this
motto is somewhat obscure, it clearly voices the democratic tradition
of the state and the nation.
California
Motto: Eureka⁸
Translation: "I Have Found It"
Origin: The great seal of California, first designed in 1849, included this
Greek motto to signify either the admission of the state into the
Union or a miner's success.9 Clearly, this ancient expression refers
to the discovery of gold in California.
mbols
State Seals
37
1 representation of a map of
The seal uses the symbols of Arizona's first primary enterprises: recla-
mation, farming, cattle raising, and mining.
f Alabama under five flags, its
of its citizens. The law describes
Arkansas
; of four of the five nations
The seal of Arkansas was adopted in 1864. Except for an editorial change
affecting the motto made in 1907, the seal has remained the same.
gnty over a part or the whole
in, France, Great Britain and
An eagle at the bottom, holding a scroll in its beak, inscribed 'Regnat
se flags shall be the shield of
Populus,' a bundle of arrows in one claw and an olive branch in the
h the flags and shield of the
other; a shield covering the breast of the eagle, engraved with a steam-
ed on either side by an eagle.
boat at top, a bee-hive and plow in the middle, and sheaf of wheat at
hip representing the 'Badine'
the bottom; the Goddess of Liberty at the top, holding a wreath in
tablished the first permanent
her right hand, a pole in the left hand, surmounted by a liberty cap,
shield there shall be a scroll
and surrounded by a circle of stars, outside of which is a circle of
IS jura nostra defendere,' the
rays; the figure of an angel on the left, inscribed 'Mercy,' and a sword
Dare Maintain Our Rights.'
on the right hand, inscribed 'Justice,' surrounded with the words 'Seal
h the state motto.²
of the State of Arkansas."
The Arkansas seal celebrates the importance of the steamboat in its de-
velopment and the industry of its citizens in a peaceful, bountiful land.
eter and consists of "two con-
ords 'The Seal of the State of
California
cle represents northern lights,
e state as well as symbols for
The great seal of California was adopted by the 1849 constitutional
rookeries. This seal, with the
convention. The code provides a pictorial description.⁷ The seal as it now
State," had been used as the
appears is the fourth design, a standardized representation adopted in 1937.
ne the state seal in 1960.
In the circular design is a seated figure of the goddess Minerva, at her
feet a grizzly bear, in the background ships upon a mountain-rimmed
bay, in the mid-distance a gold miner at work and, near the top centre,
ate's constitution, which was
the motto EUREKA (I have found it!) beneath a semi-circle of 31 stars,
the number of States in the Union after the admission of California
(September 9, 1850).
g design: In the background
un rising behind the peaks
Colorado
of mountains there shall be
n in the middle distance are
The Colorado legislature adopted the state seal in 1877. The seal recalls
the foreground, at the right
the beauty of the Rocky Mountains and the significance of mining in the
I the middle distance on a
state's development.
hich and in the foreground
Above this device shall be
The seal of the state shall be two and one-half inches in diameter,
nd surrounding the whole
with the following device inscribed thereon: An heraldic shield bearing
State of Arizona,' with the
in chief, or upon the upper portion of the same, upon a red ground
on.⁵
three snow-capped mountains; above surrounding clouds; upon the
lower part thereof upon a golden ground a miner's badge, as prescribed
State Flags
67
mbols
vening sky, the blue of the sea
Whereas, the said three stars so placed are designed to represent the
ers that grow in Alaskan soil,
three nations, France, Spain, and the United States which have suc-
1 that lies hidden in Alaska's
cessively exercised dominion over Arkansas; and
Whereas, from the 1st day of May, 1861, to the 23rd day of May,
ellation Ursa Major, the Great
1865, the State of Arkansas was a part of and under dominion of the
n in the northern sky, contains
Confederate States of America
cluding the "Pointers" which
Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring therein, that an
g, Polaris, the North Star, the
additional star be added to the State flag, which star is designed to
explorer, hunter, trapper, pros-
represent the Confederate States of America, said star to be placed
For Alaska the northernmost
above the letter "R" in the word "Arkansas," and the present star
t some future time will take its
appearing above the word "Arkansas" be placed above the last letter
ional emblem.⁴
"A" in the said word "Arkansas" and upon the adoption of this
the stars as that of natural yellow
resolution such flag of the State of Arkansas be and the same shall be
official Flag of our State.⁷
in the United States flag. Standard
The diamond signifies the fact that Arkansas is the only state in which
diamonds are found. The twenty-five stars in the border signify that Ar-
kansas was the twenty-fifth state to enter the Union.
The code also sets out a salute to the flag: "I salute the Arkansas Flag
It symbolizes the importance of the
with its diamond and stars. We pledge our loyalty to thee."8
1 and the upper half divided into
California
:h shall start at the center on the
S of the flag, colored alternately
The California Bear Flag was designed by an unknown person sometime
between 1875 and 1899. In 1846, however, a bear flag had been chosen as
ix yellow and seven red rays. In
the emblem of the republic. It was adopted by legislative action in 1911. A
, there shall be a copper-colored
new color rendering was approved in 1953.
e upper points shall be one foot
r points one foot from the bottom
The Bear Flag is the State Flag of California. As viewed with the hoist
e the same shade as the colors in
end of the flag to the left of the observer there appears in the upper
g shall have a four-foot hoist and
left-hand corner of a white field a five-pointed red star with one point
with a two-foot star and the same
vertically upward and in the middle of the white field a brown grizzly
lags of other sizes.⁵
bear walking toward the left with all four paws on a green grass plot,
with head and eye turned slightly toward the observer; a red stripe
forms the length of the flag at the bottom, and between the grass plot
and the red stripe appear the words CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC.'
Bluff Chapter of the Daughters of the
The code goes on to specify exact colors and dimensions. The white back-
gislature adopted a state flag designed
ground symbolizes purity, the red star and bar, courage. The star itself
at chapter. In 1923, an additional star
represents sovereignty and the grizzly bear, strength.
I 1913 act holds that
S a rectangular of red on which is
Colorado
lered by a wide band of blue, across
kansas" and three stars, one above
flag, describes it as follows:
The 1911 law, amended slightly in 1929 and 1964, adopting the state
sas"; and
Pete Wilson
FOR GOVERNOR
1990
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Pete Wilson
FOR GOVERNOR
1990
Volume V, Number 1
May 1989
Republican
B
MMUNIQUE
A Case For GOVERNOR Pete Wilson
With a 900,000 vote victory in his pocket,
Pete Wilson is probably one of the most popular
politicians in California. Unless he stumbles badly.
Pete Wilson could probably be one of California's
two senators for life. So why would he contemplate
running for governor? Simple. Pete Wilson is one
of the few politicians who matches the mood of
California voters on the basic conservative issues
yet has enough of the necessary progressive
elements to take the state into the 21st century.
As a bright, promising member of the
California Assembly more than 20 years ago, Pete
Wilson faced similar circumstances. He served in
the Assembly from 1967 through 1971. He was
author of the first coastal protection act, his party's
minority whip in his Freshman term. and wrote
tough anti-crime legislation before it became
fashionable. Pete Wilson then stunned the
California political insiders by announcing he would
run for Mayor of San Diego.
It was conventional wisdom of 1971 when
Senator Pete Wilson
continued on page 2
Pete Wilson for Governor
1990
2251 San Diego Avenue, Suite B-200. San Diego. CA 92110 (619) 260-1990
1900 "K" Street. Suite 110. Sacramento. CA 95814 (916) 446-5140
Post Office Box 91097. Los Angeles. CA 90009
A Case for Governor Pete Wilson
(continued from page 1)
Wilson took office as Mayor, that the Mayor's office of any
Equal Rights Amendment and opposed government
big city was a political graveyard. Wilson proved political
restrictions on abortion.
pundits dead wrong. His political acumen rapidly placed
There is a special urgency to balance the needs of
him in the ranks of the most innovative politicians of the
California's growing economy with the desire to protect the
1970's in California. Wilson put growth management on
environment. As Wilson points out, these issues need not
the political landscape; he was aware of the tax and
compete in a state whose natural beauty is perhaps its
environmental damage that unbridled growth (sprawl) would
greatest assets. The two "are definitely not mutually
bring to his city. During his time as Mayor, from 1971 to
exclusive, in fact, they depend upon one another," Wilson
1983, San Diego moved in the ranks from the 12th to the 7th
says. It is an arena where Wilson has displayed his
largest city in the country. Wilson took steps to save the
independence to the advantage of California's future.
city's canyons, fought federal officials to a standstill on
offshore oil development, and persuaded developers to pay
Even when President Reagan pleaded for a veto to
for new public services. Pete Wilson also authored the first
stop much needed highway funds, Pete Wilson said he
San Diego law covering full disclosure of special interest
would stand with those seeking solutions to the inadequate
influence, limits on campaign donations to $250, and
freeways that dot our state. He stood up to his own party
forbidding corporate organization contributions, from
when it would have stopped legislation to clean our water
business to labor, from giving any funds to a pet politician
and air.
or cause.
Pete Wilson also joined a bipartisan effort to stop
Well before Proposition 13, Wilson drove taxes so
unwarranted off shore oil drilling by telling a succession of
low in San Diego that the late Howard Jarvis professed
Energy Secretaries to stop this short-sighted plan. He
there would have been no need for the radical property tax
proved to be the chief stumbling block to a federal effort to
reduction measure "if they'd all run their cities like Pete
wreck California's Coastal Commission, an entity that,
Wilson." Jarvis' partner, Paul Gann, modeled his state
ironically, Wilson had been involved with in his Assembly
spending limit on the effort implemented by Wilson in San
days.
Diego.
Perhaps there was no greater demonstration of his
Wilson's first term in the Senate, beginning in
balanced approach to political problems than his historic
1983, offered a distinguished record which was ratified by
wilderness compromise of 1985 - an unprecedented 1.8
the California voters on November 8, 1988, with a sizable
million acres of wilderness set aside in California which
margin of 52.8%-44%. Rejecting the "jinx" that has kept
freed much needed economic opportunities elsewhere.
junior California senators to one-termers, Pete Wilson has
"What we need is a state where board chairmen and
been a different Republican who recognizes the special
backpackers alike can share their future," Wilson said at
obligation which Californians have to shape the future.
the time. Nothing could be more true today.
One out of nine Americans are now Californians.
Wilson is currently serving on five major
The state's population is expected to grow from 28 million
committees which include the following: Agriculture,
to 40 million by the year 2000. Wilson's "quality of life"
Nutrition and Forestry; Armed Services; Governmental
message of holding the line on crime, protecting our natural
Affairs; Special Aging; and Joint Economic.
assets, and creating more jobs and opportunity was
overwhelmingly supported not only by Republicans, but
Independents and more than 25% of the Democrats.
With his experience in Congress, Pete Wilson can
Wilson has also made unprecedented inroads into
continue to build on the solid fiscal and economic footing
ethnic communities and displayed on-going support for
that Duke has provided. California needs a strong leader
women's rights. As far back as 1976, Wilson endorsed the
who can take the helm and guide our future.
Pete Wilson
U.S. SENATOR FOR CALIFORNIA
In 1982, Pete Wilson won the U.S. Senate seat earlier
held by such giants of California history as John Fremont,
Hiram Johnson and William F. Knowland.
In 1988, Wilson did something no occupant of that seat
had done in 36 years. Making history himself, Wilson
became the first Senator to re-capture the "jinxed" seat since
Knowland won re-election in 1952.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
Pete Wilson was born August 23, 1933, in suburban
Chicago. He attended Yale University on an ROTC scholar-
ship, and was graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1955.
Pete Wilson is "a valuable rarity: A conservative who under-
From 1955 to 1958, Wilson served as a Marine Corps infan-
stands the discriminating, but vigorous use of government
try officer, then went on to earn a law degree from the Uni-
power for conservative purposes." Wilson supports a
constitutional amendment to balance the budget and the
versity of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall, in 1962.
adoption of a Presidential line item veto. Wilson's Senate term
Given an opportunity to serve, Pete Wilson has
has been marked by fiscal conservatism, including not only
never hesitated. His public service career began in 1966,
spending restraint but also opposition to tax increases.
when he was elected to represent San Diego in the California
Assembly, taking a seat in Sacramento alongside newly-
elected State Senator George Deukmejian and Governor
Ronald Reagan. Wilson immediately won the recognition of
his Republican colleagues, who chose the freshman to hold
the post of Minority Whip.
Opportunity knocked unexpectedly in 1971. Pete
Wilson's election as Mayor of San Diego that year presented
him with a unique chance to steer the city through unparal-
leled growth and change along a course combining fiscal
restraint and no-nonsense crime fighting with thoughtful land
management and significant political reforms.
In 1982, after 11 years as Mayor, Wilson went on to
win his first term in the U.S. Senate, sweeping all but five of
Gayle Wilson takes an active role in her husband's work.
Among the many community and charitable organizations she
the state's 58 counties in a hard-fought victory over Governor
is involved in are the John Douglas French Alzheimer's
Jerry Brown. Californians returned him to that office in
Foundation, the American Council for the and the Center
for Excellence for Education. Above, Mrs. Wilson visits a
1988, giving him a 900,000 vote margin of victory, the
Head Start program in Los Angeles.
largest recorded in the nation that fall.
A COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE
As columnist George Will wrote in 1982, Wilson is
"a valuable rarity: a conservative who understands the dis-
criminating, but vigorous use of government power for
conservative purposes." Wilson labels himself a "compas-
sionate conservative."
In this time of record budget and trade deficits, Pete
Wilson has been a leading voice for fiscal restraint at home
and more aggressive action in the global marketplace. His
record is clearly one of fiscal conservatism, paving the way to
The grandson of a Chicago police officer killed in the line of
duty, Pete Wilson is a leader in the war on crime and drugs.
a leaner, more efficient government. When it comes to trade,
He's authored provisions to step up military anti-drug efforts, to
he espouses "Wilson's Golden Rule" -- "I'll let you into my
provide more resources to local law enforcement agencies,
market if you let me into yours."
and to allow the death penalty in drug-related murders. Above,
Wilson participates in a raid on marijuana fields in Northern
California.
UNITED
SENATE
U.S. Senator for California
Promoting trade and holding the line on taxes and
spending keeps the economy growing and creates jobs, and
Wilson has always said, "the best social program is a job."
Fiscal reform has to begin at home, Wilson be-
lieves, including within the houses of Congress. He wants
to curb mailing privileges for Congressional newsletters,
which cost taxpayers millions annually, and he objected to
Congressional pay raises, donating his additional income to
charity for purposes ranging from AIDS to Alzeheimer's.
Among his proudest accomplishments in the Senate,
Wilson counts his contributions to the war on drugs, includ-
ing provisions he authored to increase the military's role in
drug interdiction, restrict illegal trade of chemicals used to
California is the seventh largest economy in the world. Pete
make "meth" and PCP, and make murder of a police officer
Wilson is a leader in efforts to keep our economy growing
in a drug-related crime punishable by death. Even though
and providing jobs, expecially through his work to promote
he's a hard-liner on crime, Wilson also is committed to
international trade. He was a founder of the Semiconductor
Working Group to pressure Japan to drop its unfair trade
building a drug-free society through better prevention and
practices, and his amendment to give export assistance to
treatment, including early drug education.
produce growers was called the "star of the 1985 Farm Bill."
Since introducing the first California coastal protec-
Above, Wilson tours a Los Angeles manufacturing plant.
tion bill in the Assembly in 1967 to forging the historic
California wilderness compromise in the Senate in 1986,
Wilson has blazed a trail of environmental accomplishment.
In his Senate service, he's won funds for new parklands and
toxic waste clean-up, earned wilderness designations for
California rivers, and improved pesticide inspection of
imported foods.
AN ADVOCATE FOR CALIFORNIA
Wilson's committee assignments on the Armed
Services, Agriculture and Government Affairs commit-
tees afford him an unparalleled opportunity to advocate
California's interests. He also serves on the Special
Committee on Aging and the Joint Economic Committee.
Californians should be able to make a living in a state worth
An advocate of peace through strength, Wilson is
living in, and Pete Wilson has been a leader in protecting the
considered a leading Senate expert on arms control and
environment, from co-authoring the California Wilderness Act
strategic force modernization. He supports the MX
to fighting offshore oil drilling. He's pushed for clean air and
won funds for parkland acquisition. Above, Wilson speaks at a
missile, but opposes the unaffordable Midgetman missile;
ceremony in the Santa Monica Mountains in Southern
for while Wilson advocates defense spending equal to the
California where more parklands were purchased through
Wilson's support.
task of keeping America secure, he also demands the
money be well spent. His efforts improved management
of the military's $160 billion inventory.
Agriculture is California's biggest single industry.
Wilson has taken a leading role in writing legislation to
promote the export of crops, while helping farmers
compete against a flood of foreign imports at home. The
Targeted Export Assistance (TEA) program is among the
many achievements that earned Wilson the California
Farm Bureau's "Man of the Year" award in 1986.
Wilson's assignment in-1989-to-the-Government
Affairs Committee caps the reputation he has earned from
groups like the League of California Cities, who named
him "Legislator of the Year" in 1985 for his advocacy of
state and local concerns.
Pete Wilson has been a leader on health care, from sponsoring
the Dole/Wilson AIDS bill to proposing an innovative strategy to
bring down the costs of long-term health insurance. He's
pushed a wide variety of causes, from sponsoring National
Burn Awareness Week to donating his time in the fight against
birth defects. Above, Wilson meets with March of Dimes
Ambassadors Gretchen Rosenkranz and Tony Volyles.
A Tradition of Service
U.S. Senator, 1983 - Present
Member, Senate Committees on Armed Services; Agriculture;
Governmental Affairs; Special Committee on Aging; Joint
Economic Committee
Mayor of San Diego 1972 - 1983
California State Assemblyman, 1966- 1971
B.A., Yale University, 1955; Law Degree, University of
California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall, 1962
First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corp, 1955 - 1958
Born Lake Forest, Illinois, 1933
Wife, Gayle
Pete GOVERNOR SON
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Crime and Drugs
For more than 20 years, Pete Wilson has made the fight
against violent crime and drug abuse a top priority. As Mayor of
San Diego, he increased police expenditures by more than 50%
and doubled the number of patrolmen on the street. When he left
the Mayor's Office in 1982 for the U.S. Senate, San Diego was
the safest large city in America. In the Senate, Pete authored the
laws imposing the death penalty for drug kingpins and banning
the sale of drug paraphernalia by mail. Back home he helped
lead the campaigns to adopt the Victim's Bill of Rights and
remove Rose Bird from the California Supreme Court. Once
again, Pete has taken the lead with his Speedy Trial Initiative
which will aggressively uphold the rights of victims and keep
violent felons behind bars where they belong. As Governor, Pete
will continue to wage the war against crime and drugs by
appointing only no-nonsense judges and following through on his
proposed "Truth in Sentencing" law that would make criminals
serve more of their sentence by curtailing the liberal policy of
Taking Charge of California's Future
Experience and leadership are qualities we expect of our elected
officials. And a public servant who also possesses the attributes of
vision and courage is exactly who California needs as its next
governor.
Pete Wilson has all of these qualities - and then some. He has
a long and distinguished record of taking charge and delivering on
his promises. By combining these rare characteristics, Pete has
made a marked difference for California as a State Legislator,
Mayor of one of the biggest cities in America and as a U.S.
Senator.
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Conservative columnist George Will wrote: "Pete Wilson is a
valuable rarity a conservative who understands the
discriminating but vigorous use of government power for
conservative purposes."
When he was first elected to the California Assembly, his
leadership qualities were immediately evident. His Republican
colleagues acknowledged his ability and elected him Minority
Whip — the 3rd highest leadership position. And it was as an
Assemblyman that Pete demonstrated his vision by introducing
the nation's first coastal protection bill. He also worked with and
supported efforts by Ronald Reagan and George Deukmejian to
enact a workable death penalty.
In 1971, Pete was elected Mayor of San Diego - and he
immediately began taking charge of one of the nation's largest
cities. During his 11-year tenure, "Mayor Pete" pioneered the
concept of "managed growth." He constructed a light rail system
on time, under budget and without federal funds and authored a
sweeping campaign reform law that is still called one of the
toughest in the nation.
Pete has spent nearly a quarter-century leading and governing.
In the U.S. Senate, Pete Wilson has repeatedly demonstrated the
As Governor of California, he will continue that record of
courage of his convictions, while steadfastly upholding the
dedication and accomplishment. The campaign promises of others
interests of California. When James Watt, Secretary of the
are no substitute for the kind of performance that has made and will
Interior, was determined to start off-shore oil drilling along
make a real difference in the lives of Californians.
California's environmentally sensitive coastline, "Senator Pete"
California's future depends on the vision and courage of a
immediately introduced legislation to place a 10-year moratorium
on off-shore drilling.
Governor able to lead. Pete Wilson will take charge of California's
future and lead our great state into a new era of prosperity.
Taking Charge of California's Future
Crime and Drugs
For more than 20 years, Pete Wilson has made the fight
against violent crime and drug abuse a top priority. As Mayor of
San Diego, he increased police expenditures by more than 50%
and doubled the number of patrolmen on the street. When he left
the Mayor's Office in 1982 for the U.S. Senate, San Diego was
the safest large city in America. In the Senate, Pete authored the
laws imposing the death penalty for drug kingpins and banning
the sale of drug paraphernalia by mail. Back home he helped
lead the campaigns to adopt the Victim's Bill of Rights and
remove Rose Bird from the California Supreme Court. Once
again, Pete has taken the lead with his Speedy Trial Initiative
which will aggressively uphold the rights of victims and keep
violent felons behind bars where they belong. As Governor, Pete
will continue to wage the war against crime and drugs by
appointing only no-nonsense judges and following through on his
proposed "Truth in Sentencing" law that would make criminals
serve more of their sentence by curtailing the liberal policy of
"time off" for good behavior.
Taxes and Spending
Howard Jarvis once said, "We wouldn't have needed
Proposition 13 if everyone had run their cities like Pete Wilson."
Indeed, "Mayor Pete" ran San Diego with a toughness reflected
on the taxpayers' bottom line. He wrote into law a maximum
spending limit for San Diego that was later adopted by all of
California (the Gann limit). In the U.S. Senate, he won the
coveted "Watchdog of the Treasury" award every year in office
for his anti-tax and spend votes. Pete has voted against
Congressional pay increases and authored a law banning
Congressional newsletters - a potential savings of millions to
taxpayers. For years, he has led the effort in California and the
Senate for a constitutional amendment to require a balanced
federal budget and a line-item veto. As Governor, Pete will
maintain a sound economic environment for all Californians by
continuing the sound fiscal policies that have earned him his
reputation of fiscal responsibility.
Preserving Our Environment
Throughout his public career, Pete Wilson has been recognized
as a champion of California's wilderness, scenic rivers and
coastline. As a member of the State Assembly, he introduced the
ANSEL
nation's first coastal protection bill in 1970, hailed by the National
Audubon Society as one of the most important pieces of
ADAMS
environmental legislation in America that year. As Mayor of San
WILDERNESS
Diego, he was one of the first in America to adopt the concept of
"managed growth" and during his tenure he doubled the amount of
SIERRA
city parkland. And as a U.S. Senator, he has successfully led the
opposition to oil drilling off California's coast. Pete forged the
National
California Wilderness Act, preserving 1.8 million acres of the
Forest
state's most fragile wilderness area and helped save the Merced,
King, Kern and Tuolumne as wild and scenic rivers forever. As
Governor, Pete will establish a cabinet-level California
Environmental Protection Agency. This bold concept will
streamline the state's environmental agencies and result in the
coordinated efforts required to preserve and protect California's
you
environment.
Presidents
Ralio
Education
Pete Wilson is determined to make California's education
system the nation's best, and has received rare praise for his
NAVSTAR
comprehensive and innovative program integrating education with
child and health care. One California newspaper said of Pete's
proposal, "It's hard to recall the last Californian who sounded as
gubernatorial." Another gave Wilson an "A" for education while
still others referred to it as a "common-sense educational blueprint
that ought to command bipartisan support." As Governor, Pete
will demand that academic standards be raised by instituting merit
TOUR
pay for excellence in teaching and requiring all students be
equipped with the necessary skills to succeed in the job market.
This will be accomplished through expanded parental choice in
their childrens' education, greater use of magnet schools and a
"mentor" program increasing the involvement of volunteer
agencies and business organizations. And Pete knows that schools
must be made safe in order for students to learn and teachers to
teach. Finally, Maureen Di Marco, President of the California
School Boards Association, praised Pete's educational initiative as,
"A dramatic proposal for addressing the needs of children not only
in schools but in all the health care delivery systems of the state."
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ETE WILSON
COMMITTEE
CALIFORNIA
ARMED SERVICES
ASMOUNTUAL NUTRIAL AND FORBITRY
GOVERNMENTAL APPAIRS
Lanited States Senate
SPICUL COMMITTEE ON AGENG
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, DC 20810
U.S. SENATOR PETE WILSON -- FACT SHEET ON ABORTION RIGHTS
For over twenty years in public office, I have been a
supporter of a. women's right to choose.
- As a member of the California State Assembly, I supported
the Therapeutic Abortion Act, which authorizes physicians
to perform abortions and opposed all amendments to the
legislation to restrict access to abortion procedures.
- AB your U.S. Senator, I have voted against efforts to
enact a constitutional "right-to-life" amendment, against
imposing bans on the distribution of contraceptive devices
to minors without prior written consent, cutting funds
for school-based health olinics, denying tax-exempt status
to organizations that perform or provide facilities for
abortions, and imposing regulations to gut the Title X
Family Planning program.
(5. 1912)
- H am an original cosponsor of the Cranston-Packwood
Freedom of Choice Act, which would codify Roe V. Wade in
federal law and prevent States from restricting a woman's
right to choose.
- TO further express my support for the basic rights
guaranteed to women under the Supreme Court's decision in
RCE V. Wade, I joined my colleagues in filing an amicus
brief to the Court on the Turnock V. Ragsdale case.
- As a strong advocate of family planning efforts at all
levels, I have cosponsored the Title X reauthorization
legislation, opposed efforts to eliminate the California
State Office of Family Planning, and supported
international family planning programs.
- I have publicly urged RHS Secretary Louis Sullivan to
reconsider his ban on critical fetal tissue research-- a
ban whose impact on research into Parkinson's Disease,
Alsheimer's Disease, and cancer research will be
- devastating.
- My support for women's rights does not end on the issue of
abortion or family planning, I have been a supporter of
the Equal Rights Amendment since its inception and have
cosponsored legislation in the Senate to achieve its
enactment.
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PRO-LIFE REPUBLICANS
PRESS ADVISORY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
FEBRUARY 11, 1990
CONTACT ERIN 442-5689
Pro-life Republicans plan to protest the visit of U.S. Senator
and Republican Gubernatorial candidate, Pete Wilson, during his
Sacramento campaign stop on Sunday, February 11 at the Railroad
Museum in old Sacramento and Monday, February 12 at a breakfast
which the Senator will be hosting at his Sacramento campaign office
located at 1900 K St. The campaign appearance in Old Sacramento is
scheduled for 5:30 p.m. The Wilson breakfast is at 8:30 a.m.
Senator Wilson is a traitor to the pro-life, pro-family
majority of the Republican party. Senator Wilson has betrayed the
Republican party platform of pro-life, pro-family values as
exemplified by President George Bush and sold his political soul
to the same socially deviant factions which have successfully
steered the Democrat party away from mainstream America. Wilson is
nothing more than a liberal "Democrat" with Republican
registration.
We will neither support nor vote for any Republican candidate
who wishes to coerce tax payers to be fiscal accomplices of greedy
abortionists to the tune of $100,000 per day in California. Senator
Wilson plans to use our tax money to fund abortions during all nine
months of the pregnancy for any reason including sex selection,
birth control, fetal tissue harvesting or convenience. Senator
Wilson has pledged to usurp parental authority whenever possible
by advocating minors going behind their parents' backs to obtain
abortions and contraceptive devices. (Senator Wilson has also voted
to spend Federal tax monies for forced abortions in other countries
via United Nations programs.)
There is no fundamental difference between Pete Wilson and
Alan Cranston except their ages. Pete Wilson isn't pro-choice, he's
pro-death. For mainstream Republicans, that's no choice, which is
what Republicans are faced with in 1990.
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NATIONAL BRIEFING
*81 GOP: "DESERVES ITS MINORITY STATUS"
BOSTON HERALD columnist Don Feder reports the GOP, "the Hulk
Mogan of the presidential arona, is "magically transformed into
the mewling infant of congressional campaigns." The reason, he
says, is the "wimp factor. If Democrats are the party that lost
its head, Republicans lack a spine.
It is on the social
issues where the greatest opportunities exist to make inroads
into traditional Democratic constituencies (Catholics,
evangelicals, ethnics, blue-collar voters), that Republicans
prove their utter inability to grasp political reality.
Far
from an albatross, abortion could be a winning issue for
Republicans. Opinion polls and post-Webster state legislative
action demonstrate conclusively that the public is far more pro-
life than pro-choice. Except for an outright ban, they
consistently side with the right-to-life movement. The
Democrats' radicalism (their surrender to the extremists of
Planned Parenthood and NOW) make them extremely vulnerable here.
But Republicans are too busy listening to the knocking of their
knees to hear a groundswell. After bravely vetoing two abortion
bills in November, the president hit the campaign trail for Reps.
Claudine Schneider (R-R.I.) and Lynn Martin (R-Ill.), two pro-
abortion Republicans who aspire to the Senate. Republicans
enter the 1990 campaign season experienced at losing, prepared to
cower at the first sign that one of their issues might be the
least unpopular. Never was a party more deserving of minority
status in perpatuity" (2/5).
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GAYLE WILSON
If you had to pick a label to characterize Gayle Wilson's
active life, it might be "Career Volunteer." But you would be hard
pressed to find a single label for her interests.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Gayle earned early recognition in
high school from the Elks Club as the country's "Most Outstanding
Student," and from The Westinghouse Science Talent Search as one of
the top 40 national winners. Also a talented dramatic performer,
Gayle was active in both amateur and professional theater in the
Phoenix area.
After graduating as class valedictorian, Gayle enrolled at
Stanford, where she attended Stanford-in-Germany, earned her Phi
Beta Kappa Key and a degree in biology.
Gayle moved to San Diego following college and marriage, where
she became involved in a variety of volunteer activities and raised
her children. Over a period of two decades, Gayle served in
capacities ranging from ward clerk at a mental hospital to
moderator of a weekly public radio show on educational issues.
Throughout the 1970's, Gayle was an active member of Junior League
of San Diego, rising to the Presidency in 1978.
Her community service work included serving as a consumer
advisor to San Diego Gas Electric, and as a member of the city's
Park and Recreation Board.
At the same time, Gayle was launching a small business,
earning her real estate license, working as an employment
coordinator for a university paralegal program, and studying for a
masters degree in business administration.
Gayle brought her boundless energy to Washington, D.C. in May
of 1983, with her marriage to California Senator Pete Wilson.
A constant among Gayle's varied interests has been her love of
the performing arts. An accomplished singer and actress, Gayle
performed frequently at San Diego charity events. Her involvement
with San Diego's Old Globe Theatre led to her serving as a member
of the Executive Committee of the Capitol city's Shakespeare
Theater at the Folger, where she has chaired a number of special
events, including a performance of Romeo and Juliet benefitting the
Teen National Suicide Center. Her work on behalf of the arts
earned the attention of the American Council for the Arts and a
place on its board.
Gayle's long-time interest and aptitude in mathematics and the
biological sciences resulted in her being named to the board of the
Center for Excellence in Education, which sponsors the nationally-
renowned Rickover Science Institute. In San Diego, Gayle helped
found the local chapter of ARCS, an achievement rewards program for
college scientists, and became the chapter's first honorary member.
Gayle has been conducting in-depth studies on two health care
issues:
Alzheimer's disease and Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) She has visited the Gerontology Center at the
University of Southern California and met with researchers at the
University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Her AIDS studies have taken her to the National Institutes of
Health and the University of California, San Francisco, and to a
number of AIDS hospice programs.
Volunteer groups and charitable organizations throughout the
state have turned to Gayle for help and advice with their
legislative concerns and financial needs. She has been able to
successfully identify both public and private financial resources
for their vital programs.
Gayle's concern with abused and neglected children has taken
her to McClaren Center Hall; the Los Angeles County Children's
Home; Orangewood an Orange County facility for runaways; and to
Children of the Night, a shelter for child prostitutes seeking a
safe haven from the streets. She also serves on the boards of the
Phoenix House Foundation's Adolescent Drug Treatment Program in San
Diego, and the Children's Institute International.
Gayle is an energetic and effective Republican. She is the
current program chair of the Republican Congressional Wives, the
past co-chair of the Republican Women's Federated Forum, and serves
as vice president of the non-partisan Ladies of the Senate.
Gayle's two sons, Todd and Philip, attend the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles.
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CAMPAIGN UPDATE
AUGUST 1, 1990
POLLING DATA
Hes from San Diego Election
NOV 6 is Day
In a Republican National Committee "likely-to-vote" survey completed after the June primary,
Pete Wilson maintained his lead over Dianne Feinstein by a 46-41% margin.
Arnold Steinberg's mid-June poll showed Wilson with a 2% edge statewide, but a 10% edge in the
pivotal Los Angeles area.
The Times-Mirror/Gallup "likely-to-vote" Poll in early July reported Wilson with a 48-42%
edge in the general election.
The California Eye (July 2, 1990) reported that many political observers are surprised that
Feinstein, after so much flattering press attention, "does not begin the general election with at least a
several point lead in the polls."
DI-FI DOUBLE TALK
At the California Republican Party convention July 20-22 in San Diego, Pete Wilson blasted
Dianne Feinstein for being "the candidate of change of changed positions." The Wilson campaign has
caught a number of issues on which Feinstein has changed her position in an effort to pander to specific
blocks of voters," said Otto Bos, Campaign Director. Some of Feinstein's flip-flop issues include:
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Feinstein claims she has been pro-death penalty for 30 years. Yet in
1984 she had a very calculated and reserved support for the death penalty, and she supported Rose
Bird's re-election campaign in 1986.
MALATHION SPRAYING. On February 25, Feinstein told the L.A. Times that the new governor
ought to "explain the realities" and "not ignore the Medfly or our agriculture will be badly hurt."
But on July 27, Feinstein warned the agriculture community that "if this woman is elected
governor, she is going to end urban malathion spraying. Period. The End."
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MATERNITY LEAVE. Feinstein blasted President Bush in May for opposing Congress' family
leave bill. Yet she told the New York Times on March 22, 1984, "I don't think the work market
has to accommodate itself to women having children."
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ETHICS REFORM. San Francisco voters approved a ballot initiative in 1986 over Mayor
Feinstein's objections to prohibit city officials from representing clients before City boards and
commissions. Yet in her much ballyhooed 1990 plan, intended to make her look like the
"outsider" attacking the political establishment," Feinstein called for legislation to ban elected
officials from lobbying government agencies.
BROWN SPEAKS
California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown told The Los Angeles Times (July 5, 1990) that he is
savoring the victory of "his close friend and political ally" Feinstein in the Democratic primary election.
Brown acknowledges a Feinstein victory, in combination with control of both houses of the Legislature,
would give him "an increased level of influence on public policy." The newspaper account quoted one
veteran legislative aide as saying that Brown will wield more power than ever in a Feinstein
administration. "He'll be in the catbird seat. He'll be the vice governor."
QUOTA QUESTIONS
Dianne Feinstein's pledge to institute a quota system of appointments should she be elected
governor continues to generate considerable controversy. Just before the primary, she pledged to "gender
balance" all state appointments as well as make appointments in proportion to an ethnic groups percent
of the state population. Pete Wilson said that women and minorities should gain more positions in
government, but on the basis of merit, not quotas. The Los Angeles Daily News, among others, called the
Feinstein plan "intellectually dishonest." It said that Californians would side with Wilson on this issue,
as did San Francisco voters earlier this month when they rejected a ballot measure that would have
required such "gender balance" on that city's boards and commissions. "San Franciscans seem old-
fashioned enough to believe that people should be hired on merit and most Californians would
undoubtedly agree with them." The Daily News said (6-12).
FEINSTEIN AD
Feinstein is trying to rewrite history by saying she never called for a quota system. According to
the Los Angeles Times (August 3, 1990): "While Feinstein did not use the term, 'quota,' it was widely
interpreted as a quota-like system and Wilson seized on the issue." About San Diego's affirmative action
plan, Wilson as mayor wrote in 1979, it is "intended to reinforce the merit principle in public
employment [and] should not be interpreted as granting preferential treatment to specialized population
groups."
Pete GOVERNOR WILSON
WILSON CALLS ON FEINSTEIN TO WITHDRAW SCURRILOUS S&L AD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: B111 Livingstone
August 9, 1990
(619) 260-1990
SAN DIEGO Charging that it is premeditated malice,
gubernatorial candidate U.S. Senator Pete Wilson today called on
Ms. Feinstein to immediately pull a 30-second ad that relies on
false charges and Innuendo to soll his reputation.
"You said to the medla that there is no evidence that I did
anything wrong, yet now you are using McCarthylsm tactics to
Impugn my character, Wilson sald. "This is premeditated malice,
making false charges, engaging In character assassination, and I
call on you to Immediately withdraw your ad."
in response to her S&L mudslinging, Feinstein told the media
in Los Angeles on July 27, 1990: "'I don't have any evidence
that he [Wilson] has done anything' wrong." Yet Felnstein's ad
clearly implies wrong-doing, and Indeed, has no other purpose.
"Feinstein, knowing of the falsity of the viclous charges
and Innuendo, not only persists in making them, but now seeks to
tell the ultimate big lie by using the all pervaslve medium of TV
to deliberately deceive the public," Wilson sald.
"What Feinstein is attempting is defamation, or would be if
a private citizen rather than a public flgure were the target of
the malicious lies," Wilson said.
The facts:
** Wilson was not a member of the U.S. Senate when the
S&L Industry was deregulated. Sacramento Bee columnist
Martin Smith wrote (8/5/90): "He [Wilson] served as
mayor of San Diego until January, 1983, and did not play
a role In either state or federal deregulation of the
Industry."
** Wilson cosponsored legislation in 1985 to ban S&Ls from
Investing in Junk bonds;
** Wilson opposed the S&L Industry's position on the two
key legislative bills bailing them out.
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S&L REGULATORS
in July, Wilson voted for an amendment to step up the
government's Investigation of savings and loan fraud. The
amendment would provide additional money to the Department of
Justice and other agencies, and would establish a Financial
Institutions of Justice to provide for recovery of taxpayer
funds. It would also facilitate Investigation and prosecution of
criminal, civil and administratlve claims against those
responsible for bank and thrift fraud.
DEMOCRATS DELAY LEGISLATION
Wilson said it was the House of Representatives -- led by
Speaker Jim Wright and Majority Whip Tony Coelho -- that delayed
legislative action on the S&L Industry.
As reported by The Washington Post (6/13/87):
"In a spectacularly dangerous example of misguided
sympathy, Congress is hard at work on legislation to
make S&L regulation weaker than ever. It has nothing
to do with Reaganite enthusiasm for deregulation. The
Impetus is coming from Democrats, and mainly from Texas.
"The House has passed a bill that would make It
harder for an S&L to foreclose on delinquent loans, of
which there are many in Texas, and very much harder for
federal regulators to close an S&L that Is Insolvent.
"The chlef regulator says that the bill, If enacted,
'will shut down effective enforcement.
Wilson recalled that Feinstein said she wanted to discuss
the Issues and wanted to keep this campaign on a high road. But
she has falled miserably. The only way she can make amends It to
Immediately take the ad off the air.
AY, AUGUST 7, 1990
EDITORIALS
of THE TIMES
CAMPAIGN WATCH
A Good Issue, but the Wrong Man
Because Dianne Feinstein
anger over the savings and
leagues had run only once.
and Pete Wilson both are in-
loan debacle. As a result, her
Moreover, his funds were re-
stinctual political moderates,
campaign is attempting to im-
ported as direct contributions,
few genuine differences over
ply that Wilson is particularly
while S&L gifts to his col-
issues have emerged in their
culpable in the matter because
leagues often were disguised.
gubernatorial campaign.
he received unusually large
For example, Alan Cranston,
However, as she demon-
contributions from S&L inter-
who ran only once during the
strated in the Democratic pri-
ests.
period, is listed by Common
mary, Feinstein has a shrewd
Neither point is supported
Cause has having received on-
sense of the electorate's anxie-
by facts. A recent Common
ly $143,700. No mention is
ties and an ability to make her
Cause report said that Wilson
made of the $1 million he got
opponent their focus. In that
had received more money,
for a voter registration drive.
race, she managed to link
$243,000, from thrift-related
Finally, there is no evidence
women's apprehension about
contributors than any other
that Wilson, whose S&L con-
reproductive rights to John
senator. It did not point out
tributions account for less.
Van de Kamp's personal reser-
that during the period ana-
than 1% of his total campaign
vations about abortion. Now,
lyzed, Wilson ran for office
funding, ever intervened on
she has sensed the voters'
twice, while many of his col-
behalf of the thrifts.
THE TRUTH ABOUT S&L'S AND PETE WILSON
"There is no evidence that Wilson did anything
improper in exchange for those contributions. He
most likely is, as he asserts, a victim of reckless
guilt by assoclation." (Emphasis added)
Doug Willis, Associated Press
Monday, July 23, 1990
* Pete Wilson did not take office as a U.S. Senator until
January, 1983, and had no role in federal legislation to
deregulate the S&L Industry.
Congress acted in 1980 upon the Carter Task Force
recommendations made in 1979 by passing "The Depository
Institutions Deregulation Act," which both granted much too
broad investment powers to federal thrifts, and Increased the
level of federally Insured deposits from $40,000 to $100,000.
* Pete Wilson was Mayor of San Diego and had no role in state
legislation to deregulate the S&L Industry.
The State of California acted to grant power to state-
chartered S&L's to make unsafe and unwise Investments that
led to widespread Insolvency and the need for the federal
deposit Insurance agency, FSLIC, to act to safeguard the
savings of depositors.
*
Pete Wilson is not a member of the Banking Committee, which
drafted the legislation to bail out the S&L Industry.
* Pete Wilson was one of a handful of Senators who were original
cosponsors of legislation (S. 975, "The Securities, Safety, and
Soundness Act of 1985") Introduced in 1985 to prohibit banks and
S&L's from Investing In Junk bonds.
*
Pete Wilson refused to Intervene with regulators on behalf of
Charles Keating and has never asked to meet with regulators on
the S & L Industry's behalf, whether the Institution's PAC or
its owners have contributed to his campaign or not.
* Pete Wilson opposed positions of the savings and loan Industry,
during deliberations on the two key pieces of legislation
-- both in 1987 and In 1989 -- bailing out the Industry;
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS 8-10-90
A-1
Feinstein's unspoken S&L ties
Ads criticize thrift
Blum confirmed Thursday that
son County deal saved the taxpay-
be and his partners and clients put
ers money, But some members of
fiasco as husband
up less than $8 million to buy the
Congress say they believe the deals
debt-plagued Jackson County Fed-
were done too hastily and may not
profits from bailout
eral Savings and Loan of Medford,
have been in the taxpayers' inter-
Ore. In return, be acknowledged,
est.
By Carl M. Cannon
federal banking officials pumped
No one claims that Blum has
Mercury News Washington Bureau
in $23.3 million in cash, guaranteed
done anything improper. In fact,
WASHINGTON - Dianne Fein-
another $35.3 million to cover
Blum argues: "If people like Pete
stein fired a new salvo Thursday in
loans that were
Wilson, who were accepting contri-
her campaign to blame gubernato-
presumed to be
butions from the savings and loan
rial opponent Sen. Pete Wilson for
bad and also to
industry, had been exercising the
the nation's savings and loan crisis.
pay the expenses
leadership they were supposed to,
But as the political ad hit the
of servicing the
then there wouldn't have been the
airwaves, a review of federal re-
non-performing
need for investment types like us
cords shows that Feinstein has
loans, govern-
to go in and do these bailouts."
benefited financially from that cri-
ment documents
Nonethcless, disclosure of
sis: Her husband, San Francisco
show.
Blum's Involvement in a savings
investment banker Richard C.
Blum's firm,
and loan bailout has obvious politi-
Blum, and some of Blum's clients
Richard C. Blum
Blum
cal ramifications for Feinstein.
bought one of the ailing thrifts at
& Associates, also
fire-sale prices - then received
was paid a $325,000 consulting fee
Blum is, in effect, Feinstein's
huge subsidies from the govern-
for putting the deal together, fed-
chief political backer - the couple
ment, as did a number of other
eral regulators said Thursday.
loaned $3 million to her campaign
purchasers of troubled S&Ls.
Federal regulators say the Jack-
See BLUM, Back Page
rean Danker
Daily Financial Services Newspaper
Wednesday, January 11, 1989
154th Year
Congressmen
Put Bank Board
Tax Breaksin FSLIC Deals
Assisted transactions In December 1 988 dollar. amounts inmillions)
On Hot Seat
Share (%)
Amount to
Amount to
Acquiren-
Tax Benefit to FSUC
to
FSLIC
Acquirer
South East Holding, Miami
$0.0
0%
$0.0
$0.0
Hearing Unleashes Anger
Ryan Financial, McLean, Va.
8.4
25
21
6.3
Golden West Financial, Oakland, Callf.
195.7
8
117.4
78.3
Over Yearend Bailouts
CalFed Inc., Los Angeles
22.5
37
8.3
14.2
Golden West Financial, Oakland, Callf.
8.2
6.5
1.7
By ROBERT M. GARSSON
First Nationwide/Ford, San Francisco
25.0
0
0.0
25.0
Washington Bureau
Citicorp Mortgage Inc., Chicago
1.4
0
0.0
1.4
Citizens Federal Savings Bank, Miami
7.1
25
1.5
WASHINGTON Angry House
5.3
Banking Committee members told the
Coast to Coast Financial Corp., New York
52.2
0
:
522
nation's top thrift regulators on Tues-
Home Federal S&L of Sloux Falls, S.D.
0.8
0
0.0
0.8
day that private investors had "robbed
Earley Investment Group, Waterioo, lowa
0.2
0
0.0
0.21
you blind in a series or.yearend deals
Metropolitan FB, Mason City, lowa
7.8
0
0.0
7.8
in which billions or donars tax bene-
Community Holdings
7.4
1.1
6.3
fits were passed out to purchasers of In-
solvent thrilts
First Federal S&L of Lincoln, Neb.
2.1
0.3
1.8
The chairman and members of the
First Nationwide/Ford, Sen Francisco
650.6
71
463.8
185.8
Federal Home Loan Bank Board heard
Northwest Federal, Oklahoma City
8.5
30,
26
6.0
testy Banking Committee members re-
Local Federal S&L, Oklahoma City
9.7
50
4.9
4.9
cite a long litany of complaints, ranging
Home Federal S&L, San Diego
35.8
65
23.3
125
from the lack of minority acquirers of
insolvent thrifts to the amount of mon-
Michigan National Corp., Farmingtom Hills
159.1
45
71.6
87.5
ey the agency committed to assist ac-,
Robert M. Bass Group, Fort Worth
870.0
!-75
652.5
217.5
quirers of bankrupt savings and loans.
First Network Savings Bank, Los Angeles
9.6
50
4.8
4.8
Not even the President of the Unit-
Pacific First Federal, Tacoma, Wash.
36.9
50
18.4
18.4
ed States nor members of his cabi-
Equimark Corp., Pittsburgh
20.2
75
15.2
5.1
net can commit the federal govern-
Bamett Banks Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.
0.0
80
'0.0
0.0
ment to billions of dollars of
MNC Financial Inc.; Baltimore
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
expenditures without prior authoriza-
tion. prior appropriation, and prior ap-
River Valley Savings Bank, Peoris, IL
1.8
100
1.8
0.0
proval of Congress, said Rep. Henry
First Western, Las Vegas
0.0
100
0.0
0.0
B. Conzalez Tex., the committee's
Western Federal S&L, Missoula, Mont.
0.3
100
0.3
0.0
new chairman.
CFSB Corp, Phoenix
311.9
25
78.0
234.0
Bank Board Chairman M. Danny
Utley/Ford (Including Ronald O. Persiman)
1,275.4
30
Wall told the committee that the pre-
378.1
897.3
sent value of the deals completed by
Pacific USA (Taiwan-owned company)
100.4
50
50.2
50.2
the agency in December amounts to
Centex Corp., Dallas
98.7
SO
49.4
49.4
$16.6 billion: Present value is the
Hyperion Partners/Raniert Wilson & Co.
48.8
83
16.3
325
amount that would be needed today to
Jackson County
9.3
80
7.4
1.8
fund the obligations incurred. The ac-
TOTAL
$3,985.8
49.6%
1,975.9
tual cost, assuming all those obligations
2,009.8
Dollar benefits to the FSLIC are contractually guaranteed
were paid out. over a period of time,
in lieu of tax benefits, the FSLIC la to receive 22.5% income of resulting filth before income taxes,
would be more:
for the term of the agreement.
However, it was the use of tax bene-
Source: Federal Home Loan Bank Board
fits tax revenues forgone by the fed-
eral government. that aroused the
Please see HOUSE: Page 2
QUUS
08/09/90
15:46
Pete WIL SON
GOVERNOR
WILSON CALLS ON FEINSTEIN TO WITHDRAW SCURRILOUS S&L AD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: B111 Livingstone
August 9, 1990
(619) 260-1990
SAN DIEGO -- Charging that It Is premeditated malice,
gubernatorial candidate U.S. Senator Pete Wilson today called on
Ms. Felnstein to Immediately pull a 30-second ad that relles on
false charges and Innuendo to soil his reputation.
"You said to the media that there is no evidence that I did
anything wrong, yet now you are using McCarthyism tactics to
Impugn my character," Wilson sald. "This is premeditated malice,
making false charges, engaging in character assassination, and I
call on you to Immediately withdraw your ad."
in response to her S&L mudsiinging, Feinstein told the media
In Los Angeles on July 27, 1990: "'I don't have any evidence
that he [Wilson] has done anything' wrong." Yet Feinstein's ad
clearly implles wrong-doing. and Indeed, has no other purpose.
"Feinstein, knowing of the falsity of the vicious charges
and innuendo, not only persists In making them, but now seeks to
tell the ultimate big lie by using the all pervasive medium of TV
to deliberately deceive the public," Wilson said.
"What Feinstein is attempting is defamation, or would be if
a private citizen rather than a public figure were the target of
the malicious lies," Wilson said.
The facts:
** Wilson was not a member of the U.S. Senate when the
S&L Industry was deregulated. Sacramento Bee columnist
Martin. Smith wrote (8/5/90): "He [Wilson] served as
mayor of San Diego until January, 1983, and did not play
a role in either state or federal deregulation of the
industry."
** Wilson cosponsored legislation in 1985 to ban S&Ls from
Investing in junk bonds;
** Wilson opposed the S&L Industry's position on the two
key legislative bills bailing them out.
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Pete Wilson for Governor . 1990
2251 San Diego Avenue. Suite B-200, San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 260-1990
1900 "K" Street. Suite 110. Sacramento. CA 95814 (916) 446-5140
Post Office Box 91097. Los Angeles, CA 90009 (213) 410-1990
TOO
08/08/90 15:48
- 2 -
On August 7, the Los Angeles Times, in an editorial titled
"A Good Issue, but the Wrong Man,' concluded: there Is no
evidence that Wilson, whose S&L contribution account for less
than 1% of his total campaign funding. ever Intervened on behalf
of the thrift."
Doug Willis, veteran political writer for the Associated
Press wrote on July 23, 1990: "There is no evidence that Wilson
d!d anything improper In exchange for those contributions. He
most likely is, as he asserts, a victim of reckless guilt by
assoclation."
California Political Week (8/6/90) concurs: "Calpeek
totally agrees with AP Sacto Bureau Chief Doug Willis, who in a
7/23 analysis says Wilson didn't do anything Improper in exchange
for the S&L contributions he received."
SAVING GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS
Concerning the vote to keep the S&L funds off budget,
according to a speech on April 18, 1989 by Sen. Pete Domenici (R-
NM) on the Senate floor: "When the administration was putting
together its plan. it had to make a choice: elther use Treasury
funding and seek an exemption from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings
deficit targets or use a nongovernmental entity and pay a
slightly higher cost."
Wilson voted in the majority to keep the costs off-budget
for two reasons:
1) it allowed the government to repay the ballout expenses
In future years with expected receipts of sales of seized S&L
assets, thus keeping the deficit to a minimum;
2) Putting the S&L funds on budget would have destroyed the
Integrity of Gramm-Rudman-HollIngs to rachet down federal deficit
spending. (Once one exception was granted, others would be
sought for other programs.) Placing It on budget would have led
to massive cuts: in federal agencies, including FAA air
traffickers or even regulators for the S&L Industry.
SPEAKING FEES
Concerning speaking fees, according to Feinstein's 1989
Federal Tax Return, she received nearly $47,000 in speaking fees,
and refuses to make public who they are from.
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S&L REGULATORS
in July, Wilson voted for an amendment to step up the
government's Investigation of savings and loan fraud. The
amendment would provide additional money to the Department of
Justice and other agencies, and would establish a Financial
Institutions of Justice to provide for recovery of taxpayer
funds. It would also facilitate investigation and prosecution of
criminal, civil and administrative claims against those
responsible for bank and thrift fraud.
DEMOCRATS DELAY LEGISLATION
Wilson sald it was the House of Representatives -- led by
Speaker Jim Wright and Majority Whip Tony Coelho -- that delayed
legislative action on the S&L Industry.
As reported by The Washington Post (6/13/87):
"In a spectacularly dangerous example of misguided
sympathy, Congress Is hard at work on legislation to
make S&L regulation weaker than ever. It has nothing
to do with Reaganite enthusiasm for deregulation. The
Impetus is coming from Democrats, and mainly from Texas.
"The House has passed a bill that would make It
harder for an S&L to foreclose on delinquent loans, of
which there are many in Texas, and very much harder for
federal regulators to close an S&L that is Insolvent.
"The chief regulator says that the bill, if enacted,
'will shut down effective enforcement.
Wilson recalled that Feinstein said she wanted to discuss
the Issues and wanted to keep this campaign on a high road. But
she has falled miserably. The only way she can make amends It to
Immediately take the ad off the air.
AUG
6
06
A Good Issue, but the Wrong Man
L:A. Times
8/7/90
Because Dianne Feinstein
anger over, the savings and
leagues had run only once
and Petc Wilson both are in
loan debacle. As a result, her
Moreover, his funds were re-
R
stinctual political moderates,
campaign is attempting to im-
ported as direct contributions,
few genuine differences over
ply that Wilson is particularly
while S&L gifts to his col-
P
issues) have emerged in their
culpable in the matter because
leagues often were disguised.
gubernatorial campaign.
he received unusually large
For example, Alan Cranston,
However, as she demon-
contributions from S&L inter
who ran only once during the
strated in the Democratic pri-
ests.
period, is listed by Common
BURBANK
mary, Feinstein has a shrewd
Neither point is supported
Cause has having received on-
sense of the electorate's anxie-
by facts. A recent Common
ly $143,700. No mention is
ties and an ability to make her
Cause report said that Wilson
made of the $1 million he got
opponent their focus: In that
had received more money
for a voter registration drive.
race, she managed to link
$243,000, from thrift-related
Finally, there is no evidence
women's apprehension about
contributors than any other
that Wilson, whose S&L con-
reproductive rights to John
senator. It did not point out
tributions account for less
Van de Kamp's personal reser-
that during the period, ana-
than 1% of his total campaign
vations about abortion. Now,
lyzed, Wilson ran for office
funding, ever intervened on
[she has sensed the voters'
twice, while many of his col-
behalf of the thrifts
PAGE 02
A-12 Thursday, August 9, 1990
FEXAMINER
PROPOSED EASTSHORE STATE PARK
N
Albany Mudflat Nature Preserve
UNIVERSITY
Emeryville Crescent
Golden Gate Fields
Aquatic Park
Nature Preserve
FREEWAY
ASHBY
Emery/De
lerkel
will EMarina
and Maring Park
Benefitsy
Barkeley North Watermoht Park
Richmond
1-580
Lafayette
Walnut
Eastshore State Park
Albany
Creek
Berkeley
1680
Low density development
EmeryVille
Pledmont
Alamo
High density development
Oakland
Danville
EXAMINER GRAPHICS
Wilson backs shoreline park
He hotly defends
environmental initiative on this
November's ballot.
his opposition to
The Eastshore State Park has
existed on drawing boards for
'Big Green' plan
years. Wilson said that, if elected,
he would set aside land for the
By George Raine
park.
organizations support our efforts
OF THE EXAMINER STAFF
The park would include 940
to eliminate worldwide some of the
acres of wetlands as well as unde-
BERKELEY - Sen. Pete Wil-
most dangerous pesticides," said
veloped areas between the Bay
son, the Republican candidate for
Bridge and the Contra Costa
In Los Angeles, Rideout replied:
governor, visited the East Bay
County line. Of the total, about 660
'Would he, If governor, sign legis-
Wednesday to express support for
acres are privately owned.
phasing out the use of can-
a long-sought shoreline state park
Wilson is generally regarded as
pesticides on our food
- and to angrily answer questions
having a strong environmental re-
about his opposition to a sweeping
cord, but opposes the sweeping en-
in California? If not, that's my
vironmental initiative, "Big
point."
Green," largely because of a provi-
sion creating a special environmen-
tal-law prosecutor.
This week, though, Victoria Ri-
deout, who handles issues for Dem-
ocratic candidate Dianne Fein-
stein, charged that Wilson's oppo-
sition actually centers on the
provision for phasing out cancer-
causing pesticides. She said that is
tied to his political relationship
with Central Valley growers.
Wilson was angered by the alle-
gation - which he said is "asinine"
and "contradicted by the facts" -
and called it "character assassina-
tion."
"As it happens, Greenpeace, the
Sierra Club and a number of other
Will Pete Wilson ask?
R-WING WILSON CRITICS
W
here have all the campaign workers gone? All the
precinct captains? All the lawn sign distributors? All the
phone bank volunteers? All the precinct walkers? All
the envelope stuffers?
Ton
call
They are going to take a walk when it
comes time to work or vote for
gubernatorial candidate, Pete Wilson.
Mr. Wilson seems to think that Real Republicans will abandon their
principles and throw themselves on the spear of "holy reapportionment," all
for the sake of a phony "party unity."
Does Wilson think he can vote for tax-funded abortion; co-author with
Democrat Alan Cranston, S.1912, the bill to statutorily mandate legalization
of abortion on demand nationwide; vote against promoting monogamy in
AIDS education; lobby Governor Deukme jian to restore $20 million to the
abortion industry and all without political and electoral consequences?
Pete, that rumbling you hear is not your intestines, but the
disintegration of your grass-roots strength, a critical ingredient for a
California, Republican, gubernatorial victory in November.
Mr. Wilson, you attack the right to life of preborn children. Politicians
like you are responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent, defenseless
preborn children. Do you really think we would trade-off the threat you
represent to preborn children and to the moral integrity of the Republican
party for the weak chance of a less radical, liberal reapportionment?
There will be a political price for your abandonment of those moral
principles, e.g., respect for human life and family, that Real Republicans
hold dear and consider the bedrock of our country's well-being.
You follow in the footsteps of the other Republican gubernatorial
losers, e.g., Jim Courtner of New Jersey, and Marshall Coleman of
Virginia, who abandoned their commitment to the protection of human life.
Presidential candidate George Bush took California by a fraction of a
percent. No doubt the percentage you've lost by casting aside the voting
block of Real Republicans. Should a pro-abortion Republican candidate
expect a cross-over vote from pro-abortion Democrats, so militantly
represented by Attorney General John Van de Kamp and Diane Feinstein?
REAL REPUBLICANS !
REMEMBER ED ZSCHAU
!
DISTRIBUTED
BY
Real
GOVERNORS '90
1
CALIFORNIA: NEW WILSON AD BLASTS FEINSTEIN "HYPOCRISY"
"The summer airwave war escalated" yesterday as Sen. Pete
Wilson (R) "previewed a new spot accusing rival Dianne Feinstein
of 'hypocrisy' for attacking him on the savings an loan scandal"
(Roberts/Yoachum, S.F. CHRONICLE). The 30-sec. ad, which begins
airing today, says Feinstein and husband, Richard Blum, benefited
from "a sweetheart deal using your tax dollars," after a Blum
investment partnership took over a troubled OR thrift in 1988.
The ad concludes, "So while Wilson had no role, Feinstein
personally profits. That's what's called hypocrisy." The ad
follows Feinstein's first general election ad, which focused on
Wilson's S&L contributions (see HOTLINE 8/10 #1). Feinstein
manager Bill Carrick called Wilson's ad "a bald-face lie"; Blum
termed the charges "outrageous." The "sharp exchange, coming
unusually early in the race, demonstrates the extreme volatility
of the [S&L] crisis as a campaign issue." The deal involved the
takeover of the Jackson County S&L of Medford, Oregon in late
1988 (see HOTLINE 8/13 #1). Blum and his partners put up $14M
for the thrift and "received from the government a $23 million
cash infusion, $35 million in loan guarantees and $29 million
dollars in profit guarantees, tax and other benefits. In
addition, Blum received a $325,000 consulting fee for his work on
the deal." Blum's investment group owns a 25% share of the
thrift and Blum associate Carl Gustavson another 9.9%. Two Blum
clients, Fireman's Fund and Executive Life Insurance Co., also
own 9.9% each. "Based on those percentages, which total 55
percent of the shares, Wilson charges that Blum and Feinstein
'own' the S&L, a claim angrily denied by Blum." Blum says his
personal share of the thrift is less than 1%. Blum: "Of all the
political deceptions, this is the most misleading and they ought
to be ashamed of themselves." S&L quoteman Bert Ely would not
comment on the Jackson deal, but said, "Every one of those 1988
deals needs very close scrutiny. From the taxpayers' standpoint,
they were very crummy deals and excessively expensive.
The
government was a very willing partner, in a very dumb way. If
the government does something stupid, it's not against the law to
take advantage" (8/14).
FEINSTEIN OPENS NEW S&L ATTACK: Speaking to the Mexican
American Political Assn. in Los Angeles, Feinstein hit Wilson
again on S&Ls and quotas, saying Californians "deserve better"
than Wilson for Gov (Cathleen Decker, L.A. TIMES). Feinstein
cited 16 instances in which Sen. Wilson contacted federal banking
officials on behalf of S&L stockholders and officers and said,
"Sen. Wilson's managers say that this was just constituent
service -- standard practice. Well, if it is standard practice,
it is not a good practice." But Decker notes that a review of
Wilson's correspondence which Feinstein released "showed that
most of it was composed of form letters
There is no evidence
[Wilson] put out additional effort on behalf of any S&L after
receiving the response" from federal regulators to his letters of
inquiry. "Feinstein's staff said the inch-thick sheaf of
correspondence it collected on Wilson through the federal Freedom
of Information Act showed that the senator had continued to
forward letters to federal banking officials, even after he had
been told why particular regulations were being enforced. But
[Wilson director Otto] Bos said Wilson's actions were the minimum
demanded of public officials by constituents." Feinstein
"sidestepped criticism of fellow Democrat" Sen. Alan Cranston (D-
CA) and "pleaded ignorance" of his problems by saying, "I'm not
running against Alan Cranston" (8/13). S.F. CHRONICLE's Dietz
and Yoachum report today that Wilson received a check of $1,500
"from one contributor just weeks after he wrote a letter on
behalf of the donor's [S&L]." Wilson director Bos: "It's a
smokescreen to try to detract from the Blum revelations. They'd
rather not talk about those sweet deals" (8/14)
At MAPA,
Feinstein also again raised "the second contentious subject of
the campaign thus far," quotas, and said, "I am against quotas.
Remember, I stand before you as one who knows that quotas can be
used to keep people like us also locked out.
...
That's happened
to me as a woman, and it's also happened to me as one whose
religion is Jewish. The one person who hasn't encountered this I
believe is Sen. Pete Wilson" (Decker, LAT, 8/13).
*2 CONNECTICUT: WEICKER HEDGES ON INCOME TAX
Ex-Sen. Lowell Weicker (I) "released a detailed proposal for
dealing with [CT's] fiscal problems but continued to refuse to
say whether he would seek a state income tax." Weicker: "I'll
promise this state no new taxes if this state promises me no new
problems." The income tax issue "is probably the most
fundamental issue facing all four gubernatorial candidates."
Rep. John Rowland (R) "has pledged not to institute" an income
tax. Rep. Bruce Morrison (D) "said he would call for one only if
only if it were approved in an advisory state referendum." State
Rep. William Cibes (D) "favors an income tax." Weicker: "I'm
not going to be so silly as to stand before this state and make
pledges we can't keep (Nick Ravo, N.Y. TIMES, 8/10). Morrison
called Weicker's plan to save $261 million "voodoo economics."
The plan was presented in "the first of a series of promised
issue briefings" (Fink, HARTFORD COURANT, 8/12) Weicker won
the endorsement of the 30,000 member CT Education Assn, CT's
"largest teachers' union. All four Gov. candidates had been
endorsed in races by the CEA in the past (COURANT, 8/14).
GETTING ORGANIZED AND TELEVISED: Morrison "named his four
campaign co-chairs, saying that their ethnic and political
diversity showed he was 'reaching out to all of Connecticut's
families.' Morrison: "My campaign for governor is about
change." A Cibes-Morrison debate will be shown on CT public
television on 9/4 at 9 p.m. The one-hour debate will be
sponsored by the COURANT and the CT League of Women Voters and
will be moderated by CT PTV (COURANT, 8/11).
*3 GEORGIA: MILLER PASSES ON FORUM WITH ISAKSON
LG Zell Miller (D) skipped the first opportunity to meet
with opponent [House Min. Leader] Johnny Isakson," by passing up
a joint appearance at a forum hosted by the GA Assn. of
Broadcasters. Miller manager James Carville: "If Johnny wants
GOVERNORS '90
*1 ARIZONA: MECHAM, BABBITT ON KING DAY REFERENDUM
Ex-Gov. Bruce Babbitt (D) and ex-Gov./'90 candidate Evan
Mecham "squared off" over a paid holiday for Martin Luther King
Day as 71,500 signatures (43,350 required for ballot access) were
turned in "in an effort to put the controversial issue on the
November ballot" (Foster/Yozwiak, ARIZONA REPUBLIC). Mecham: "I
call upon everyone to pledge to support the people's right to
make the decision." Babbit, as co-chair of the MLK Better
America Committee, estimated that his group will spend $750,000
to persuade voters to support [paid] King and Columbus days" that
would be established by Prop. 302. Prop. 301 would establish a
paid King day and change currently paid Columbus day to unpaid.
"Mecham said he would vote 'no' on both questions, meaning that
he favors an unpaid King holiday and a paid Columbus Day. In his
first days as governor in [1/87], Mecham rescinded a state King
holiday that had been established by Babbitt in the waning days
of his administration" because, Mecham said, AG Bob Corbin had
said Babbitt created the holiday illegally. "Later that year,
Mecham proclaimed an unpaid holiday for King on the third Sunday
in January." Babbitt's remarks did not address how defeating a
King holiday "would affect a decision earlier this year by NFL
owners to bring the 1993 Super Bowl" to AZ. Mecham: "The reason
the Super Bowl came is because [Cardinals owner Bill] Bidwell's
franchise is in trouble. This (the King holiday) has nothing to
do with it. There is no way they'll pull it out if here." Of
other Gov. candidates, Fred Koory (R) also opposes a King
holiday. Bob Barnes (R) "does back a paid 'human-rights'
holiday," ex-Phoenix mayor Terry Goddard (D) supports "the way
the legislature created a King Day in the last session," and ex-
Rep./ex-Mecham aide Sam Steiger (R), businessman Fife Symington
(R), and Dave Moss (D) "have said that they support a paid King
Day but that voters should decide the issue" (8/14).
*2 CALIFORNIA: WILSON PROBE'S DIFI'S DONORS; MORE S&LEAZE
Sen. Pete Wilson's (R) campaign has "been amassing private
charges" against Dem Dianne Feinstein (Susan Yoachum, S.F.
CHRONICLE). "Wilson's staff has been gathering information
on a select number of Dianne Feinstein's campaign contributors.
What the [Wilson] campaign appears to be trying to show is
whether those who have contributed to Feinstein's campaign have
the financial means to do SO. Two of the donors on the list
refused to comment when contacted by reporters." Wilson manager
George Gorton "said the campaign began compiling information
after getting 'an anonymous tip that someone who had been
associated with the Feinstein campaign had a habit of giving
money to people so they could contribute to the campaign' ...
to
get around the $1,000 campaign contribution limits imposed on the
candidates." Internal Wilson campaign documents cited by the
CHRONICLE note investigators are seeking to take pictures of the
donors' homes. Gorton: "The evidence is circumstantial, but we
found people who didn't fit the description of thousand-dollar
donors." CA Common Cause director James Wheaton found such
efforts "troubling": "It smells a little. This goes far beyond
anything in the political reform act. It all sounds like public
information; it just feels a little smarmy" (8/14).
WILSON AD: The following is TEXT of the 30-sec. version of
Wilson's latest TV ad (see also HOTLINE 8/14 #1): "While Dianne
Feinstein is attacking Pete Wilson on Savings & Loans, newspapers
are criticizing her tactics. The Los Angeles Times said Wilson
had no role in the S&L crisis. Associated Press said the charges
are "reckless." But there is one fact Feinstein isn't telling
you. She and her husband own this S&L which received an $87
million federal bailout -- a sweetheart deal using your tax
dollars. So while Wilson had no role, Feinstein personally
profits. That's called hypocrisy." AD ANALYSES: San Jose
MERCURY NEWS: "The hastily filmed spot," while it correctly
shows a MERCURY NEWS article showing Feinstein's husband Richard
Blum's interest in an S&L, "omits the second part of the article,
that the Blum deal saved the taxpayers money, according to
federal regulators.
[T]his new round of sniping -- in which
each candidate seeks to tar the other with the costliest scandal
in American history -- was even more frenzied. And yet it may
intensify: Each candidate is set to spend a reported $1 million
on television in August" (8/14). L.A. TIMES: "Wilson says he
never intervened on behalf of a savings and loan, although the
Feinstein campaign now argues he did, based on letters from
Wilson that ask federal regulators to respond to queries or
requests from a number of California savings and loans.
The
charge of hypocrisy is open to interpretation, but the Wilson
claim may be pertinent because Blum loaned the Feinstein campaign
about $3 million during the primary election" (8/14).
*3 FLORIDA: POTPOURRI
AD ANALYSES: In response to Gov. Bob Martinez' (R)
apologetic "mistakes" spot (see HOTLINE 8/13 #2): "Polls show
Martinez's negative ratings at 40 percent or more, and he.
confronts this problem in an artful way: a confessional" (MIAMI
HERALD, 8/13). TAMPA TRIBUNE's Howard Troxler says the strategy
"loosely translated" is, "Hey, I know I screwed up, but I've
learned my lessons." Troxler asks, "Could it be that confession
is good not only for the soul, but also for winning votes?"
(8/14). ST. PETE TIMES editorial: "The voters of Florida are
not entitled to an infallible governor. They are entitled to
more leadership, candor and courage of conviction than they have
seen from Martinez so far" (8/14). On Nelson's spot on Chiles'
"sweetheart deals," a TIMES editorial says, "In a race
that
also is fairly described as a campaign about campaign practices,
the Nelson ad is political garbage.
[Nelson
has]
said
that,
should he lose, he would support Chiles in the general election.
Is this the way Nelson treats someone he thinks worthy enough to
be the next governor?" (8/14). And on a Nelson spot hitting
Chiles on S&Ls "because of loans Chiles received from a banker
who failed": "This is the same Bill Nelson who, as a member of
Congress, signed a letter with two other Florida lawmakers --
including U.S. Sen. Bob Graham [D] -- complaining that federal
regulators were being too tough on [S&Ls] in the Southeast. It
AREAS PW IS
CON CENTRATING ON:
TAKING CHARGE OF CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
PROMISES vs PERFORMANCE
BY
U.S. SENATOR PETE WILSON
SACRAMENTO
FEBRUARY 12, 1990
GAYLE AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ROUSING RECEPTION.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STOPPING BY THIS MORNING. IT'S
ALWAYS GOOD TO BE IN SACRAMENTO AND TO BE AMONG FRIENDS.
YESTERDAY, I SPOKE ABOUT THE TWIN PERILS OF CRIME AND DRUGS
AND HOW WE CAN, AND WILL, CHANGE CALIFORNIA TO MAKE IT SAFE
AGAIN.
TODAY, I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP
CALIFORNIA MUST HAVE TO TAKE CHARGE OF ITS FUTURE.
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA WANT AND ARE ENTITLED TO EXPECT
THEIR GOVERNOR TO LEAD, TO HAVE VISION, AND NOT JUST TO SEE
WHAT'S RIGHT, BUT TO HAVE THE GUTS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
VOTERS WON'T AND SHOULDN'T BE SATISFIED WITH CLAIMS OF
"EXPERIENCE."
IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO HAVE HELD OFFICE. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS
WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE OFFICE.
CALIFORNIANS WILL AND SHOULD BE PERSUADED TO VOTE FOR
PERFORMANCE. AND THE BEST GUIDE TO FUTURE PERFORMANCE IS THE
RECORD OF PAST PERFORMANCE
AND THAT IS WHY I INTEND TO BE
THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA!
NOT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE SERVED AT THE LOCAL, STATE,
AND FEDERAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
NOT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE HAD FAR MORE EXTENSIVE
LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE THAN ANYONE ON THE OTHER
SIDE CAN OFFER.
BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE DONE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
LEGISLATURE'S FIRST COMMITTEE ON URBAN PROBLEMS
AS MAYOR
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OF SAN DIEGO, ONE OF AMERICA'S BIG CITY SUCCESS STORIES
AND AS U.S. SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA WHO BROKE THE 36-YEAR
OLD JINX.
IT IS A RECORD I THINK WE CAN BOTH BE PROUD OF
AND A
RECORD THAT WILL BE PERSUASIVE AND WILL WIN.
I CHALLENGE MY OPPONENTS TO MATCH MY PERFORMANCE. LET THEM
PRESENT THEIR CREDENTIALS.
HAVE THEY BROUGHT A LIGHT-RAIL SYSTEM TO THEIR CITIES? ON
SCHEDULE, UNDER BUDGET, AND WITHOUT FEDERAL FUNDS?
DID THEY AUTHOR THE FIRST COASTAL PROTECTION ACT -- STATE OR
FEDERAL -- IN THE NATION'S HISTORY? I DID, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
HOW MANY ACRES HAVE THEY ADDED, FOR VITALLY NEEDED URBAN
-enviroms
RECREATION, TO THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN OR GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL
RECREATION AREAS? HOW MAY CANYONS DID THEY SAVE? HOW MANY ACRES
TO THE CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS SYSTEM?
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE -- NOT TALKED ABOUT, BUT ACTUALLY
DONE -- TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION OF OUR AIR BY VEHICLE EMISSIONS?
HOW HAVE THEY BROUGHT ABOUT THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS TO
REDUCE SUCH POLLUTION?
FOR ALL THEIR RECENT, NEW FOUND TOUGH, ANTI-CRIME RHETORIC,
JUST WHAT HAVE MY OPPONENTS DONE -- NOT SAID, DONE -- ABOUT CRIME
AND DRUGS?
HAVE THEY PUT INTO LAW A DEATH PENALTY TO PROTECT COPS
AGAINST RUTHLESS ASSASSINS EMPLOYED BY DRUG KINGPINS? CERTAINLY
NOT JOHN VAN DE KAMP WHO OPPOSES THE DEATH PENALTY.
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HAVE THEY AUTHORED THE LAW THAT NOW REQUIRES THE MILITARY TO
USE THEIR MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT TO KEEP ILLEGAL DRUGS OUTSIDE
THE BORDERS OF THE U.S.?
OR AUTHORED THE LAW TO REQUIRE THAT FIRST-TIME
-drugtesting
DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICANTS REMAIN SUBJECT TO RANDOM MANDATORY
DRUG TESTING FOR ONE YEAR AFTER RECEIVING A LICENSE?
OR PROPOSED MANDATORY REHABILITATION FOR WOMEN WHOSE
-rab for
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DURING PREGNANCY HAS LED TO AN EPIDEMIC INCREASE
drussissies
IN ADDICTED AND PERMANENTLY DAMAGED NEWBORNS?
deep
HAVE THEY PROPOSED A SWEEPING CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO
PROVIDE THE OPTIMUM EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN CALIFORNIA?
x? Head
THE ANSWER IS THAT I HAVE DONE ALL THESE THINGS, AND MY
OPPONENTS NONE OF THEM.
THE ANSWER IS THAT TALK IS CHEAP AND IT IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
THE KIND OF PERFORMANCE THAT HAS MADE AND WILL MAKE A REAL
DIFFERENCE IN THE DAILY QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILIES, AND THOSE OF ALL CALIFORNIANS.
WHETHER THE QUESTION IS ONE OF ETHICS, ENVIRONMENT, QUALITY
OF EDUCATION, OR HOW WE WILL MANAGE CALIFORNIA'S GROWTH, OR HOW
WE WILL SUCCESSFULLY COMBAT THE USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AND THE
CRIME IT SPAWNS -- A GOVERNOR MUST LEAD.
I REPEAT: A GOVERNOR MUST LEAD. EACH DAY.
THE INITIATIVE IS A LEGITIMATE REMEDY FOR LEGISLATIVE
DEFAULT. IT IS NO CURE FOR EXECUTIVE DEFAULT AND NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE.
- -
AND MERELY PROPOSING INITIATIVE MEASURES DOES NOT EXCUSE A
LACK OF RECORD THAT REFLECTS -- ESPECIALLY ON THE PART OF AN
EXISTING OFFICE-HOLDER -- A LACK OF PERFORMANCE, A FAILURE TO
HAVE DONE OR SOLVED ANYTHING WORTH BEING RECORDED.
IT IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP, PAST OR FUTURE, AND
CERTAINLY NO EXCUSE FOR PAST FAILURE TO PERFORM AND NO GUARANTEE
OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
BEING GOVERNOR IS A DAILY, HANDS-ON, MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY. THE DUTIES OF A GOVERNOR ARE THOSE OF
CALIFORNIA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. THEY ARE NOT, AND CANNOT BE
DISCHARGED BY PROPOSING BALLOT PROPOSITIONS AND PRETENDING THAT
MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE'S BUSINESS CAN THEN BE PLACED ON AUTO-
PILOT.
A GOVERNOR DOES NOT PROVIDE CALIFORNIA A GREAT WATER OR
HIGHWAY OR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BY INITIATIVE. ASK PAT BROWN.
A GOVERNOR DOES NOT REFORM A MASSIVE WELFARE SYSTEM BY
INITIATIVE. ASK RONALD REAGAN.
A GOVERNOR DOES NOT RESTORE VITALITY TO CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY
AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF NEGLECT AND WORSE, BY INITIATIVE. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES PROMOTION; NOT A PROPOSITION. ASK GOVERNOR
DEUKMEJIAN.
A GOVERNOR DOES NOT DEAL WITH PESTILENCE BY INITIATIVE. ASK
JERRY BROWN.
AND A GOVERNOR CERTAINLY CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE ANYTHING
AS COMPLEX AS THE MIXED-BLESSING OF CALIFORNIA'S EXPLOSIVE
POPULATION GROWTH BY INITIATIVE. IT REQUIRES VISION AND
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FORESIGHT, BUT IT DAMN WELL ALSO TAKES ALMOST DAILY DECISIONS ON
IMPORTANT DETAILS TO MAKE EVEN THE BEST, MOST CAREFULLY
THOUGHT-OUT AND PREPARED PLAN ACTUALLY WORK.
ASK PETE WILSON.
HE DID IT IN SAN DIEGO.
CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT WITH THE PROMISE OF OUR
PRIVATE CITIZENS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE, MEN AND WOMEN OF ENERGY
AND CREATIVITY.
BUT THE FUTURE DEPENDS AS WELL UPON THE ENERGY, VISION AND
COURAGE OF A GOVERNOR ABLE AND EAGER TO LEAD, WORKING WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IN MAKING THOSE CRITICAL,
PUBLIC DECISIONS THAT WILL QUITE LITERALLY SHAPE THE CALIFORNIA
THAT OUR CHILDREN LIVE IN.
GOVERNANCE IS NOT P.R.
IT IS NOT MANIPULATION.
IT IS THOSE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGERIAL DECISIONS THAT ARE so
CRITICAL A PART OF LEADERSHIP. ONLY THE GOVERNOR CAN MAKE THEM.
THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM.
A GOVERNOR MUST LEAD TO GOVERN.
WHETHER IT WAS MAKING GROWTH MANAGEMENT WORK IN SAN DIEGO IN
THE '70'S, OR IN 1990, PROPOSING THE TOUGH, PREVENTIVE STEPS TO
CHECK THE EPIDEMIC INCREASE IN DRUG-ADDICTED NEWBORNS, OR
REFORMING CALIFORNIA EDUCATION TO PREPARE OUR KIDS TO COMPETE IN
THE 21ST CENTURY -- LEADING AND GOVERNING ARE WHAT I HAVE DONE
AND WHAT I WILL DO.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL IT, TAKING CHARGE OF CALIFORNIA'S
FUTURE.
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WELL, I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT. AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE BEST
DAYS LIE AHEAD FOR A PEOPLE AND GOVERNOR READY, EAGER, AND
DETERMINED TO TAKE CHARGE OF CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
# # # #
ANECDOTE
(for RR'S speech, but up diff twist/ending
Many of you may remem be Pete being
wheeled en to the senate floor on a
gurney to cast the CRUCIAL vote
IN THE BALANCE for a balanced budget.
"His act of poeit courage tells us
a great deal about the charact e of
thi s man. His vote on The senate floor
received enormous press attention
- so MUCH, IN FACT, THAT I'M CONSIDERING
THE USE OF CRUTCHES/A WHEELCHAIR
IN MY NEXT PRESS CONFERENCE. (laugh
ANECDOTES FROM CONGR. LOWERY'S
OFFICE (from Tina Krisher)
- Marine Corps Drill Instructors
Batunc to Hat eneased
A above his desk at
?
Senate, very important
to him, keeps his
Marine Corps hair-at
- Bill that its unfortunate
that he just keeps it
over his desk, beenz
the Senate could use
that kind of Disciplino
- he + Gayle met in a
light musical when he
was mayor, both performed
(chanity event) still
sing show tunes
THEODORE
d suppose PW feels about the
environment an much the wey
Pres. Theodere Reosevelt once did..
VIC
ROOSEVET
HN X 1( BEL
TORS
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
CONSERVATION
Pacific
The conscientious objector
where he would be shot at. I would put him
m. Ed.
who won't serve as a soldier or won't pay his
at work digging kitchen sinks and doing other
taxes has no place in a republic like ours, and
labor which would set other men of better fibre
should be expelled from it, for no man who
free for service which the unworthy manhood
tried
won't pull his weight in the boat has a right in
of the conscientious objector does not permit
m, to
the boat. The Society of Friends have come
him to perform. (Speech of May 28, 1917.)
neces-
forward in this war just as gallantly as they
Mem. Ed. XXIV, 502; Bishop II, 428.
hat I
came forward in the Civil War, and all true
igh I
believers in peace will do well to follow their
It is all wrong to permit
m to
example. (Metropolitan, November 1918.)
conscientious objectors to remain in camp or
as to
Mem. Ed. XXI, 276; Nat. Ed. XIX, 255.
military posts or to go back to their homes.
take
They should be treated in one of three ways:
them
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS-INSIN-
First, demand of them military service, except
good
CERITY OF. The peace people
include
the actual use of weapons with intent to kill,
thing
the men who conscientiously object to all par-
and if they refuse to render this service treat
tells
ticipation in any war however brutal the
them as criminals and imprison them at hard
1 and
opponents, and however vital triumph may be
labor; second, put them in labor battalions and
serve
to us and to mankind. These persons are en-
send them to France behind the lines, where
ence;
titled to precisely the respect we give any other
association with soldiers might have a mission-
bids
persons whose conscience makes them do what
ary effect on them and cause them to forget
:, he
is bad. We have had in this country some con-
their present base creed and rise to worthy
their
scientious polygamists. We now have some con-
levels in an atmosphere of self-sacrifice and of
= so
scientious objectors to taking part in this war.
service and struggle for great ideals; third, if
nnot
Where both are equally conscientious, the
both of the above procedures are regarded as
peo-
former are, on the whole, not as bad as the
too drastic, intern them with alien enemies and
not
latter. Of course, if these conscientious objec-
send them permanently out of the country as
the
tors are sincere they decline in private life to
soon as possible. (September 24, 1918.) Roose-
n in
oppose violence or brutality or to take advan-
velt in the Kansas City Star, 22I.
con-
tage of the courage and strength of those who
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. See also
ven-
do oppose violence and brutality.
They
Ed.
are utterly insincere unless they decline to take
DRAFT; PACIFISM; PACIFIST; PREPAREDNESS.
advantage of police protection from burglary
CONSCRIPTION. See DRAFT; MILITARY
or highway-robbery. Of course, if such a man
SERVICE; MILITARY TRAINING.
SE;
is really conscientious he cannot profit or allow
[AS-
his family to profit in any way by the safety
CONSERVATION. When, at the beginning
secured to him and them by others, by soldiers
of my term of service as President, under the
in time of war, by judges and policemen in
influence of Mr. Pinchot and Mr. Newell, I
ave
time of peace; for the receiver is as bad as the
took up the cause of conservation, I was already
to
thief. I hold that such an attitude is infamous;
fairly well awake to the need of social and in-
lest
and it is just as infamous to refuse to serve
dustrial justice; and from the outset we had in
en-
the country in arms during this war. If a man's
view, not only the preservation of natural
nts
conscience bids him so to act, then his con-
resources, but the prevention of monopoly in
science is a fit subject for the student of morbid
natural resources, so that they should inhere in
the
pathology. (At Minneapolis, Minn., September
the people as a whole. (Outlook, October 12,
ors
28, 1917.) Mem. Ed. XXI, 183; Nat. Ed. XIX,
1912.) Mem. Ed. XIX, 437; Nat. Ed. XVII,
on-
175.
317.
le,
ac-
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS -
In utilizing and conserving
at
TREATMENT OF. No American has the right
the natural resources of the Nation, the one
ne
to hold up his head if he has not sought with
characteristic more essential than any other is
tes
all his strength and ingenuity to get into this
foresight. Unfortunately, foresight is not usu-
le,
war. If a man is conscientious in not wanting
ally characteristic of a young and vigorous peo-
of
to fight, I am equally conscientious in not want-
ple, and it is obviously not a marked character-
he
ing him to vote. The man who is not willing
istic of us in the United States. Yet assuredly
rs,
to fight for his country is not fit to work. I'd
it should be the growing nation with a future
)r-
take him to the front anyway. I would not inter-
which takes the long look ahead; and no other
is,
fere with his conscience. If it does not permit
nation is growing so rapidly as ours or has a
I,
him to shoot at the enemy, I would not make
future so full of promise. No other nation en-
him shoot, but I would place him in a position
joys so wonderful a measure of present pros-
IOI ]
goes jobs w/pw's
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION
perity which can of right be treated as an
Conservation means develop-
earnest of future success, and for no other are
ment as much as it does protection. I recognize
the rewards of foresight so great, so certain,
the right and duty of this generation to develop
and so easily foretold. Yet hitherto as a Nation
and use the natural resources of our land; but
we have tended to live with an eye single to
I do not recognize the right to waste them, or
the present, and have permitted the reckless
to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that
waste and destruction of much of our natural
come after us. I ask nothing of the nation ex-
wealth.
cept that it so behave as each farmer here be-
The conservation of our natural resources
haves with reference to his own children. That
and their proper use constitute the fundamental
farmer is a poor creature who skins the land
problem which underlies almost every other
and leaves it worthless to his children. The
problem of our national life. Unless we main-
farmer is a good farmer who, having enabled
tain an adequate material basis for our civiliza-
the land to support himself and to provide for
tion, we can not maintain the institutions in
the education of his children, leaves it to them
which we take so great and so just a pride;
a little better than he found it himself. I believe
and to waste and destroy our natural resources
the same thing of a nation.
means to undermine this material basis. (Before
Moreover, I believe that the natural resources
National Editorial Association, Jamestown, Va.,
must be used for the benefit of all our people,
June IO, 1907.) Presidential Addresses and
and not monopolized for the benefit of the few,
State Papers VI, 1310-1311.
and here again is another case in which I am
accused of taking a revolutionary attitude. Peo-
Optimism is a good char-
ple forget now that one hundred years ago there
acteristic, but if carried to an excess it becomes
were public men of good character who advo-
foolishness. We are prone to speak of the re-
cated the nation selling its public lands in great
sources of this country as inexhaustible; this is
quantities, so that the nation could get the most
not so. The mineral wealth of the country, the
money out of it, and giving it to the men who
coal, iron, oil, gas, and the like, does not repro-
could cultivate it for their own uses. We took
duce itself, and therefore is certain to be ex-
the proper democratic ground that the land
hausted ultimately; and wastefulness in dealing
should be granted in small sections to the men
with it to-day means that our descendants will
who were actually to till it and live on it. Now,
feel the exhaustion a generation or two before
with the water-power, with the forests, with the
they otherwise would. But there are certain
mines, we are brought face to face with the fact
other forms of waste which could be entirely
that there are many people who will go with us
stopped-the waste of soil by washing, for in-
in conserving the resources only if they are to
stance, which is among the most dangerous of
be allowed to exploit them for their benefit.
all wastes now in progress in the United States,
That is one of the fundamental reasons why
is easily preventable, so that this present enor-
the special interests should be driven out of
mous loss of fertility is entirely unnecessary.
politics. Of all the questions which can come
The preservation or replacement of the forests
before this nation, short of the actual preserva-
is one of the most important means of prevent-
tion of its existence in a great war, there is
ing this loss. (Seventh Annual Message, Wash-
none which compares in importance with the
ington, December 3, 1907.) Mem. Ed. XVII,
great central task of leaving this land even a
526; Nat. Ed. XV, 448.
better land for our descendants than it is for
us, and training them into a better race to in-
There must be a sound moral
habit the land and pass it on. Conservation is a
standard on public matters; our public men
great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic
must represent and respond to the aroused con-
duty of insuring the safety and continuance of
science of the people. All the great natural
the nation. (At Osawatomie, Kan., August 31,
resources which are vital to the welfare of the
1910.) Mem. Ed. XIX, 22; Nat. Ed. XVII, I5.
whole people should be kept either in the hands
or under the full control of the whole people.
CONSERVATION-BASIS OF. We have
This applies to coal, oil, timber, water power,
become great because of the lavish use of our
natural gas. Either natural resources of the
resources and we have just reason to be proud
land should be kept in the hands of the people
of our growth. But the time has come to inquire
and their development and use allowed under
seriously what will happen when our forests
leasing arrangements (or otherwise) ; or, where
are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and
this is not possible, there should be strict gov-
the gas are exhausted, when the soils have been
ernmental control over their use. Outlook,
still further impoverished and washed into the
April 20, 1912, P. 853.
streams, polluting the rivers, denuding the fields,
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SENT BY:
08-20-90 02 58PM
2024566218 # 1
TO: Jennifer Grossman
From: Jack Valenti
August 20, 1990
Hard to find anecdotes about Pete Wilson. But I send
the following only because it is quite true about Pete. Maybe
it's something the President might find of minor use.
"Pete is the kind of fellow that we know and admire in
Texas. In the ranch country of Texas, Pete would be known as
a man who never cuts and runs. Meaning that if Pete believes
in you and your cause, he will never head for the hills when
the muskets start firing. He'll be right on the front line,
staying with you, caring about you, supporting you, until what
you and he believe in has been confirmed by the people. This
kind of public man is rare, and is to be highly prized. You
folks in California are mighty fortunate to have this man
believing in you, supporting you, helping you and your family
nourish a life this can and ought to be wiser and healthier and
more hopeful than you had before.
3) "clip really been looking forward
to this trip to California
except of course for a few anxisty
dreams
cl guess you all
know that California grows
mere brocedli then any other state
in the Union." nothing like
feeling"
leading state in the US in
acreage + total production
of moceoli
Darwin Ransom
8/20
1) "California has always been one of
my favorite states, even if it does
grow mere of my least favorite
vegetable is the largest US
"
grower of moceolli
2) "d was going to make a job about
the Inoccolli on you menu (?) laugh
until cl remembered that California
is the largest US grower of that
crop outmembered by a bunch of
(laugh)
nothing like feeling
vegetables But weile (laugh)
not outnembered
in this upcomry fight
+ we won't beaut voted !!
(over)
Sept // 1990
40-50yr ago
1890-100
INSTANT ALMANAC
(spimnadt Spinnael)
1) Sep + 9, 1850 California
admission Day marks its
ad mission to U.S. as
31st state (140 days ago
??
2) Sept 19, 1850 (140 daysago)
"There is no night to smile
against the public safety
by any body, anywhere, any
time. Calvin Coolidge
( Boston police Strike
began Sept 9)
I
any thing Historical on Nov 6th?
2
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Jack london?
goaguin Miller ?
Bayard Taylon?
Mark Twain?
what happened on Nov 6 throughout
On this date x yes ago, the st college
history
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win, one lost. X upo late, on this al
7
day. amother same will be decide
but if PW wins, no one uses, 8th
1) Almanae of Dates : Nov 6, 1869 for victy a
( Princetion of 1st college football Wilson a
same played 6a California
victy
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2) Instant Almanae
Nov 6 1860 Abraham Cincoln
elected President
A DICTIONARY OF
WIT, WISDOM, & SATIRE
221
mestic producer against the greed of his consumer. Am-
ature. Paul Eipper
brose Bierce
ves another in exchange for all the
TASTE
The feminine of genius. Edward FitzGerald
t one load. C. H. Parkhurst
A quality possessed by persons without originality or moral
courage. Adapted from George Bernard Shaw
ou can't spell the other word.
Fine taste is an aspect of genius itself, and is the faculty of
delicate appreciation, which makes the best effects of art
T
our own. N. P. Willis
Nothing but a delicate good sense. M. J. de Chénier
rmanent crime wave.
TAVERN (HOTEL)
vers a multitude of sins.
A house kept for those who are not housekeepers. Paul
Chatfield
may go too far. Jean Cocteau
TAVERNS
rate to others, depending somewhat
Places where madness is sold by the bottle. Jonathan Swift
Don Herold
TAXATION
e others as they see themselves. Abra-
Plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of
feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. Jean
vice agreeable.
ch should be cultivated as a help to
TAXES Cicao once said? well if the Dems /Feinstein
Baptiste Colbert
uth in embarrassing situations.
The sinews of the state. Cicero sot their way, California
S as much from goodness of heart as
Without a doubt the simplest leverage known to society for
e." Endymion
directing social impulses. Morris L. Ernst
would end
: sure no one is related to the person
The Warner thing generally raised on city land is taxes. C. D. up looking
: going to gossip.
your mouth before somebody else
TAXPAYER
like
One who has the government on his payroll.
: mental virtues, the absence of which
TEACHER
Hulk Hogan
: best of talents; it supplies the place
A person who "should have an atmosphere of awe, and
G. Simms
walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself."
a
Walter Bagehot
ngs tolerably well; genius does them
One who, in his youth, admired teachers. H. L. Mencken
Like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.
is in a man's power; genius is that in
Ruffini
is. James Russell Lowell
A person, either male or female, who instils into the head
urtured in solitude; but character is
of another person, either voluntarily or for pay, the sum
stormy billows of the world." J. W.
and substance of his or her ignorance. Elbert Hubbard
(The Roycroft Dictionary)
A person who "should be sparing of his smile." William
e all their sorrows." Jean Paul Richter
Cowper
I Jonson
TEACHER (BALLET)
A teacher who criticizes her students in order to keep them
imports, designed to protect the do-
on their toes.
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Suit alleges counterfeit golf clubs
By William Polk
In a telephone interview last night, Mowry denied
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counterfeiting. He said he had sold one set of Ping clubs
An Arizona golf-club manufacturer has filed a lawsuit
and has about 100 sets of Tour Model 2 clubs on hand to
alleging that counterfeits of its product - known as the
sell at swap meets.
Cadillac of golf clubs - are being made and sold in a
"I purchased the clubs from Craig Castle, a golf-equip-
garage at a residence in the La Costa section of Carlsbad.
ment manufacturer in Orange County," Mowry said.
The plaintiff, the Karsten Manufacturing Corp. of
Court papers described Karsten Manufacturing as the
Phoenix, maker of Ping Eye-2 and Tour Model 2 clubs,
world's second-largest manufacturer of golf clubs.
filed the suit in U.S. District Court against Alexander E.
Steve Walker, golf professional at Singing Hills Golf
Mowry. The sult said he sold counterfeit clubs out of his
Country Club in El Cajon, said of the Ping model:
residence in the 2500 block of Navarra Drive.
"It's one of the biggest names in the industry. I mean,
The lawsuit seeks damages equal to three times the
if the name Ping was associated with the automobile
plaintiff's unspecified losses and Mowry's profits and re-
industry instead of golf, it would likely be associated with
quests a permanent injunction prohibiting further pro-
Cadillac, maybe even Ferrari."
duction and sales and requiring destruction of all coun-
The suit said counterfeiting came to the attention of
terfeit clubs.
In addition, Karsten's lawyers planned to ask at a
the company after numerous customers returned defec-
y JT. Macmillan
hearing today for a temporary restraining order immedi-
tive irons for replacement or repair, "mistakenly believ-
IT King Jr.,
ately forbidding manufacture and sales of counterfeit
ing that Karsten Manufacturing Corp. was responsible
for the defective workmanship in the counterfeit clubs."
clubs.
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By Robert Dietrich
was quiet.
Tribune Military Writer
efully mark
Michael Pigeon was forgiven yes-
speech and
terday for stealing a march on the
remind the
Marine Corps.
still no city
"With that kind of initiative and
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r said. "In
determination," growled Staff Sgt.
crimes, we
Duane Wilmurth, Pigeon's drill in-
than ever.
structor, "he may make a good Ma-
to King 27
rine."
in this situ-
What Pigeon, 18, did was to steal-
thily march out of his home in De-
troit to start a 2,500-mile trek to the
San Diego Marine Corps Recruit
Tribune photo by Nelvin Cepeda
ath
Depot.
The reason: The Marine Corps
Michael Pigeon gets a blood test after joining the Marines
would not issue him an airline ticket
occupational specialty
until he dropped from 245 pounds to
parents' home before dawn two
home in Santa Clara.
Is
something closer to the 219 the corps
weeks ago with a pack on his back
"She offered to drive me all the
says is the maximum for his 6-foot-3
and $40 in his pocket.
way to MCRD. I said, 'No, I want to
ner of the
frame.
"I hiked about 300 miles along In-
march the last 10 miles."
ocent yes-
"I very much want to be a Ma-
terstate 80," he said. "A former Ma-
"I think I am ready to break in
e tried to
rine," Pigeon said yesterday after his
rine picked me up at that point.
combat boots now," he said.
m a home-
first day as a leatherneck. "I lost
"He took me as far as he was
His parents' reaction?
IS ordered
about 20 pounds getting here."
going. I hiked some more, got some
"They've forgiven me," he said.
Superior
Pigeon said he slipped out of his
more rides and made it to my aunt's
"So has my girl, Jennifer."
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ch of bur-
evangelist
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/mThe Middle East military situation has evolved at Camp Pendleton to what
veterans of past wars would call the ""hurry-up-and-wait'" stage.
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""For the past three weeks we've been packed and ready to go, just waiting for
a call,' Capt. David Olsen, 31, said yesterday.
28
He is a company commander in a Marine 1ight armored infantry [cq] battalion.
29
Marine Corps base officials asked that the unit of about 750 Marines not be
specifically identified for security reasons.
30
Like the rest of his battalion, Olsen, a Marine for more than nine years whose
wife and daughter live on the base, went through the sometimes grim
pre-deployment routine that includes updating last wills and testaments.
31
""Two weeks ago,'' Olsen said, ""we had all of the wives of the Marines in the
battalion get together and had the Navy Relief Society, the Red Cross and base
special services brief them on things they can expect and how to get help if
they need it.''
32
About one-third of the Marines In Olsen's battalion are married.
33
The reason for the delay, said several officials who asked not to be named, is
a current shortage of facilities in Saudi Arabia for large numbers of
additional U.S. troops.
34
""About three weeks ago when the situation in Kuwait started, basically the
entire 1st Marine Division was placed on alert,' Olsen reflected.
35
The battalion is the Marine Corps' mechanized light cavalry, operating as
scouts in eight-wheel, all-terrain, combat machines that can do better than 55
mph on the open road.
36
They are called LAVs (light-armored vehicles), but, according to the Marines,
some of them are equipped with TOW anti-tank missile launchers that can take
out Soviet-built T-72s, the heaviest tanks in the Iraql armed forces.
37
And LAVs have factory-installed NBC (Nuclear-Biolgical-Chemical) warfare
defense systrems.
38
""Our (primary) mission is to provide security, reconnaissance, early warning
and detection the basic information about enemy activity to support the 1st
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Marine Division," Olsen said.
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The deployment delay allowed them to be better prepared for desert warfare.
41
""We finished painting the vehicles just last week, the captain said. ""They
were green, now they're desert-color.
42
""We've taken some extra precautions to weatherproof the vehicles, such as
rubber seals, various gaskets and engine covers to make sure they can stand up
to a desert sandstorm as well as the heat.''
43
The battalion is no stranger to summertime operations in desert country. T.t.
finished a training exercise in the searing heat of the Twentynine Palms Marine
Air-Ground Traning Center last month [July].
44
""The desert temperatures were about 120 degrees,' Olsen said ""Tthe
temperatures inside the vehicles got up to 140 to 150 degrees.'
45
Most of the battalion's Marines are not straining at bit to come to grips with
an enemy, Olsen noted yesterday.
46
""They are anxious to go, yet have mixed emotions. Our orders are, that once we
get the call to 80 to Saudi Arabia, we're going over to conduct a training
exercise.
47
""The Marines,' the captain said with a hint of humor, ""are looking forward
to conducting a training ecercise in an area that we've never been to before.
48
""At the same time, they're just a little bit nervous about the possibility of
an armed conflict but are confident that their training and their readiness
is good enough that they'll be able to carry out whatever mission is given to
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26 chemical and biological gases. <ep>
27
In all, about 1,200 Navy men and women, officers and
28 enlisted, will be serving aboard the Mercy under the
29 command of Medical Corps Capt. Paul Barry. The vessel's
30 civilian crew or 70, which will navigate the huge
31 converted oil supertanker on the nearly 12, 000-mile
32 westward voyage to the Middle East, will be mastered by
33 Capt. Dan O'Brien.<ql>
34 <q1>
35 <A7>AH: "Mobilize the Mercy' <ep>
36 <A1> Until four days ago, Barry, 44, was director of
37 community-health care at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and Its
38 several branch clinics. <ep>
39
""on Thursday, the commodore called me over to his office
40 and showed me a message received from a higher authority
41 that said: "Mobilize the Mercy,' and that's what we've
42 been doing around the clock since then, Barry said
43 Sunday. <ep>
44
""It's something I prayed would never happen,' Barry
45 said. ""Nobody wants to go to a war zone, nobody wants to
46 be at war, but our job is to take care of people who are
47 injured, and we're more than ready for that job. "<ep>
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<ap> Twenty members of a local naval reserve unit have been
2 called up to staff the Oak Harbor Naval Hospital in
3 Washington state during the Persian Gulf crisis.
4 Medical-Dental Unit 0187, 17 members of which are from the
5 Bay Area, will serve as "backfill" for medical
6 personnel who have departed for the Middle East, officers
7 said Sunday. <ep>
8
One of those called up was Petty Officer Holly Greene,
who
9 in civilian life is a physical therapist at a clinic in
10 Berkeley. She said she was concerned about not being able
11 to care for an elderly parent and delaying a home
to
12 improvement she had planned with her husband. <g1>
13 <ql>
14 AH: Keeping up her end of deal<ep>
burtnested
15
But she said she was keeping up her end of a deal and had no hesitatic
n about leaving both behind. <ep>
16
""You signed a contract with the government, you have to
deployment
17 serve, so if that's where they need you, that's where you
18 go,'' Greene said. <ep>
19
The Oak Harbor hospital is located on Whidbey Island in
20 Puget Sound, about 60 miles north of Seattle. <ep>
21 <ql>
22 <q1>
23 <ep> From Marines trained in desert warfare in Southern
24 California to soldiers prepared to do laundry to the
25 stealth fighter plane, California-based military units
26 are joining America's call to arms in the Middle East. <ep>
27
Civilians also were answering President Bush's armed
28 challenge to further Iraqi expansion in the Middle East,
29 including civil-service sailors aboard an oiler out of Oakland
30 and 30 citizen-soldier volunteers from the California Air
31 National Guard.<ep>
32
A precise troop count, units involved and their
33 destinations and missions remained classified. But available
34 information indicated that military units involved in
35 ""Operation Desert Shield'' in Saudi Arabia and the Persian
36 Gulf included Air Force units from Travis Air Force Base near
37 Fairfield, Castle in Merced, March in Riverside and Vandenberg
38 in Lompoc; Marine Corps air units from El Toro in San Diego
39 County and Marine detachments from Camp Pendleton and Twenty
40 Nine Palms; at least three Navy ships from the <A2>Bay Area<Al>, and a
41 small Army unit from Fort Ord. <ep>
42
Fort Ord's 7th Light Infantry Division also is believed to
43 be on alert to respond to Saudi Arabia or elsewhere within 36
44 hours. Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, the other major
45 component of the military's ""rapid response'' force, have
46 left Fort Bragg, N.C., for the Middle East.<ql>
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47 <g1>
48 AH: Pendleton Marines deployed<ep>
49
Although numbers were not available, the largest deployment
50 from a California base appeared to be that of the 1st Marine
51 Expeditionary Force from Camp Pendleton. <ep>
52
The Pentagon would say only that ""elements" of the
53 15,000-member First Marine Division had been deployed, but
54 Defense Department sources said they were part of an expected
55 45,000 Marines to hit the ground in Saudi Arabia, the largest
56 Marine deployment since the Vietnam War. <ep>
57
Also deployed from Southern California were elements of the
58 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from El Toro, the 7th Marine
59 Expeditionary Brigade from Twenty Nine Palms and the 1st Force
60 Service Support Group from Pendleton.<ep>
61
The Pentagon said the Marines would be joined in the Middle
62 East by their ""pre-positioned!: Harrier attack jets, attack
63 helicopters, tanks, food rations and other supplies on U.S.
64 ships already in the Persian Gulf region.<e
65
Pentagon sources indicated the Marines would be stationed
66 in the Saudi oil fields along the Kuwait border. As many as
67 150,000 Iraqis, with 750 tanks, are massed on the other side
68 of the border.
69 <g1>
70 AH: Bay ships under way<ep>
71
From the <A2>Bay Area<Al>, the hospital ship Mercy left Wednesday
72 night with 800 personnel aboard for a four-week, 11,000-mile
73 trip to the gulf area. <ep>
74
The Military Sealift Command in Oakland also this week sent
75 the USNS Higgins, a 677-foot oiler carrying 180,000 gallons of
76 aviation and marine fuel, to join the aircraft carrier USS
77 Independence and its battle group.
78
The unarmed Higgins carried a civilian crew of 98 and a
79 Navy communications detachment of 20. <ep>
80
Two supply ships, Cape Ducato and Meteor, each with a crew
81 of 40 merchant seamen, left Los Angeles Thursday to join the
82 battle group.
83
The fleet ammunition ship USS Flint, stationed on Suisun
84 Bay, left for the Persian Gulf region in mid-July as part of
85 its regular deployment, said Sealift Command spokesman Bob
86 Borden. It will supply one of the carrier battle groups should
87 it be needed. <ep>
88
Nuclear-capable B-52 bombers have been dispatched from
89 Merced's Castle AFB. Their destination was not announced, but
90 it likely would be the Diego Garcia staging area in the Indian
91 Ocean.
92
The Defense Department would not confirm any B-52
93 movements, but Col. Eugene Famulare, commander of Castle's
94 93rd Bombardment wing, said an unspecified number of B-52s and
95 a tanker had been deployed. The base commander said it was
96 Castle's biggest deployment since Vietnam. <ep>
97
He said orders for departing airmen indicated they would be
98 gone ""in excess of 30 days, and he said that all the
99 personnel carried protection against chemical attack. <ep>
100
Castle public affairs officer Maj. Linda Leong said the
101 Merced base also was processing troops sent from other U.S.
102 bases.<ql>
103 <q1>
104 AH: Stealth on its way<ep>
105
Pentagon officials confirmed Thursday the Air Force's
106 once-secret F-117 stealth fighter would be sent to the Middle
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108
It was not known know many stealth fighters were to be sent
109 or where they would be based. <ep>
110
Officials said the radar-evading plane, developed by
111 Lockheed Corp. in Burbank, probably would leave within the
112 week. The aircraft are based in Tonopah, Nev. <ep>
113
Supplies, weapons and perhaps some personnel were moving
114 out of Travis Air Force Base aboard giant C-5A cargo planes
115 belonging to the Military Airlift Command. Travis spokesman
116 would give no details. <ep>
117
At the Pentagon, Air Force Capt. George Sillia said, ""A
118 lot of MAC units are involved (in the Desert Shield
119 operation), but we don't necessarily deploy in the sense of
120 going over and staying. "<ep>
121
While the Fort Ord-based quick response 7th Infantry was
122 held at the ready, a small support unit of 200 soldiers
123 apparently has been sent to provide such services as food,
124 clothing, supplies, laundry and other ""comfort items. '<ep>
125
An Ord spokesman would confirm only that the unit ""has
126 been preparing" for deployment, but one Ord officer said
127 unofficially, ""They're outta here. "<ep>
128
When called, advance elements of the 7th Infantry could be
129 in Saudi Arabia within 36 hours, military officials said. <ep>
130
During the Panama invasion, however, that response was
131 considerably slower, hindered by the 150-mile distance between
132 ord and the Travis staging area, and fog at both sites.<ep>
133
About 30 volunteers from the California Air National Guard
134 have answered a Pentagon call for air-communications
135 specialists and are awaiting orders to go to the Middle East,
136 a guard spokesman said Thursday. <ep>
137
Col. Roger Goodrich said the volunteers were from the 162nd
138 Combat Communications Group, based in North Highlands, with
139 units in Hayward, Costa Mesa, Van Nuys and Ontario.<ep>
140
Seventeen National Guard specialists in aerial refueling,
141 communications and other areas were reported en route along
142 with guardsmen from 15 other states.
143 <q1>
144 <gl>
145 <ep> OAKLAND -- Corpsman 2nd Class Eduardo Jimenez was
146 battening down medical equipment and checking in
147 life-saving supplies in the triage center deep down in the
148 Navy hospital ship Mercy. <ep>
149
It was a few hours before the <A2>USNS Mercy<Al> with 1,000
150 casualty beds set sail at about 1:30 p.m. Monday from a
151 berth at the Naval Supply Center in Oakland. <ep>
152
After passing through the Golden Gate, the vessel had
153 orders to steam at top speed across the Pacific to the
154 troubled waters of the Middle East.<ep>
155
""sure, I'm a little bit afraid, and I know that's
156 natural, but I've been there before, served in the <A2>Persian
157 Gulf<Al> before, so I volunteered because there are a lot of
158 new guys on this (voyage) and I think I can give them some
159 guidance due to my experience,' said Jimenez, 24, a
160 six-year Navy veteran. <ep>
161
"Are we ready for this mission? Yes, sir, we are. This
162 ship and this crew, we are capable of handling our
163 mission. "<ep>
164
When the Mercy arrives on station in or near the <A2>Persian
165 Gulf<Al> in 28 days or BO, the medical team aboard -- about 55
166 doctors, 175 nurses and 600 hospital corpsmen and
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167 technicians, a larger staff than many U.S. hospitals -- may
168 be called upon to treat battle casualties resulting from
169 everything from bullet and shrapnel wounds to poisonous
170 chemical and biological gases. <ep>
171
In all, about 1,200 Navy men and women, officers and
172 enlisted, will be serving aboard the Mercy under the
173 command of Medical Corps Capt. Paul Barry. The vessel's
174 civilian crew of 70, which will navigate the huge
175 converted oil supertanker on the nearly 12,000-mile
176 westward voyage to the Middle East, will be mastered by
177 Capt. Dan O'Brien.<ql>
178
Until four days ago, Barry, 44, was director of
179 community-health care at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and its
180 several branch clinics. <ep>
181
""on Thursday, the commodore called me over to his office
182 and showed me a message received from a higher authority
183 that said: "Mobilize the Mercy, and that's what we've
184 been doing around the clock since then,' Barry said
185 Sunday. <ep>
186
""It's something I prayed would never happen, Barry
187 said. ""Nobody wants to go to a war zone, nobody wants to
188 be at war, but our job is to take care of people who are
189 injured, and we're more than ready for that job. '<ep>
190
During the four-week voyage, Barry said, ""we will be
191 training constantly'' to prepare for any situation that
192 might have to be faced.<ep>
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1 <A1><ep> From Marines trained in desert warfare in Southern
2 California to soldiers prepared to do laundry to the
3 stealth fighter plane, California-based military units
4 are joining America's call to arms in the Middle East.<ep>
5
Civilians also were answering President Bush's armed
6 challenge to further Iraqi expansion in the Middle East,
7 including civil-service sailors aboard an oiler out of Oakland
8 and 30 citizen-soldier volunteers from the California Air
9 National Guard.<ep>
10
A precise troop count, units involved and their
11 destinations and missions remained classified. But available
12 information indicated that military units involved in
13 ""Operation Desert Shield'' in Saudi Arabia and the Persian
14 Gulf included Air Force units from Travis Air Force Base near
15 Fairfield, Castle in Merced, March in Riverside and Vandenberg
16 in Lompoc; Marine Corps air units from El Toro in San Diego
17 County and Marine detachments from Camp Pendleton and Twenty
18 Nine Palms; at least three Navy ships from the Bay Area, and a
19 small Army unit from Fort Ord.<ep>
20
Fort Ord's 7th Light Infantry Division also is believed to
21 be on alert to respond to Saudi Arabia or elsewhere within 36
22 hours. Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, the other major
23 component of the military's ""rapid response' force, have
24 left Fort Bragg, N.C., for the Middle East.<ql>
25 <q1>
26 <A7>AH: Pendleton Marines deployed<ep>
27 <A1> Although numbers were not available, the largest deployment
28 from a California base appeared to be that of the 1st Marine
29 Expeditionary Force from Camp Pendleton. <ep>
30
The Pentagon would say only that ""elements" of the
31 15,000-member First Marine Division had been deployed, but
32 Defense Department sources said they were part of an expected
33 45,000 Marines to hit the ground in Saudi Arabia, the largest
34 Marine deployment since the Vietnam War. <ep>
35
Also deployed from Southern California were elements of the
36 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from El Toro, the 7th Marine
37 Expeditionary Brigade from Twenty Nine Palms and the lst Force
38 Service Support Group from Pendleton.<ep>
39
The Pentagon said the Marines would be joined in the Middle
40 East by their ""pre-positioned"" Harrier attack jets, attack
41 helicopters, tanks, food rations and other supplies on U.S.
42 ships already in the Persian Gulf region.<ep
43
Pentagon sources indicated the Marines would be stationed
44 in the Saudi oil fields along the Kuwait border. As many as
45 150,000 Iraqis, with 750 tanks, are massed on the other side
46 of the border.<ql>
47 <q1>
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48 <A7>AH: Bay ships under way<ep>
49 <A1> From the Bay Area, the hospital ship Mercy left Wednesday
50 night with 800 personnel aboard for a four-week, 1,000-mile
51 trip to the gulf area. <ep>
52
The Military Sealift Command in Oakland also this week sent
53 the USNS Higgins, a 677-foot oiler carrying 180, gallons of
54 aviation and marine fuel, to join the aircraft carrier USS
55 Independence and its battle group. <ep>
56
The unarmed Higgins carried a civilian crew of 98 and a
57 Navy communications detachment of 20. <ep>
58
Two supply ships, Cape Ducato and Meteor, each with a crew
59 of 40 merchant seamen, left Los Angeles Thursday to join the
60 battle group.
61
The fleet ammunition ship USS Flint, stationed on Suisun
62 Bay, left for the Persian Gulf region in mid-July as part of
63 its regular deployment, said Sealift Command spokesman Bob
64 Borden. It will supply one of the carrier battle groups should
65 it be needed.
66
Nuclear-capable B-52 bombers have been dispatched from
67 Merced's Castle AFB. Their destination was not announced, but
68 it likely would be the Diego Garcia staging area in the Indian
69 Ocean.<ep>
70
The Defense Department would not confirm any B-52
71 movements, but Col. Eugene Famulare, commander of Castle's
72 93rd Bombardment Wing, said an unspecified number of B-52s and
73 a tanker had been deployed. The base commander said it was
74 Castle's biggest deployment since Vietnam.<ep>
75
He said orders for departing airmen indicated they would be
76 gone ""in excess of 30 days,' and he said that all the
77 personnel carried protection against chemical attack. <ep>
78
Castle public affairs officer Maj. Linda Leong said the
79 Merced base also was processing troops sent from other U.S.
80 bases. <g1>
81 <g1>
82 <A7>AH: Stealth on its way<ep>
83 <A1> Pentagon officials confirmed Thursday the Air Force's
84 once-secret F-117 stealth fighter would be sent to the Middle
85 East.<ep>
86
It was not known know many stealth fighters were to be sent
87 or where they would be based. <ep>
88
Officials said the radar-avading plane, developed by
89 Lockheed Corp. in Burbank, probably would leave within the
90 week. The aircraft are based in Tonopah, Nev.<ep>
91
Supplies, weapons and perhaps some personnel were moving
92 out of Travis Air Force Base aboard giant C-5A cargo planes
93 belonging to the Military Airlift Command. Travis spokesman
94 would give no details. <ep>
95
At the Pentagon, Air Force Capt. George Sillia said, ""A
96 lot of MAC units are involved (in the Desert Shield
97 operation), but we don't necessarily deploy in the sense of
98 going over and staying. "<ep>
99
While the Fort Ord-based quick response 7th Infantry was
100 held at the ready, a small support unit of 200 soldiers
101 apparently has been sent to provide such services as food,
103 102 clothing, supplies, laundry and other ""comfort items. "<ep>
An Ord spokesman would confirm only that the unit "has
104 been preparing" for deployment, but one Ord officer said
105 unofficially, ""They're outta here. "<ep>
106
When called, advance elements of the 7th Infantry could be
107 in Saudi Arabia within 36 hours, military officials said. <ep>
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During the Panama invasion, however, that response was
109 considerably slower, hindered by the 150-mile distance between
110 Ord and the Travis staging area, and fog at both sites. <ep>
111
About 30 volunteers from the California Air National Guard
112 have answered a Pentagon call for air-communications
113 specialists and are awaiting orders to go to the Middle East,
114 a guard spokesman said Thursday. <ep>
115
Col. Roger Goodrich said the volunteers were from the 162nd
116 Combat Communications Group, based in North Highlands, with
117 units in Hayward, Costa Mesa, Van Nuys and Ontario.<ep>
118
Seventeen National Guard specialists in aerial refueling,
119 communications and other areas were reported en route along
120 with guardsmen from 15 other states. <gl>
121 <gl>
122 <A7>HD: California ground, sea, air<ql>
123 units join Mideast forces<ql>
124 <A5>AH: Civilians among<ql>
125 those dispatched<ql>
126 to "Operation<ql>
127 Desert Shield'<q1>
128 <A7>AH: CONFLICT IN THE GULF: THE INVASION OF KUWAIT<q1>
129 <A5>BY: Larry D. Hatfield<ql>
130 <A7>SO: OF THE EXAMINER STAFF<ql>
131 <A5>GE: CALIFORNIA; IRAQ; KUWAIT; PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI
132 ARABIA; UNITED STATES<q1>
133 <A7>NO: SEE SIDEBAR (CALIFORNIA MILITARY HEADS TOWARD THE
134 GULF) <q1>
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1 <Al>The Pentagon announced last week that about 46, 700
2 reservists will be called to active- duty over the next
3 five weeks for Operation Desert Shield. Here is a partial
4 list of the oal fornia called up as of
5 Saturday, and the Air FORCE units from other states:<q1>
6 <ql>
7 <A7>AH: Navy reserves<ql>
8 <Al>Some 380 medical personnel, including 200 hospital
9 corpsmen, 130 nurses and 50 medical officers, from
10 Northern California Naval Reserve units will augment
11 staffing at the naval hospitals in Oakland and Bremerton,
12 Wash.<ql>
13 <q1>
14 * Medical, individual mobilization 12067A, San
15 Francisco.<ql>
16 * Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 103, San
17 Francisco.<ql>
18 * Medical Unit P-2067A, San Francisco.<ql>
19 * Medical Command Northwest 530, San Francisco.<ql>
20 * San Francisco Medical Command, Alameda.<ql>
21 * Naval Air Station Alameda, Medical-Dental, 0187,
22 Alameda.<ql>
23 * COMSCPAC 120, sealift support, Alameda.<ql>
24 * COMSCPAC DET 220, sealift support, Alameda.<q1>
25 * Hospital, Oakland 120, Alameda.<ql>
26 * Hospital, Oakland 320, San Jose.
27 * Hospital, Oakland 420, Vallejo.<ql>
28 * Hospital, Oakland 620, Stockton.<ql>
29 * Medical Command Northwest 540, Fresno.<ql>
30 * Medical Command 550, Sacramento.<ql>
31 * Medical, individual mobilization, 12063A, Sacramento.<ql>
32 * Hospital San Diego 719, San Bernardino.<ql>
33 * Hospital Lemoore 0276, Point Mugu,<q1>
34 * Hospital Lemoore 0190, Lemoore.<ql>
35 * COMSCSEA 119, sealift support, Pomona.<ql>
36 # MSCO EAST PAC 119, sealift support, Santa Barbara.<ql>
37 * Medical clinic, Port Hueneme 119, Encino.<ql>
38 * Hospital 119, Long Beach.<ql>
39 * Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 105, Long Beach.<q1>
40 * Naval Air Station Moffett, medical-dental 0280,
41 Moffett Field.<q1>
42 * Hospital Unit 519, San Diego. <ql>
43 * Hospital Unit 449, San Diego.
44 * Medical Unit P-1942A, San Diego.<q1>
45 * Hospital Unit 119, San Diego.
46 * Hospital 619, San Diego.<ql>
47 * Medical Unit P-1921A, Los Angeles.<ql>
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48 * Hospital, Camp Pendleton 919, Los Angeles.<
49 * Medical P-1945A, Santa Ana.<q1>
50 * Hospital, Camp Pendleton 319, Santa Ana.<ql>
51 <gl>
52 <A7>AH: Army reserves<ql>
53 <Al>The Sixth U.S. Army headquarters at the San Francisco
54 Presidio announced that 21 units have been alerted for
55 possible call-up to active duty. Eighteen National Guard
56 and three U.S. Army Reserve units have received the
57 notice, including:<ql>
58 1113th Transportation co., Sacramento.<ql>
59 * 2668th Transportation co., Fresno.<ql>
60 * 316th Quartermaster Co., San Diego.<ql>
61 <q1>
62 <A7>AH: Air Force reserves<ql>
63 <A1>183rd Military Airlift Squadron, Air National Guard from
64 Jackson, Miss., flying C-141B Starlifter transport
65 planes.<ql>
66 * 137th Military Airlift Squadron, Air National Guard
67 from Stewart, N.Y., flying C-5A Galaxies. <g1>
68 * 136th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, Air National Guard
69 from Dallas, Texas, to provide an airlift terminal and
70 cargo managers.<
71 * 732nd Military Airlift Squadron, Air Force Reserve from
72 McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., flying C-141B Starlifters.<q1:
73 * 756th Military Airlift Squadron, Air Force Reserve from
74 Andrews Air Force Base, Md., flying C-141B Starlifters. <q1>
75 * 337th Military Airlift Squadron, Air Force Reserve from
76 Westover Air Force Base, Mass., flying C-5A Galaxies. <gl>
77 <q1>
78 <A7>HD: CALLED UP<ql>
79 <A5>AH: CRISIS IN THE GULF: SHOWDOWN WITH IRAQ<q1>
80 <A7>SO: EXAMINER GRAPHICS / Examiner news services<ql>
81 <A5>TY: LIST; STATISTIC<ql>
82 <A7>GE: CALIFORNIA<ql>
83 <AS>NA: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD<q1>
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The rapid activation of the Mercy has drained the staffs
49 of 15 Navy hospitals and clinics up and down the Pacific
50 Coast -- and at Oak Knoll in particular. The hospital in the
51 Oakland hills is temporarily losing ""a considerable
52 number'' of its doctors, nurses and corpsmen and
53 technicians, said Barry, declining for security reasons
54 to give exact figures. <ep>
55
""But the quality of care (at Oak Knoll) will still be
56 excellent, Barry said. ""They'll still be handling
57 emergencies and delivering babies and things like that.
58 What it means is that there will be a temporary
59 cancellation of such things as elective surgery. ''<ep>
60
During the four-week voyage, Barry said, """we will be
61 training constantly'' to prepare for any situation that
62 might have to be faced.<ep>
63
The Mercy -- as long as three football fields -- began life
64 as the SS Worth, a 1970s-era supertanker that carried
65 Middle East crude through the Suez Canal to ports in
66 Europe and the United States. <ep>
67
In 1984, the Navy assigned the Worth's builder, National
68 Steel & Shipbuilding co., to convert the vessel into a
69 floating hospital at its San Diego shipyard. <ep>
70
Surgical nurse Kim Swihart, 20, from Cannelton, Ind.,
71 said she got the word last Thursday of her assignment to a
72 potential war zone. <ep>
73
""They said, "You're going, pack, goodbye, 11 Swihart
74 said with a laugh. ""It came as a sort of shock. But this is
75 what I've trained for and this is why I'm going. ''<q1>
76 <q1>
77 <A7>HD: Bay-based hospital ship<ql>
78 sets sail for Persian Gulf<ql>
79 <A5>AH: USNS Mercy has<ql>
80 beds for 000<q1>
81 <A7>AH: CONFLICT IN THE GULF: THE INVASION OF KUWAIT<q1>
82 <A5>BY: Paul Avery<q1>
83 <A7>SO: OF THE EXAMINER STAFF<ql>
84 <A5>DL: OAKLAND<q1>
85 <A7>GR: PHOTO 1<gl>
86 <A5>GS: EXAMINER PHOTOS / KATY RADDATZ<q1>
87 <A7>CP: Hours of waiting are the first reality of war for Navy
88 medical lab technician Done Alcantara and shipmates
89 signing aboard the USNS Mercy. <q1>
90 <A5>GR: PHOTO 2<q1>
91 <A7>GS: EXAMINER PHOTOS / KATY RADDATZ <qI>
92 <A5>CP: War means goodbye: At dockside, left, Hospital
93 Corpsman 2nd Class Carmen Laver gets a kiss from her
94 husband, Eric Laver, whom she will be leaving behind.
95 Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Eduardo Jimenez, above,
96 pauses in the ship's triage center. ""Sure, I'm a little
97 bit afraid, and I know that's natural, " he says. <q1>
98 <A7>GR: PHOTO 3<q1>
99 <A5>GS: EXAMINER PHOTOS / KATY RADDATZ<q1>
100 <A7>CP: SAME AS PHOTO 2<q1>
101 <A5>GE: IRAQ; KUWAIT; PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED
102 STATES<q1>
103 <A7>NA: USNS MERCY<ql>
104 <A5>NO: SEE SIDEBAR (USNS MERCY) <gl>
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1 <A1><ep> OAKLAND -- Corpsman 2nd Class Eduardo Jimenez was
2 battening down medical equipment and checking in
3 life-saving supplies in the triage center deep down in the
4 Navy hospital ship Mercy. <ep>
5
It was a few hours before the USNS Mercy with 1,000
6 casualty beds set sail at about 1:30 p.m. Monday from a
7 berth at the Naval Supply Center in Oakland. <ep>
8
After passing through the Golden Gate, the vessel had
9 orders to steam at top speed across the Pacific to the
10 troubled waters of the Middle East. <ep>
11
""Sure, I'm a little bit afraid, and I know that's
12 natural, but I've been there before, served in the Persian
13 Gulf before, 50 I volunteered because there are a lot of
14 new guys on this (voyage) and I think I can give them some
15 guidance due to my experience,' said Jimenez, 24, a
16 six-year Navy veteran. <ep>
17
""Are we ready for this mission? Yes, sir, we are. This
18 ship and this crew, we are capable of handling our
19 mission. "<ep>
20
When the Mercy arrives on station in or near the Persian
21 Gulf in 28 days or so, the medical team aboard -- about 55
22 doctors, 175 nurses and 600 hospital corpsmen and
23 technicians, a larger staff than many U.S. hospitals -- may
24 be called upon to treat battle casualties resulting from
25 everything from bullet and shrapnel wounds to poisonous
26 chemical and biological gases. <ep>
27
In all, about 1,200 Navy men and women, officers and
28 enlisted, will be serving aboard the Mercy under the
29 command of Medical Corps Capt. Paul Barry. The vessel's
30 civilian crew of 70, which will navigate the huge
31 converted oil supertanker on the nearly 12,000-mile
32 westward voyage to the Middle East, will be mastered by
33 Capt. Dan o'Brien.<ql>
34 <q1>
35 <A7>AH: "Mobilize the Mercy' <ep>
36 <A1> Until four days ago, Barry, 44, was director of
37 community-health care at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and Its
38 several branch clínics. <ep>
39
""On Thursday, the commodore called me over to his office
40 and showed me a message received from a higher authority
41 that said: "Mobilize the Mercy,' and that's what we've
42 been doing around the clock since then, Barry said
43 Sunday. <ep>
44
""It's something I prayed would never happen, Barry
45 said. ""Nobody wants to go to a war zone, nobody wants to
46 be at war, but our job is to take care of people who are
47 injured, and we're more than ready for that job. "<ep>
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-1400
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
MEMORANDUM FOR WHITE HOUSE SPEECH WRITERS
SUBJECT: "Hometown" American Forces Personnel Participating in Operation
Desert Shield
The following information on servicemen participating in Operation Desert Shield has been
provided by the Army public affairs office. Included with the names are each person's rank,
assignment and duty station.
ARMY:
Topeka, Kansas - Jason M. Kruger, Sergeant; Rifleman with the 24th Mechanized Infantry
Division, Fort Stewart, GA;
Terry C. Gulley, Sergeant; Paratrooper squad leader with the 82nd Airborne,
Fort Bragg, NC;
Tallahassee, Florida- - Rufus C. Brown, Specialist; Rifleman with 24th Mechanized Infantry
Division, Fort Stewart, GA;
Fidel Iglesias, Private First Class; Mechanic with the 24th Mechanized
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, GA;
Scott C. Elridge, Private First Class; Rifleman with 82nd Airborne,
Fort Bragg, NC.
The Army is in the process of obtaining names from the areas of San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Denver. We expect these names shortly.
Daniel J Kaling
Daniel I. Kalinger
Deputy Assistant Secretary
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MEMORANDUM FOR WHITE HOUSE SPEECH WRITERS
SUBJECT: "Hometown" American Forces Personnel Participating in Operation
Desert Shield
The following information on servicemen and women participating in Operation Desert
Shield has been provided by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps public affairs
offices. Included with the names are each person's hometown, rank, assignment and duty
station.
NAVY:
Topeka, Kansas - Christopher Rogers, Engineman First Class (EN1); guided-missile frigate
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49), assigned as engineman in the #2
auxiliary machinery room;
Tallahassee, Florida Johnny Bell, Jr., Fireman (FN); guided-missile frigate USS Robert G.
Bradley (FFG-49), assigned to #1 auxiliary machinery room;
San Francisco, California Wesley Nielsen, Lieutenant (LT); aircraft carrier USS
Independence (CV-62); assigned as pilot in F/A-18 Hornet
fighter/attack squadron VFA-113 (LT Nielsen is from
nearby Los Gatos, CA);
408-551212
Denver, Colorado - Henry Mauz, Jr., Vice Admiral (VADM); Commander, Seventh Fleet,
assigned as commander of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces in the
Persian Gulf region (Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command/
COMUSNAVCENT);
Los Angeles, California - Sherronder Turner (female), Radioman Third Class (RM3);
Administrative Support Unit, Bahrain, assigned as radioman;
Samuel Prado, Religious Programs Specialist Second Class (RP2);
Administrative Support Unit, Bahrain, assigned as religious programs
specialist.
AIR FORCE:
Squadron Abbreviations: AGS = Aircraft Generation Squadron
EMS = Equipment Maintenance Squadron
SRW = Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Topeka, Kansas - John Dobbins. Captain; 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach
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AFB, SC; Capt. Dobbins is an A-10 pilot;
Kevin Pflaun, Sergeant; 363th AGS, Shaw AFB, SC;
SGT Pflaun is an F-16 Avionics Specialist;
Tallahassee, Florida - - William S. Ehalets, Airman; Air Force Commissary, Hulburt Field,
Florida; AMN Ehalets is currently assisting in supply operations;
Charles E. Brown, Staff Sergeant; 354th EMS, Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina; SSGT Brown is assigned to aircraft structural maintenance;
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Mario A. Mendoza, Staff Sergeant; 60th ACS Travis AFB, CA:
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SSGT Mendoza is an Aeronautics Equipment Technician;
731-6038
Richard J. Horan, Captain; 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron,
Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC; Capt. Horan in a Weapon Systems
Officer on F-15s;
Denver, Colorado - Tony E. Brisco, Sergeant; 1st EMS, Langley AFB, VA; SGT Brisco is a
Munitions Specialist;
Joseph D. Phillips, Master Sergeant; 4th EMS Seymour-Johnson AFB,
NC; MSGT Phillips is a Munitions Technician;
Los Angeles, California Mark L. Daniels, Sergeant; 55th SRW, Offut AFB, Nebraska; SGT
Daniels is a Life Support Specialist;
Luis R. Gutier ez, Tech Sergeant; 62nd Services Squadron, McChord
AFB, Washington; TSGT Gutierrez is assisting in supply services.
MARINE CORPS:
Marine Abbreviations: MEB = Marine Expeditionary Battalion
MPS = Maritime Patrol Ships
Tallahassee, Florida - - Nathan B. Lee, Corporal; 7th MEB G-4 Section, occupational speciality
is maintenance management, currently offloading MPS ships
Los Angeles, California - Giovanni Q. Quiane, Corporal; 9th Communications Battalion,
occupational speciality is wireman, currently providing communi-
cations support to the 7th MEB
We are currently waiting for the Army to provide names and to receive additional names
from the Marine Corps. These names will be on a separate memo to follow.
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I make plenty of them, I must
me, as best I can. as I move
forward doing the tasks Mod has
given me.
Thiller Sincerely Dow
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This is part of the New family.
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Thursday, August 16, 1990 The Middleburg Press
Hartlines
By Dr. Bob Hart
God is in the Middle East Too
The whole thing started in the Middle East.
Man and woman according to Genesis, were created
there. The Jows traveled, travailed and triumphed there.
Jesus was born, crucified and resurrected there. Prophecy is
focused there.
The Middle East is hot enough today to explode an again!
Just weeks after the leftists and the loonies declared the
Pentagon budget unnecessary.
Saddam Husscin of Iraq took Kuwait, wants Saudi
Arabia and tried for Iran. Hc badly wants to put his thumb
on the jugular vein through which oil flows to the west.
Harold and Shelby Dew are asking three things of
That's the political and military sum of it, but the
their friends: 1) Pray, 2) Fly you flag and 3) Vote to
human side is less visible. Saturday. our community
bring responsible people to lead our county and our
stood with the VFW as Commander Bill Klipp and his
country.
gray cagles dedicated the ground for a new center.
Among the speeches and the celebration one person
stood to resonate the real feelings of a mother, whose son
"Warriors of God"
is on the verge of being shipped to the Middle East within
Where do we get such men
the wind shot of a madman's mustard gas.
Men who give their lives 10 win
Her name is Shelby Dew. She is attractive, charming
Win a war against wrong
and composed. She presented her plaque to the VFW
For it's through God our Warriors are strong
commemorating the wall for Victnam veterans in
Army. Navy, Air Force and United States Marine
Washington, D.C., but on her mind was the war being
Corps
waged in her soul, not the war her husband Harold went
Our men of valor proud and brave
through 20 years ago.
For it's for our "Freedom" they fight to save
Her private war was in her thoughts. "How can I
Freedom 10 worship, pray and walk strong and fall
commend these veterans and award this plaque when I am
For them no task is 100 big or small
angry. confused and fearful that my own son will have to
These brave wonderful men "Where do they come
fulfill the promise of patriotism? How can I speak a
from?"
grateful word to these survivors of World War II, Korea
"Faith in God and believing in his heavenly son."
and Victnam when my own young Marine could die in the
Thousands of American troops are now en route to the
desert under the circling vultures of Saddam, Kadafy or
Middle East. To those men and women and their families.
Arafat?"
I want to tell you God is in the Middle East too!
Shelby confided these fears to me just before she
"Bc strong and of good courage. Bc not afraid for the
stepped forward to the microphone. Oh yes, we prayed
Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever you go..." "
100. Her faith wrestled with her fear, and faith gained the
This Hartlines column was ignited by the concern of
upper hand.
one mother and how God helped her deal with her son
"Cease from anger and forsake wrath (Psalm 37:8)."
going to the Middle East. Shelby and Harold have one
She chose to obey and gained further courage.
other suggestion: FLY THAT FLAG!
"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens
me" (Phillippians 4:13).
Dear Friend,
In those few days of desperation in prayer God gave her
a pocin, which she read slightly trembling 10 the veterans,
Bob Hart, author of the weekly
those who would best understand what she felt.
Hartlines newspaper column, is
running for Clay County School
Board, District 3. (County-wide
Voting).
We urge your support for Bob.
Thanks!
Here Shelby is pictured with her Marine son Rob
-Harold and Shelby Dew
Dew, stationed in San Diego, California. At any time
Orange Park
Bob he Aut to the Middle Fast
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Dear President Bush,
The Dew family is a proud
american of family who pray and believe
in God and Country. "My he american Flag,
flies proudly on our home, in Orange
Park, 71. My husband (Harold) served
his Country for 23 years, US navy Supply
Warrent officer, then LDO St. He is now
Corp. First, as an enlisted man, chief
Recyleing Director, Sub-fase, Hingsbay Ma.
retired, still serving his Country, as
Before retched such duties as USS Trupteen Jason
USS Enterprise, USS Carl Sinson, USS
San Diego, where our first son Robert
USS Quapaw. also many share duties.
was form. Other outies Song Beach, Ca.,
Cecil Field, 71. also as a Navy Recruiter
NAS Alameda, Ca. Long Beach, ca, NAS
in Change Mulfport, Miss. H is last duty
stationed was Plan Jolk Uir. USS Carl
Vincent 1982.
CPL Robert I. Dew. Rob as many Dews
Our son, age twenty - frie is
before him is serving his country He
is stationed in his birthpace San Diigo,
at Camp Pendleton. He's a proud Marine
who will soon serve in "The Middle East.
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to our Marine bye you awhile. We Deago; had
Harold Kiss and I just flew RESEARCH to San P.05
a what wonderful time with him. not Knowing
the future may bring, we wanted to
show him our love and support. We put
a lifetime in those ten days. While there
We ask Rob how he felt, going to the middle
East. This is his words. Mom, all my friends
are there. Dave my room-mate who shave
Known, here and at my last duty station
29 Palms, Ca. This is what I'm trained
to do, I am ready. Rob I ass, are you
Know well Imade that comitment, when
at peace with God. yes mom, as you
yes mom, I do. Then we're o.k Rot,
I was 13 years old. Rob do you pray?
Heaven". Before we lift I gave Rob a
we will always be a family here, and
farewell letter telling him, as he was
Gods child before he was ours, I now
give you back. Serve your Country Well
San. We are Very proud of you,
Robis 6'4" in his Uniform he
Marine, the is a son to be proud of.
looks like a poster picture of a U.S
He is as pleasing to the eye on the
inside, as he is on the Outside.
He's 23. He serves as a Rep. for
We have one other son Randy.
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a Company called "Prism". (5) He Keeps
P.06
We are equally as proud of him. the stands
america's restaurants clean, selling Chemicals,
tall and proud as he serves. He's 6'3",
loving personality like in Rob.
His wife of one year works as a tetler be
Rn -nurse. They are a hard warking couple,
a bank, and is attending FCCJ, to a
who pray So, and attend see Mr. church. President I Mod has am
given me so you much. This is why Yod,
spending my life serving our my
family and Like this your a professional wonderful beautif ul Country: Mom. wife I Barbara stand the
proud I have in been that position. Mom could has have. been I made when
that best choice, carreer forn. a twenty I have of five never years regretted ago, Istarted it.
Rob was into adulthood, and let
as the boys Mainly grew to Keep busy the way
a carrier. Set God", show them needed me,
the a nest wing again. I never want love
Miving broker and patting to
Mo only and being them there wings when to fly, they them sometimes out mending of
them to harm.
I have taken the talents Mod
has given me and started a carrer.
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The job I am paid (6) to do is in Sales, "I"
work for Promotional Connection"; a Division
Company owned by a sweet gal Name
of Ulrect Research". They are a wonderful
has Fax this to you My boss
Ulrich Her Christian life she shines. She
and neighbor is Teresa Muner. She is a
Navy Wife of It. Douglas Meenen.
back, I started to write and
In my walk with God and create giving
Poems. This second carrer started seven
years, ago. Since that terme I I have
written a newspaper colomn, called
"Caring Column, and it Sharing tells what It'sa people Christian are doing
to make this world a better 6 place.
also, I have written "Veterans Day",
Specials. One of which has feen printed
many It's the story of a Viet Nam Viteran, with
times in dif ferent news papers.
it is oa Poem called "The Great Wall".
I refer to as "Joe Vict Nam." along
poem, It has been reprinted many
It is now re ferred to as the healing
many times. I have made many
of which is resent, is enclosed.
presentations to our VietNam Vits. One
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P.08
171
Park Sibrary for 30 days. after, the
Two copies framed hung in Our I had Orange
presented Vietnam Veterans asst.
it to Bill Wilder Pres. of One north Copy
Florida sent framed to Congressman Grant,
was If le Capital. your Copy mr; the President
to framed story our behind will come its ereation, to along Hefore with Veterans
Day this I am year. enclosing 1990: as few more over before of
my poems, each called are "Christeam prayed has Women, beer
written. this one One is for Cohunches. Barbara. also, It one called
"America our flay being burnt Oh, what a
used in many Burning," written as in a protest the
Middle against Beautiful East. world, another Country written of Ours", as I fly after
be over this said "Great to Our Marine to Rob, the
Middle East. another written for all
and His Moodbye maybe soon departure
East, it is called "Mods w arriars
the Women and Men, in the Middle
given me a "Country of Freedom," I
you see mr. President Mad has I
just want to give back. love
1 monica.
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families have had our years and years".
Mr. President, I along with other american
But we have prayed for you. We will
support your efforts for Peace, or War
if needed to make the "Prace". Never
before have I placed President. trust so strongly
in Mod and in a We voted
for you. We will again. you have
done your Job Will Mr. President,
Thank you, from the "Dew Family."
Herr's two scripture that strengthen
me, during this Corisis. I passed them
on to our Marine Rob. I now pass
them on to you,
through Christ which strengthens me,
Scripture I can do all things
thy God is with the, whethersower
courage Be not afraid, for the Sand
Scripture: Be strong and of good
you go. amen
God is in the Middle East Too!
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Mr. President, I have promised my
Mod and Our Marine two things, that
I will do, as long as The Middle East
Crisis", is going on. I will pray,
adding feet to those "Prayers", do the by asking
the also to Support you american in those
Emerican People to
Prayers". Same. and to home fly and the business.
Flay on show every a (madmen) President and the
Let us behind our also
World we our are m ilitary 100%. heroes,
let and us all not forgot unsing
Our Hostages.
President "She Dew "Family" We
Touched shared our story with Bob the
Mr. the hearts of San Diego. Detrick,
San a military Diego Tribune. It was
news writer with hard
to Family. share I our wrote in my journal
pain with the american while
there, for generations of Dews, yet
to come, This is how your speech
Writer Jennifer Arossman found us
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She called San Diego looking for
News of families out there, The Streggest
part of Harolds Navy Career was spent
there. Hee went to Boot Camp there, then
back to San Dugo, where are Rob
was form. again Part of our hearts there,
even tho we retired in I larida
Thanks to Harolds 23 years of
Service have a "Beautiful Home, in and 7 torida
and His now Government yob,
we Palms, with lots of flowers green
We have beautiful Oak trees and
Siass, Mod President is Mood it is now 2:00 A.M.
Mr. Mine Barbara a Love big
Imust Kiss, from close. all the "Dews". We
all of you.
May Mad Bless you, Continue Mive
you His Wisdom, as you
to Serve Hem and this wonderful
Country.
Sincerely Dew
P.S. Harold and I
Shelby J.
have been married
303 2 theridge ct.
29 29 years.
God is Good!
Orange Park, 32065 71.
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" America Burning"
Burn our flag "Not an your life"
For I have been a "Military Wife"
Now the mother of a "Military Man".
On this I proudly take a Stand"
as those before them-both husband and Son
Fighting for "Freedom" under "Old Mlay
Through them tells, "The american Story,
a story of giving lives against all wrong
for Strong". this Play Under God' has made America
Burn our Flag "not on your Sile"
It stands for "Heroes both "Prout and Brave."
"Old Glory" represents "Freedom for all".
For it's for "Freedom" they fought to Save"
1 abe a look at "The he Great Wall"
Sook back "America", at all who served
This disrespect they do not deserve
"Burn our Flay - not on your Sife"
"S tand up america" and be Counted"
against this - We surely must fight
for on every home it should be Mounted
"Burn our Flay not on your "Sife"
STAND UP AMERICA "Strength is in lumbers
This is one right we will not give you
not a lew.
(over 1. Patriotic -Thellow J. Poet Dew
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Bush
Borbara this
Even
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Pann the same allen MOM-
old Fashioned Mom
looking back over the years
Remembering the good-along with the hears
years of joy-always were there
As you bowed you head in humble prayer
Prayer of dedication to your Savior
who always kept you in His savor
you grew in wisdom from the HOLY Book
Teaching all with each step you took
Remembering back-a little white belt
For on my back-side-I surely helt
Punishment- when I misbehaved
Right up until I started to shave
Tho, I cried and seemed to always need more
your love never ceased- as you gave me-what for
PRAISE THE LORD-for a MOM who cared enouy.
To know when it was time to get tough
Kitchen smells-stay fresh in my mind
Rushing home from school-fresh goodies I'd
surely find.
Cookies, cakes, pies- to tempt any little one
you made our home life so much fun
your smile still warms the coldest of
HEARTS.
For in your eyes is a little spark
Sparks of love- hor all man-kind
you always had enough time
OLD-FASHIONED MOMS makes this
world a better place.
with your warm heart and smiling
face.
you will always be with me in my
HEART.
Even tho- one day we may depart
PRAISE THE LORD-60r this CHRISTIAN SOUL
who taught me- how my life would unfold
As I grow older-I will always remember
MY OLD FASHIONED MOM from JANUARV through
DECEMBER.
Morning Dew
written by request for Gracie Rogers by her son
Boyd Rogers for her 83 Birthday 1988.
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
proverbs 22:6
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Christian women
Here's a message to women both near and far.
Look up 20 the sky at the brightest star.
That can be you and me in this world.
Praise Jesus, set heads LR a twirl.
Make changes on this mother earth.
As He gave us His blessing to give birth.
Through prayer and wisdom we can find.
Many ways to help and change all man-kind.
God created us from Adams rib.
Some of us, even joined womens lib.
Liberazion- comes 6rom our walk with our Savior.
And beeping our Lives always Ln His javor.
There's no need to wear the pants.
For through Christ Jesus we can all learn a
new dance.
Joyful feet, eight as 4 feather.
No- matter what kind 06 stormy weather.
weather that storm and make a sunny day.
Always remember to bow your head to pray.
Stand up for what's right.
Just keep watching that heavenly Light.
Light up the world with a new song.
Songs 06 His praises all the day long,
Through this pen He speaks to you.
Stand up Christian Women.
We must not remain so 6cw.
we have a job to do-in Chis troubled Land.
March onward- strike up the band.
play the music of the Heavenly Choir.
For His coming could be in the next hour.
Never besore has there been to much,
Divorce, child abuse, alcohol, aides. drugs-
the world needs His special touch.
It can come through us.
ALL are searching and can surely find.
16 we teach HLS love to all man-kind.
morning dew
AND HE SAID TO THE WOMEN, The saith hath saved
thee; 80 in peace.
ST. LUKE 7:50
Sody"
Beautiful
Our
Sweet
SMALL
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Please do not reprint first Version of Warriars
of God. Due to my past history of only
men serving in Was teme, I lift and Women,
also our Reserves. are deserve their Special
Place". Please excuse. SJ.D,
Warriors of God
Where do we get such Women and Men
Heroes who give their lives to Win.
you it's through God ow"Warriarriors" "are Strong
Army, Navy, air Force, Reserves ; National
Guard and United States Marine Caps
for its for freedom they fight to save.
Our heroes of Jalor proud and brave
Fredom to worship, pray and walk
strong and tall
I here brave wonderful heroes where do
for them no task is too bigor or small
they come fromt
From faith in God and Beleiving
in His 7 savenly Son,
Patriotic Pat
Scripture!
Shelby Dew
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courage and Strength.
Christ
Christ was a simple man
who walked this great land
He had no fancy homes nor cars
vet traveled so very far
while on this earth-he gave it all
Can you see the hand writing on
the wall
Christ cared not for earthly treasure
He gave it all teaching Heavenly Treasure
For. on the cross He paid the price
Do not deny Him-please think twice
He wore the crown of many throns
and to Him there was great scorn
Christ Jesus-to the cross your hands they
did nail
Through it all-you taught us not to fail
To carry the word through-out this land
06 your great and wonderful, plan
You died for us to set us free
If only we would believe
For our sins you hore the cross
ARE across the was a great loss
To Heaven-Vou did descend
And promised to forgive us 06 our sins
So call-on Him-do not despair
He'll come into your heart - -through
humble prayer
morning dew
Everyone who calls on
the name of the
Lord will be
SAVED
Romans;
10:13
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Written of flying over the USA, coming back from
saying Moodlape toow m arive Son, Rob, in San Diego, Ca,
"Oh, What a Beautiful World"
Sikies of of Blue B
Valleyst of Brown
Peating from the Ground
Colors of Dreen
Can clearly be Seen
Clouds of White
With B Bright Sunlight
Oh what ce Beautiful World.
Hearts are Singhing
Bells are Ringing
In my if eart
Is I anew Spark
Sparbs of new Wonderment I see
all are bluzzing - busy as a Bee
I Isee new beauty of from above
Flying high on the Wings of Love
How related all "Gods Children in Spirit are
Love of God for what that Created
Oh, what ce Beautiful Would
not one man can bring us. Down
( 5addam Husself
For it's through God our Freedom
is if ound.
Patriotic Roet
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Blessed are the peacembers! for
they shall be called the Children of God
St. Matthew 5.9
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Shelby Dew- - Mother of Robert
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Bill Wilder, holds
Shelly Dew, author
the Great Wall,
Bill Wilder President
of "The he Great Wall.
use I, Shelley Dew
present it to the
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of the North Fl. Vietnam
Uit Nam Viterans
Uit. Cest.
in Orange Park
Ceremony yas held
of Florida
Gibrary, with friends
Heroes, The Jets.
and supporters of our
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Socal newspapers, were
present.
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To Barbaro Bush
CHURCH WOMEN'S
CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
Caring
& Sharing
BY SHELBY DEW
'Mother's gift of God'
Scripture: "Don't be frightened, Mary,'
the angel told her, "for God has decided to
In our youth, when having our
wonderfully bloss you! Very soon now, you
children, I often wonder if we really
will become pregnant and have a baby boy,
understand the importance of this
and you are 10 name him Jesus. He shall be
word called "Mother." We, through
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very great and shall be called the Son of
God."
the grace of God, have created a
if
new little person for this world.
St. Luke: 30-31
0
Hello again, to all my friends of
There is SO much to think of after
Clay County.
giving birth. Education, clothes, all
We have a very special day com-
the things a child must have to grow
ing up. That is "Mother's Day". I
up in a normal healthy environment.
would like to dedicate this article to
Sometimes, in this new busy life, we
all you Moms out there.
forget one very important part of this
The Bible speaks of many moth-
new life the childs spiritual growth:
ers. But the two we think of the
All other needs will one day end.
most is Eve the mother of mankind
But a childs Spiritual growth will
and sweet Mary, the mother of our
carry him on to "Heaven's Door."
Jesus. Without these two women,
Mother's, let us always remember
the world could not have existed.
this as we celebrate our "Special
Eve was needed to start the human
Day." each year.
race. And Mary was needed to have
Also, let's not forget to take the
baby Jesus, Savior of this "Sinful
time to show love for our own
World." These two women were
Mothers. Without them, we would
both created by God.
have missed the chance at this
Motherhood. What a blessed
blessing called motherhood.
word. Such a vast task for all
As mothers lets also remember
women. A complete responsibility
to always show that same respect to
for a human life to nurture.
those who made us mothers, our
precious children,
I thank God everyday for my
chance at being a mother. I have
two wonderful sons Robert.- age
24, & proud U.S. Marine; and
Randy age,- 22, who's a rep. for a
company. I am equally proud of
these two young men.
As a mother, I've always tried to
do my very best. They both are
doing well in their lives and I'm
happy to say, they both are
Christian young men. As a mother,
God has really blessed me, In turn,
I have prayed and tried to give him
back what was His first two
Christian young men named Robert
and Randy Dew.
It's always important to remem-
ber our children belong to God,
first God is the first parent to all of
us. As His child we must spend our
lives trying to serve him, the best
we know how.
Extended Page 21. 1
Moms, I pray all of you have a
Very Happy Mother's Day and get
to spend it, with all your children.
One of mine, is in California, but
our thoughts will be together.
Have a good day Moms remem-
ber to pray for your children each
day asking God to guide and pro-
tect them always. This is the last
thing I do before going to
sleep-always giving God control
over their lives.
Here's a little Mother's Day
poem for all you Moms. Have a
reat day.
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/mMonths ago, Shelby and Howard Dew, a retired Navy couple from Jacksonville,
Fla., planned to take their Marine son back in time to his San Diego Naval
Hospital birthplace, to the San Diego shop where he had his first ice cream.
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Saddam Hussein of Iraq came close to wrecking that.
27
""At first, all we could do is talk to Robert on the telephone from our hotel
room,' Shelby Dew said. ""Hc was 40 mlles away at Camp Pendleton and on
standby alert to go to the Middle East.
28
""First I cried. Then I prayed - very hard.'
29
Cpl. Robert Dew, 25, called his mother the next day from the Marine Corps base
and said something happened. The deployment of his light armored vehicle
battalion was being delayed. He would be allowed to leave the base for part of
the weekend to see his parents.
30
""I was still crying a little the next morning when the chamber maid came in,'
the corporal's mother said. ""She knew about Robert and started crying too and
she told me she has two sons in the service.
31
""I prayed with her.'
32
Howard Dew was a Navy lieutenant commander assigned to the San Diego Naval
Training Center when Robert was born at Naval Hospital.
33
The reunion was planned when Dew, now a civilian environmentalist, was asked to
attend an international recycling seminar at the Town & Country Hotel &
Convention Center.
34
"We wanted to show him where his life began, he said, ""where we lived in
Loma Portal and where he had his first ice cream at (age) six months.
35
"We got to do that,' Shelby said. ""Our goal was to see our son. That's all I
asked of God. He belongs to God and we have come to understand that.
36
The Dew's returned to Florida yesterday. Their son was still a Camp Pendleton.
37
Shelby Dow shared part of the letter she left with the corporal
38
""*dot*last night I laid my head on your shoulder and gave you a hug, knowing
you're grown and too big to hold and protect
39
""Now all I can do is ask God to hold you In His loving arms and protect you as
I used to *dot* you were His child before you were mine *dot* God has given me
the strength to say good-bye for a while for you to serve your country.
40
Just before leaving, she asked that her address be published.
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""I would like other mothers with children In the service to write to me,'' she
said.
42
The address is: Shelby Dew, P.O. Box 700, Middleburg, FL. 32086 [cq] OF FILE
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Shelby d Howard Dear
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Fairwell Letter to Rob,
Sen, when you were a little
boy, I could hold you in my
arms and make you of feel
safe and secure. anight, as
Dad D and I had dinner, I
could hear pait of the words
to a song, sung in the next
room, where others were tistening
and having a good time. as
I sat there tears came to
my eyes. you last night I
lay head on your shoulder
and gave you can hug. knowing
hold and protect. Now, all
your grown and too big to
I can do is ask God to
Hold you in "Il "Is Soving arms"
and protect you, as I use
your Seaverly Father If will
to. I find comf at in Knowing
D.D
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***SMEN
protect you. for you were
mines l. I and give X you
his child before you were
back to Him. San, you
those Cerms of Sove ". Swill
are Safe there, within
pray for you as I always
have. Dod has given me
the strength to say "Mood bya".
for a little while. by 3 or
Well, as I Know you will
you to Serve your Country
Pray 5 Son, - and the will
give you strength, as He
has your Dad and I during
these last few day A
May God Bless and
Keep you tis you Serve Him
and your Country 3 been x. you,
"Poin one back Mom Dad
S0'd
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"a Mothers Prayer"
5 Said I pray with all
for "Our Son" to be at the
"My might"
end of "Our "Alight".
From Shelby Dew to Cpl. Robert Dew, USMC, Camp Pendleton
You's be answered that "Prayer, as
It's A on "Your Strength, I
I Knew you would
have Stood!'
Standing firm on much
The Trumpets of Heaven"
"Hig had Ground,"
for all to thear w ith
has Rung Out
More've "Calmed the Storm".
"Ce Mighty Shout"
Peace withing "Broben Heart"
and give T Mar Peace"
Thank you Soud, for answering
Scripture! one Depart front page) Morning Dew
More and I will never
Moms Prayer".
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Florida is his home state<
Jacksenville Corange Park)
Born in San Diego, Dad
wes stationed there 25
yrs ago
Son active duty, in Marines
They retired
joined Marine Corps ago 5yrs.
Became stationed in San
Riego since 1st part
of year
will be going in next 2yrs
-last 10 yrs, Rob went
husb's
-Ban in ca, most of mil career
was in ca
Rob has lived most 50
his life in California
San Diego, nob bern
then long Beach, when
Rob stated Einderganten
- left Ca,went to Missipi Gulf
Coast
-then seengia, when dad
for enlisted 7 office
then back to California,
Alameda, Dadstationed
on USS enterprise
- -left da in 1978, came
to Fla on mil orders
NAS Cecil Field in Fla,
dad there 3 yrs, then
he went to Va, men to
Rob staged
- Robert to college
1 1/2 yrs, he wanted
to join Marine Crps,
went into College pos,
totally to god
he leks
)
will be going back to
dollege in 93
- he might make a career
of military
- his 25, will be 26 Nov 29th
- Parents flew to meet him
there, went to Sam Diego
- called + said he might hot
be there she prayed she would
see him
HOWSHE FEELS ABOUT SON
- "It's made me stronger, It's if IN PAD
made a Christian mem
MIL
out of me ... it was hand
when Rob made the decision
\ thought my goodbyes
were finally over - you
have to lean when to let 8
of you children .." How
do you send a son SN to the
ME you have to give the
totally to god he was his
child before he was mine."
11 a maid came in +
she had 2 sons in the Nany,
to they prayed together,
one already in the ME, one on
a ship
- tady was 62 yrs rd
with
possib
of going
- Daughter was
to on ME
-Hush was on USS Touxton
6'4"
- Rob t Randy 23 works PRISM,
Salesman rep
- Randy: of they harm my
mother 1'll take his
Daddy place Dew is a Vietnam Vet
- Balboa Naval Hosp, SanDigo
-up an the hill, never did find it
was
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