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LEGISLATIVE tmTEBOOK (Continued (rom previo us page) This year even !he money-committee chairman Is saying, " I don't know If apparel Is a proper subject for law. " There wasn't anything at all said about money. ' What does lhis mean ? I am not sure. I don' t know anyone else who Is . But somelhing Is changing. You can feel It. A motorcycle r ider makes aplea.: for his liberty, even at !he cost of his li fe ••.and legislators listen. A citiz en says certain parts of his life are not for !he s ta te to declde••.and !he state agrees. Wllhin !he balls of gover nment you hear It mor e and more: " Too many laws". 1 4 We can 't regulate everylhing." " Let people decide for !hemselves." Have we reached !he point of maxi mum control? Or Is lhis a small brea!her before It gets worse? I don' t know. But It seems that government Is a little less confident, a little less omnipotent, even a little less ambitious !han I can remember It being. Maybe !he " age of security" Is coming to an end. Maybe we have realized that It Is all a giant hoax anyway. Life Is rlskl Ful l life is full r is k! Wealth Isn't securIty, It Isn't money, It Is n't even power. Weal!h Is li ving !he time you've got ac cording to your Individual concept of richness and It's knowing that your concept Is not your neighbor's and !herefore you can't make his decisions for him. If we are beginning ~ a nation to understand lhis, maybe we are beginning to experience !he oft-quoted " r ebir !h of liberty." If we are willing to take !he r isk, we can find the r ichness, If we are willing to live and perhaps die, seeking not the safety of a padded cocoon, but !he weal!h of personal exploration and experlence••.If we dare to be free ••.and to trust our fell ow humans wI!h fr eedom ••• ThIs Is what !he American le gend was about, but really never quite was. We have been pushing an empty word all over !he world. Freedom Isn' t a for m of government. It Is a personal adventure . It takes courage and persistence, and a sense of humor. Freedom has nolhing to do wI!h safety. Weal!h has nothing to do wI!h security. Life has nothing to do wI!h death , They are opposites on !he continuum. When you are dead you are very, very safe. SCRAMBLIN AROUND By Maureen L e e For !hose of you who r ide scrambles but do not bel ong to a cl ub and !herefore do not hear about new District rules here's one des igned to put a little responslblllty on your shoulders. Since last year !here has been a rule regarding a mandatory tech. inspection and apenalty for not doing same. Well, we all know some clubs held !hem and o!her sluffed off, so !he Compe ti tion Committee has put more tee!h Into it now. Fr om now on If you don' t receive an Inspection at a race It Is your respons ibility to track down a member of !he sponsoring club and Insist that they , hold an inspection. If !hey don't they will be fined as a club $50 but you will find out that !he run will be declared a no-point day and lhink about how !hat will hurt If you finished way up in your r ace and are bucking for a top ten plate next year or hoping for just a lower number! WI!h !he California Gophers cancelling out their April 28!h run It looked like another run lost but up has come a new District club, the Desert Phantoms. They hang !heir helmets at George Air For ce Base and have a large membership. They Joined !he District lhis month, petitioned for the Gophers date , received It and we . understand are planning to !hrow !heir run at Adelanto . That's real en!huslasm for you! In scrambles cl ub standings !he Dir t Diggers are !he number one heavyweight and at !he last count !he Powder Puff As s ociation !he li ghtweight leaders al!hough !he gals know they won't be able to hang onto !he top position Insplte of having just about a 100% turnout of members each race. The Lightwei ghts M.C., have more members !han !hey do. WI!h the gals first event coming up Mo!hers Day !he Dir t Digger s have !hrown !heir full support behind !hem making Ita club run as well as offering help but ' one change had to be made In !he plans. So that !he ambulance wouldn't be gone all day from an over-abundance of crashes on !he starting line, !he Association has decided agalnst a topless starter! !""P'!. . . . .- Cycle News Goes National With 2 Editions-East & West '" '" 0 () 0... . co Robert M. Law *: Motorcy cl e en th us iasts in th e .. East ern half of the U. S. will s oo n be : ':r",~ , r.U",M"P·.' .., .~ ' ..... getti ng - news, no t hi story - when th e .. ~. new East ern Edi ti on of Cy cle Ne ws ~-:- _ ~ O' . .. goe s to pre s s in a couple of we eks . : HIGHEST TRADE-IN .. Cycle News publisher Chu c k Cla yton .. 239 N. Anaheim BIY Anaheim, Cal. .. d. a nnounce d the pur ch a s e la s t we ek of • Phone ( 714) 533-1309 .. 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