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March Fang, running for Secretary of Staie, sounds co m peten t enough , and beyond that, she is the only woman running for a state-wide office who has a chance to win. I think it is important to have more women in government so she gets my vote. The office of Controller presents a real problem. Neither of the maj o r pa rty candidates seems either honest or competent. One appears to be heavily supported by the oil interests, the other by large Orange Coun ty real es tate in te rests. I don't believe either of them is fit to hold office, so I'll either no t vote in that race. or vote for one of minority party candidates. For T reasurer. again it 's a qu estion of voting agai nst someone rather than for someone. Candidate Kehoe is presently the state Consumer Directo r. In an area where there is trem en dous need for strong action, no th in g has bee n heard fro m his o ffice, so why pro mo te him ? In the can test fo r the Attorney General's job, all the cops are supporting Evelle Younger . It seems to me that there is a crying need to prosecu te a few cops for criminal misuse of deadly force, manslaugh ter and m urder two, not carryon a love affair with them. When the cops and the D.A . start getting ch um m y , we private citizens with neither guns no r la w degrees are in troub le, Beyond that, it seems pretty clear that the citizens do not want the D.A. wasting the state's mo ney in the fruitless attempt to enforce morals laws and obtain convictions in cases of victimless crime. Younger would rather go after pot and pornography than killers and crooked politicians, so I vote for Norris without a second thought. In addition to the Statewide offices on each of you r ballots there will be man y candidates for smaller offices an d j u dgeships. Try my approach in eval uating them. First see if there is any thing that allo ws you to either mak e a clear choice for or agai nst o ne of the ca ndidates. If not, the n sec if you can remember a ny thing that the inc um be n t has d on e that you pa rt icu larly lik ed. If no t, vote aga inst h im . Also o n yo ur bal lo t yo u will find about 20 propositi ons pertaining to th e st at e , th e coun ty an d in so me case s th e in d ivid ua l city. Rea d ing all the stu ff abou t th em is a drag, ad mi tted ly, but you should do it. T hey will affec t you, so metimes seriously . Only two o f the m seem to have any relation at all to m o to rc ycling and it's rather tenuo us at that. It seems to me th a t rapid transit has go t to be in our best interest. Not o nly will we be better off with less cars o n the freeways and streets, but a reduction in traffic (and consequently in smog) will take the pressure to "do something" off legislators. The "something" I fear they 'll do is outlaw two-stroke motorcycles. Pro posit io n I 7 is the wild and scenic rivers proposal. A "Yes" vote on the proposition is a vote in favor of preservi ng an 18 mil e stretch of white-water river and aga inst the buildi ng of a da m on the river. There are re latively few white-water rivers left in this country and they are qui te precious to a n um ber of sportsmen. such as canoers and kayakers. They need white-water rivers the same as we need good trails. Most wh ite-water has already been destro yed by dams. This project is particularly ba d becau se th e dam isn ' t even nece ssary . . Perhaps if we sup port the canoers o n this o ne, th ey'll re mem ber whe n we nee d a hand on something. If you need any fu rther convi nci ng, thi nk abo ut where all the money is coming from to buy those billboards opposing th is proposit ion . Vote on Tuesday . It 's no t a pleasant task, but, like taking out the garbage , the alternative is worse. I Ron Schneiders