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o Political m. lifeline ~ t \.0 r--. ~. O'l ...-< ~ c<':l "' "" ..... ."..... WOuld.you vote for this man? l-< 0.. -e As you can tell by his District desert number, Bob Hayeshas been out there earning points at the same time he and his wife Cath y 'have been active in , . M.O. R.E. 'chapt ers, Nat'!. Outdoo r Coalit io n, BLM meetings and general land-use hassles. Now he's a candidate fo r Californi a's Assembly and he needs your help. .The Hayes bailiwick '(shown above) needs leg-work ers and registered voter- bikers. If you live with in the dotted line and are n't registered , you're a turkey! PARTHiiNI A . > i ~' ~ g • 1.1 ~ s ~ ~ . ~ ~ . « ~ , • • J d 2 . §~ • r -if 1 : :: ~ i 2 J i ~ $ • v M ILES ~ I ~ ~ ~ • ! ~ \ . ~ c The ride-in candidate There always h ~e to be th e ice-breakers ' the first bl ack Sheriff in Alabama, the . first student on the Board of Re gents, the first Sp anish-surn amed union leader - as each min ori ty stretches for that ma gic brass ring, someone has to step forward, to carry politic al ac tivis m b e y ond , "Gee, I o ugh ta w rite my Co n gressman. " e. 30 Oddsmakcrs give Bob Ha y es, o f San Fernando , California, an even bre ak at being th e fir st ca rd-carry ing 0 -3 7 de sert racer in the Cali fornia le gisla ture. A mi ldl y co nse rva tive n o-frills Re publ ican , Bo b a t presen t has a 5 0-5 0 ch ance, b y the par ty 's o w n rec kon ing , of be c omin g th e Re publ ican no m in ee fo r 39th Dist r ic t Assemb lyman. He' s on th e ba llot. has a seed-kernel campaign organ ization , an d rolling. He's been o n the stu mp wi th the Repub lican Women, League of Women Voters, Chambers of Commerce, all t he standard whistle-st ops of the lo ca l p olitici an. And at each st op he tell s them outright , " ... I have been instrumental in influen cing many land-use po licies, sta te and federal , which consider man's needs over the p res er v ati on ist jextrem is t vie w .. . Needless to sa y , this has pl aced me high on the S ierra Club's list of enemies. And from them I can co nceive o f n o grea te r hon or. " N ot exactly your standard mealy -m o ut h ward-hee le r. On smog, Bo b chasti ses the bu re au cracy for pr es cribing rm ech anical solu tio n s to a ch e m ica l problem, He sees meth an ol, first as a dil u ent , eve n tually as a ba se fuel , as the u ltima te answe r to the tw in pro blems o f petr o leum co nserva tio n and e mi ssio n con tro l. H e'd like to see some of th e h an d cuffs taken off businesses large and small 10 deve lop alternate fuel tech n o logy . An other big issue to Bob is the right to. l?Cjlr a rm s. J ri tho ut go ing- rab id abou t it , he notes th at one anti-gun proposal would have gun owners tum in their .gu n s an d be co m p en sa te d a t fa ir market valu e by the state. That !"(leans th at to ca ll in the estimated three million guns in California the tab to the taxpayers wou ld be around $ 300 m ill ion. If .elec ted , he 's go t a couple o f cards up his slee ve for the dirt riders. The first bill he pl ans to sp onsor in the le gislature w o uld state, in effect, "no city, cou n ty , st ate or federal agency may cl ose an y route o f tr avel w ithin the state w ithout holdin g he arings on ea ch route and show ing ca use as to the re ason ' for cl osure." The wordin g w ould include, trails as "r outes of travel. " Neat, huh? He's also in favor o f developing th e quak e-d am aged Van Norman dam an d b asin as a riding area , notin g th at th e dam an d b owl behind it crea te s a na ~u ra l sou nd b arrier aga inst motor cycle nOlSC . But first he's got to ge t elected. He's go ing to n ee d volu nteers - wal k er s a nd d oor-knocke rs to carry o u t a un ique "Penny fo r Good Gove rnm ent " ca m p aign between now and the June primary. Here ' s how to reach him. Bob Hayes 1523 Fifth St. San Fernando, CA 9 I 340 (213) 3 6 1-8 53 0 The San Leandro connection James A. Pavack, 0-36 No. 234e, w ith 15 y ear s of dirt riding under his belt, is on the ballot for San Leandro's Ci ty Council. The general mu nicipal election is April 13th, and Jim t ol d us, "Note the date and remember to vote." To lend han d in th e last-minute rush, c o n tac t him. James A . Pavack 10 34 Hutchings Dr . San Leandro, CA 94577 (4 15 ) 6 35-8 27 2 a File under "unfinished business " A pas tscri pt to a person al and so m ewha t e m o ti on al accoun t the Lame Cam e l wr ot e last .ye ar co nce rni ng refinery p olluti on n ear his h ome, fo r whi ch the turkey received a cer tain amo un o f flak. Re cently Standard O il's