Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

weus: "CaMPAC/CORPAC are going to swing on how much money we can ~t.:' Ham: "As Jesse Unruh so eloquently put it several years back, 'Money is the mother's milk of politics.' "Numero uno is raising money. That's got to be our biggest priority. Finding people that will work is almost .as important, but it's a matter of timing. You showed us, what, 200 political offices? There's no way we can panicipate in all those. 1 think the ones we do get into will be a function of how much money we have and how effective we can be. We shouldn't go into a guy's campaign if maybe we've got a real strong opponent who's just great for ua; if the fellow is so strongly entrenched that you don't want to touch him. Winnable races - you look for a good candidate and then you put in everything you can, both money and then organize the precinct workers. "I think it's impOnant that we remember that B9b Hayes is there. He made quite a stir by being the first one of us to actually unseat someone. Besides winning' a few more, we'd better make damn sure we hold that seat." Williamson: "I thiclt we've got to develop a cadre of precinct workers. I'm not sure how many people have walked precincts. I've walked them in two ways. One,' just literature dumping. You simply walk and literature every howe. Anothe~ one is you walk and ring the bell and you actually ask if they've heard of your candidate. Give them a copy of your candidate's piece of material and say, 'We'd like your suppon on election day.' We did both." Ham: "I think we've got to take the fear out of people of becoming precinct walkers. Becawe they're scared that they're going to go up, face somebody at the door and they're going to be asked questions that go . beyond the motorcycle issue, like 'where does he stand on busing?' or 'what is he going to do about the economy?' Nobody wants to get into something like 'that, and you don't have to." Wailliamson: "As a matter of fact, you're instructed not to. You can always refer back to the candidate's piece, or there's a phone number." Ham: "There's always the option of just walking and dropping papers. Even "that has proven to be a tremendously effective way of communicating to the voter." Williamson: 'Just to reinforce that, we brought in people into Bill Royer's district from as far away as Stockton and Lodi to walk precincts for him. One of the things we did was that we had one dune-buggy club that covered the whole city of South San Francisco, which is largely Democratic but has a history of swing votes. And for Royer, we covered that whole area, in that one weekend. About 211 people came over from the East Bay High Tailers and covered that whole thing with bills. It was the last Sunday before election. Nobody had been in there ringing doorbells. Nobody had been in there working that district. And we carried that whole city. " The discussion was, of course, far more wide·ranging than this limited article. But what things boil down to is this: Organizations like CaMPAC and CORPAC can do good things for motorcyclists. But they need your help, both in terms of money and volunteer work. CaMPAC 77 Lawrence Ave. WatlOnville, CA 95076 CORPAC 1586 R.esponse R.d•• #1090 Sacramento. CA 95815 100 West FoothII81Yd., Azu. . (213) 334-12. . 20% DIscount Tanner Dfstrlbutlnq WBRI-TECH H.LMnS we RM:Inc (2131802-1911 130S2RD"~I_......... CAIO&IO 2139242111 GOF_IT WFII Pistons _ 11117 • ScH1Hll'y 2·Strok8J4.Stroke ,', Huge Inventory Call Toll-Free Calif. 800-382-3600 Other states 1100423-5120 aF".M> 213-999-2811 7801 Cancge Ave., Canoga Park, CA 91304 1!A?C! ---BIG mtlOUT.1 SAV'NGS'==-~ 7racl: '11 7:a,'d', 7£',,$! 1~37 E Wdinl.oT Pa",;~jenCl CA 91106 213 7952711 ~ P.O.-Box .115 Hun1lngton IIeIIch CA 92141 71419l14-1192 Garland Suzuki Largest Perts Inventory in Dalles/Fort Wonh Metroplex Overnight delivery via bus available in most parts of Texas. Oklahoma. £t Louisiana 300 Lavon - Hwy 78N Garland. Texas75040 214-494-3374 13

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