Perot on his way to candidacy
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Texas bil
llonaire Koss Perot
appears well on his wav to got
ting on the ballot in all 50
states, with supporters around
the nation reporting extraordi
nary early progress in petition
drives.
"It used to la- a little ground
swell. but now it's a tidal
wave," said Clancy lildrodgo of
Grosso lie, Mich , who suggests
it will take only a month to col
lect the 25,646 signatures need
ed there well before Michi
gan's July 16 deadline
"I have (men swamped," said
Perot organizer David Dingess
of Huntington, W Va "It's a
wildfire,” said Alaska coordi
nator Michele Kubok of An
chorage
Interviews by The Associated
Press with Perot supporters and
elections offic ials and volun
teers in all 50 states over the
past week show that people are
signing petitions in droves to
put Perot on the hill ballot as an
independent presidential can
didates
Most organizers su\ thev ex
put t to get the needed signa
lures well in advance ol state
deadlines
Since Perot announc ed hist
month that he would consider a
th i rd • parts c a nil idat: v if his
name were (ilac eci on tin- ballet
in every state, more than 1 5
million calls have come in to
■in 800-number phone hank set
up bv Perot omploves m Dallas
to fluid inquires and sign up
volunteers
The maverk k olw ironical In
dustry magnate took additional
steps last week toward making
such a run. filing papers with
the federal Election (Commis
sion to set up a campaign com
mittee He also named a Viet
nam War hero as his interim
running mate to satisfy risjulre
merits in 27 states that indepen
dent candidates have a vice
presidential running mate
Perot, who is in Kurope until
the end of this week, said last
week that he didn't think his
candidacy "would happen la
cause 1 thought tlie process was
too complicated But they are
making it happen
The phone rang .ill day yes
terdav with requests about
Perot said Patsy Casey, a work
er in the secretary of stale's of
lice in Kentucky Her remarks
were typical of those of other
state elections offic ials
Perot s prospective Candida
c\ appears to he arousing re
markable interest in all regions
of the country
AVe have a movement of the
disenfranchised and align c lie
/eris, said I hennas O'Neil a
business c oiisullant who is run
nmg Perot's New Jursey pell
turn c ampaign from his home
in Law rein e Low nship
Phis has iieen the most m
c reclitile groundsw rll. just ordl
nary folks coming out of the
woodwork. said Barbara
I.eftev, a former Coorgia state
court judge who's .in \ti.»nta
organizer
IVrot needs .17,000 signatures
by July !4 to get on I'.eorgi.i s
ballot Organizers say tbev will
shoot lor 00.000 |ust to lie on
the sate side
In New Mi'xuii, the 1‘erot l‘e
tition C.ommittee went Into
business on Monday and by
Wednesday, more than 1.000
[teople had p 11 ked up petition
forms at the office of I’erot or
gani/er Steve Vigil, an Albu
querque dentist The state's
deadline for the required
IT. I t7 signalures is Sept H
We 11 have th is done a lot
sooner then that. Vigil said
Getting on the ballot in
i’erol s home stale of Texas
may prove tile most difficult o!
all Ml states Hat Vers need
at.000 certified signatures by
May IS apd they can't In
elude anyone who voted In
Texas Super Tuesday primary
last month
One of tile easiest may be
1 ouisiana. where I’erot ran get
o;i the ballot simply by pay ing
a S alt) fee by Sept : ! which
supporters say is yvb.it he'll di>
You have to lie blind nut to
see that people aren't happy
yy tih poll! li Ians said H 111
\rala of ftogalusa l.a III ex
[i 1 a i n i ng vs h y h- s helping
I’erot
And Tennessr. fiat kers have
already finished their yxork, be
i timing the Inst state to put
la ' w. . s
Brand: Funding time running out
By Gernt Koeppmg
t mer a ki R o pcx ‘ Of
University President N.fy 1 <**>
Brand lold .1 story of how fir
overheard two students talking
at a local restaurant
The first student asked the
second wh.it he thought of the
offer l ballot Measure 5 would
have on the University Brand
said the second student replied,
"I go! mine, and I don't i are
The story is symbolic atti
tudes all over the nation. Brand
said 111 a speech at the lingerie
City Club Friday at the Kugene
Hilton
People who got their college
degrees through the Cl bill and
other government programs are
now saying they don't want to
pay for programs to educate to
day's young people. Brand
said.
The cause. Brand said, is in
Oregon we are moving from
shared community values to
more individualistic values
This shift in values and anger
at state government resulted in
the passage of Measure r>.
Brand said
"I would hope that we could
embrace those community val
ues so that we can c are for oth
ers,'' Brand said
Brand encouraged the audi
ence' to usk the governor and
state legislators for a spec ial
session of the Legislature to
solve the current budget crisis
brought on by Measure f>
But Brand admitted he was
cynical about the chances of
that happening
Time is running out, Brand
said, because universities cun
tract with administrators and
non-tenured fac ulty on a year
to-year basis Unless funding is
stabilized by the end of spring,
many positions may be cut and
many fac uItv may leave hi
said
"We may go into the next
session without unv solution,
anil that will nn.in wr wii>
havi! to ttiki1 .» .10 rnt (.ut.
he said. adding lli.it tin' slat''
pxrrutivt! offk i- has already ur
diTi'ii (Ini I.'imffsiiy in makf .1
( nnlmgciH v plan lor such .1 ro
tlii< lion
I'hi' rrsu li will In- di '- aslating
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