Run, Pete, Run

Pete McClosky, a former Republican congressman who once ran against Richard Nixon (!), is considering a run against Richard Pombo. Pombo has been parked in Congress for quite a while, mostly pretty useless until recently when seniority made him fairly dangerous. Here are some links about the race and about Pombo.

A friend forwarded this e-mail.

Many thanks: Just keep sending me your good thoughts, and also
the names, etc. of anyone you know in Lodi, Escalon, Stockton. Tracy, Lathrop, Manteca, Brentwood, Oakley, Danville, San Ramon, Pleasanton, Dublin and Morgan Hill. I will then contact them, use your name and ask for their help against this man who wants to privatize the remaining public lands in Northern California. Pombo also has introduced a bill to allow Congress to override the Supreme Court on constitutional issues. He deserves being beaten by someone, Republican or Democrat. . . . Pete


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> Bill: Hope you had a good Christmas. Because our last hope fell
> through, Helen and I have concluded that I owe the country one last
> effort for good, taking on Pombo in the Republican primary. I don't
> expect to win, but should be able to rough him up enough to let a
> reasonable Democrat beat him. Either way, his philosophy of
> privatizing public lands, non-care for species and disregard of the
> Constitution as interpreted by the courts, is enough to justify a
> full-scale five month effort between January 6 and June 6. As Lew
> Butler says, "We can't really do any harm," and I hope the example
> will be enough to get a good Democrat to run in the 11th District. If
> you have any friends there, Democrat or Republican, send me their
> names etc. and I'll contact them for help, Within three weeks or so
> you can reach me at my new home in Lodi. Pete.