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<DIV><FONT size=4>I was a GPCA candidate for State Assembly in 2002 and (less
well) 2004.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I had been thinking about running for Secretary of State until
Greg Jan communicated that he (and possibly other recruiters) wanted to find a
woman candidate for SoS to run against the Democratic Party incumbent, Deborah
Bowen (who probably gets ok marks as a Demo SoS). Which was fine with me
since that meant I could focus on other things. That was about a month
ago.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This afternoon I had a telephone conversation Laura Wells to
inquire about her candidacy plans. She advised that the GPCA
still does not have a candidate for Attorney General. Part of the
problem is that, unlike other state elected offices, part of the
eligibility is being a Bar Member (lawyer's license) in Cali for at least
five years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Part of what I told both Greg and Laura is that, if I
were to agree to be on the ballot, I would not want to be a name only
candidate. But having been a candidate, and observed and worked for
others, I know that being a candidate is a big drain on time and energies.
To do it even half-assed right, there needs to be minimum of campaign
supporters -- paid or volunteer -- to do a lot of the detailed
campaign tasks and let the candidate be "the candidate" (hard lesson
learned from past mistakes).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>It also appears that we have no one running for partisan
office out of Santa Clara County in 2010.</FONT> <FONT size=4> My
suggestion is that, if I ran for AG in 2010, we could use the campaign as a step
by step year long training exercise for persons in our county who would like to
get some experience as campaign support workers without having to be a
candidate. That would include: Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer to
receive donations, pay expenses, keep track of records and prepare and write and
timely file FPPC reports (as the candidate, I would have to supervise, review
and approve reports before they were filed); General Manager and Scheduler and
Volunteers Coordinator (this can be separate,or single, or shared positions);
Media Contacts Person; Web Page Administrator and/or Video Production
Coordinator. There are probably additional positions/jobs, but there are
the ones I would want volunteers for to go ahead and pull papers to begin
collecting signatures on Monday, January 4th. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>It is already very late, IMO, to begin setting up a campaign,
but I doubt there would be a contested Primary Election for the AG position, so
the first task would be setting up the paperwork for the campaign and getting
petitions signed to avoid a thousands dollars filing fee. If I ran, I
would try to use the candidacy, particularly between now and June for fund
raising and promoting the GP around the state (probably mostly weekends since I
am still going to have to keep working for ye olde income).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Let me know your thoughts. Don't clog up this email list
(rotflol). Send comments to <A href="mailto:wb4d23@aol.com">wb4d23@aol.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Happy Holidaze and Solstice Season!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Warner</FONT></DIV>
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