The longest year? We called this election the longest year because so much has happened. A President has resigned office; Vice-Presidents, Congressmen, and Lieutenant Governors have come and gone; there have been no less than four elections in the Santa Barbara area; there has been a plethora of Upsets, sweeps, and surprises: this year has had no tack of political news. The changes this country, this state and this county have undergone in the last six months would have taken ten years in any other era. w But this Tuesday it will be all over. California w ill have elected a new governor as the Reagan administration quietly slips out of Sacramento's back door while the Brown or Flournoy camp slowly moves in from the front followed, no doubt, by packs of eager new legislators who have marched to victory. California Elections: The Longest Year Gubernatorial battle o f young political stars marred by voter disinterest, dull campaigns By Mark Forster Finch dropped out at the beginning. Former Lt. Gov. Ed As the remaining days of California's gubernatorial Reinecke, Reagan's handpicked favorite, was convicted campaign dwindle, Edmund G. Brown and Houston on Watergate-related perjury charges and although he Flournoy are trudging through their final speeches and continued campaigning, Flournoy defeated him with 70 shaking the last few hands before the Nov. 5 election. per cent of the primary votes. Since the campaign began in earnest two months ago, Little controversy has arisen over the issues this year the major party candidates have been politicking as because few differences have emerged between the usual. But the issues weren't the main concern this year candidates. for Democrat Brown and Republican Flournoy. It was An added difficulty of finding differences between the audience. There wasn’t one. the candidates has been Brown's habit of wavering on The voter apathy displayed throughout the campaign the issues. More than once Flournoy has accused the has led to predictions of extremely low voter turnouts at Secretary of State of altering his views to suit a the polls. So widespread is the disinterest the minor particular audience. candidates, Elizabeth Keathley of Peace and Freedom Brown has attacked Flournoy on his ties w ith Reagan and Edmon Kaiser of American Independent have and the GOP and claims the Controller fumbled in not seldom risen from total obscurity even through publicity collecting unclaimed deposits from banks that belong to stunts. Keathley did garner some attention last summer the state. with a nude campaign stroll down Flournoy, in turn, says Brown Venice Beach in Los Angeles. lacks experience and is running Although each political on his father's name, former Gov. analyst, amateur or professional, Edmund Brown, Sr. has their own view of the causes As in- the primary. Brown has for disinterest, it has generally limited his face-to-face debates been conceded two of the main w ith his opponents, appearing On reasons are Brown and Flournoy. the same stage with Flournoy Brown's campaign style has only six times with the last been cold and calculated. debate set for tomorrow. Republican opponents as well as Solid accusations by one Democratic hardliners have called candidate against the other have him an arrogant brat running on a been hard to make this year famous name. Supporters, because both men have displayed however, describe the Secretary competent backgrounds with no of State as intense and dedicated. skeletons from past bungles. Flournoy, 44, has had The Brown campaign received problems getting his name an unexpected boost when their recognized as a gubernatorial candidate was pictured on the candidate and the State cover of Time magazine two Controller has done nothing to weeks ago. Flournoy received a lte r his image as a drab, colorless little attention in the cover article All drawings by Brian Cliln campaigner. It is felt by on Brown, with a single picture supporters, though, that sandwiched between two other Flournoy's image is best out-of-state politicians. projected in smaller groups than But there are issues and with Today's Issue... large rallies. the issues, similarities and For Edmund Brown, Jr. the differences. way to the Governor's trail Concerning tuition, Flournoy U.S. Senate................ p.2 passed through the Secretary of feels the present fee level at the State Senate...............p. 3 State's office. With only minimal University should be maintained • political experience, he was the but believes more funds should only Democrat elected to a be channelled into financial aid. State Assembly..........p. 4 statewide office in a 1970 GOP landslide that saw Brown has left his stand on tuition in ambiguous U.S. Congress............ p. 5 Flournoy re-elected as Controller. terms. Like his opponent, he favors keeping tuition at Last spring. Brown ignored a large field of Democratic the present level and placing more of it into financial aid Lt. Governor............... p. 7 contenders and trounced a seven man field to win his coffers. While he has stressed this stand during numerous party's nomination. His main antagonist. Bob M oretti, is speeches, at UCSB last spring he claimed he would work now supporting Brown. for the elimination of tuition but until then funds Propositions...............p. 6 A former government professor, Flournoy served in should be used for financial aid. A Student Lobby Controller................... p. 7 the California State Assembly for six years before survey listed Brown as favoring lowered tuition "if defeating Senator Alan Cranston in 1966 for the p ossible ." Other races.................p. 3 Controller seat. Accoring to the same poll, the candidates emerged Flournoy captured the GOP governor's nod almost by with a number of similar views. Brown and Flournoy Endorsements........... p. 8 default. Early candidates such as Attorney General favored day care centers for student mothers, expanding Evelle Younger and former presidential aide Robert (Cont. on p. 16, col. 3) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1974 P A 6 E 2 U CSB DAILY NEXUS Richardson effort not likely for upset Incumbent Cranston coasting along in easy drive for U.S. Senate seat By Martin Chorich In other pamphlets he explains how Alan Cranston loses very little sleep recreational vehicle owners are being worrying over his re-election prospects. oppressed by "ecology advocates" who All major commentators agree that are taking over the Bureau of Land Cranston is almost unopposed for Management, the dangers of the U.S. re-election to the seat he first won in becoming a second rate military power, 1968 against Max Rafferty. The question the Christian's role in politics, and the at Cranston's statewide headquarters is right to bear arms. not whether the Senator will win but Richardson refers to himself as a "born whether he w ill roll up more votes than again Christian", has received the any other candidate for the Senate in Legislator of the Year award from the California history. conservative California Republican For an apparently doomed man, Assembly, is a member of the board of Cranston's opponent. State Senator H.L. directors of the National Rifle Richardson, maintains an extremely Association, and serves as Minority Whip optimistic facade. Although he admits of the State Senate. that the polls tell a grim story, he Cranston is merely content to run on fervently believes he has a fighting chance his record. In the past, he has been to score an upset. especially known for his attention to veterans affairs. Cranston also serves on BACK IN '68 the Senate banking committee and chairs On the inflation issue, Richardson In 1968, when Cranston ran for the the small business sub-committee. urges a return to the old time religion of Democratic nomination it was widely He has been actively trying to prevent massive cuts in government spending, regarded as an empty prize. After all, the the resumption of off-shore drilling in the dismantling of government regulation of victor in the contest would have to face Santa Barbara channel and has sponsored the economy, and a wholesale shrinkage the popular Thomas Kuchel in November. J4X&cLa,J*on shield laws to help keep newsmen from of the money supply. As part of his The only thing wrong with this being required to reveal their sources. - campaign rhetoric he has adopted the conventional wisdom was that Kuchel Richardson approaches his campaign as Cranston likes to think he was there slogan, " If you like inflation, you'll love was beaten in the Republican primary a crusade against leftism rather than a when it counted. He helped lead the fight Alan Cranston." that year by Rafferty, an extremely serious bid to land him in the Senate. In that got the Brooke/Cranston amendment Cranston brushes off such talk and conservative Superintendant of Public his campaign he has distributed 5 million to cut Indo-chirta war funds points to such accomplishments as his Instruction. From then on, the campaign pamphlets explaining his position on overwhelmingly approved by the Senate. co-authorship of the Budget Control Act was almost easy for Cranston. various issues. He co-authored the Emergency and advocacy of major cutbacks in Since then, Cranston has compiled a Employment act which was responsible military spending as his contribution to cautiously liberal record in the Senate REEFER MADNESS for providing 25,000 unemployed the anti-inflationary battle. garnering the respect of his colleagues. In one pamphlet he explains his Californians with work. He also played a While it may look easy for Cranston, Back home, Cranston has managed to position on "Mary Jane, marijuana to the big role in having Vandenberg A ir Force there still will be an election Tuesday.