From: bcapps@agora.rain.com (Brent Capps)
Subject: Lon Mabon-Tom Metzger ties, and some good news for a change
Keywords: OCA, WAR, Oregon 9
Organization: Open Communications Forum
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 07:01:00 GMT

1. VIDEOTAPE MAY PROVE LON MABON-TOM METZGER TIES

   Sources in the No on 9 campaign revealed that they have obtained a copy
   of a videotape of a San Diego meeting of the White Aryan Resistance in
   which a person believed to be Lon Mabon is shown standing next to Tom
   Metzger.  The Oregon state bureau of investigation as well as private
   investigators hired by the No on 9 campaign have been examining this
   person very closely to see if he can be positively identified as
   Lon Mabon.  The No on 9 campaign is said to be 99% certain that it
   is him; when they are 100% certain they will release the information
   to the news media, probably next week.

   Tom Metzger was tried and found liable in Portland earlier this year
   in a civil case resulting from the beating death of an Ethiopian man.
   If ties between Mabon and Metzger can be proven and widely made known,
   it would deal a body blow to the OCA in Oregon.

2. SECRETARY OF STATE REVEALS OREGON VOTER REGISTRATION AT A 25 YEAR HIGH

   The Elections Department has been buried under an avalanche of voter
   registration cards this year; the fierce debate over Measure 9 is seen
   as an important factor.  Secretary of State Phil Keisling tonight said
   that at the very least it is the highest proportion of voter registration
   in Oregon in 25 years, and may turn out to be an all-time record by the
   time all the forms are processed.  I personally registered a dozen
   people at work.  :)

3. OCA'S OWN GUEST SPEAKER COMES OUT AGAINST BALLOT MEASURE 9

   David Horowitz, editor of Heterodoxy, LA-area 'phobe magazine, was
   flown in by the OCA to campaign on their behalf -- and ended up
   coming out against Measure 9.

   Even organizations that are officially nonpolitical are finding ways
   of making their anti-9 views known.  The Irvington Neighborhood Ass'n
   officially opposed 9 despite the risk of losing their tax-exempt
   status with the IRS.  Every civic organization from the United Way
   to the Chamber of Commerce is jumping on the bandwagon.  In fact,
   there are so many organizations and businesses on record as opposing
   9 that it is quicker to say who supports it: the Lane County Republican
   Party (Springfield) and the Jackson County Republican Party (far
   Southern Oregon).  Virtually everyone else from the Governor down
   to candidates for municipal offices either opposes it or takes no
   position, including the entire Oregon congressional delegation,
   Democrat and Republican alike.  Even Republican Bob Smith, a
   member of the House with close ties to the OCA, has announced that
   he will vote against 9.  The Portland City Club, a prestigious
   nonpartisan group which normally issues majority and minority committee
   positions on all statewide ballot measures, for only the second
   time in its history gave a unanimous recommendation against 9.

Tonight at the no on 9 phone bank at Powell's Books, I even heard people who
were openly homophobic said they were going to vote against 9.  On my sheet
the 'no's were outnumbering the 'yes's by over 3 to 1, but there were
a fairly large number of undecideds.  This is, of course, a small sample,
but fairly typical among the volunteers tonight.  Anyway, it made me feel
a little better.  :)

I'm allowing myself to get my hopes up just a little bit.  But not too much.

-- 
Brent Capps                          | All friendly feelings toward others
bcapps@agora.rain.com (gay stuff)    | come from the friendly feelings a
bcapps@atlastele.com (telecom stuff) | person has for himself.  -- Aristotle