-Caveat Lector- ------Forwarded Message------ I just thought this was a really fantastic New Years resolution. And at 89 years old too! Gerry (Read the article below) 1998 Granny To Walk U.S. For Campaign Finance Reform By Av Harris DUBLIN, N.H. (Reuters) - An 89-year-old New Hampshire woman has resolved to start 1999 with an eastward walk across the entire United States to take a personal crusade for election campaign finance reform to the capital. Doris Haddock, fondly known as "Granny D," hopes that by crossing thousands of miles, she will convince politicians that so-called "soft money" is a cancer in the U.S. political arena. "My purpose is to create a groundswell for campaign finance reform to eliminate the cancer," she said said. "My goal is to convince Congress that we, the people, do care about campaign finance reform." She has public meetings planned along the way. Unrestricted "soft money" mostly is raised by political action committees, or PACs, which can be linked to political parties. Such money is supposed to be for promoting party policies or messages, not the election of any particular candidate. Haddock aims to start her journey with California's Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena, Los Angeles, on Jan.1. She plans to reach the capital, Washington, D.C., in October. She has been practicing for her haul across 11 states for months near her home in the small southern New Hampshire town of Dublin. Haddock said she expects to carry all she needs on her back and will find places to lay her sleeping bag along the way. "I'll just walk 10 miles a day," she said. Her son, James Haddock, has set up a website for his plucky mother, www.grannyd.com, showing towns on her route and a copy of a petition she will hand out calling for Congress to enact campaign reforms. So far Haddock, shown in a website photograph in her straw hat and knapsack, has met with former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, the only Democrat to have formally announced his intentions to run for president in 2000. Bradley has made campaign finance reform a key issue of his own. "We the people do care how money is spent to become a political candidate," Granny D says in her website. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
