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Panetta re-election a safe bet nreserve the coastline. Pano. i 1 1 "csrn i ss2I Leon Panetta This is not the kind of world where we can go it alone "The thing that helps is that there's an election every two years, because as you know, this issue crosses political boundaries, with conservatives and environmentalists against it," he says. But he concedes there will have to be a "give and take." The pressure to reach a long-range plan is on the oil companies themselves, Panetta says. "They've gotten nothing in the last eight years.

Had they reached an agreement somewhere along the line, there would have been some areas they could be exploring," he says. As part of the overall plan to Stanley Monteith I Wants to 'get the truth out' about AIDS. Monteith wants traditional values right to a clean shoreline, decent housing and a debt-reduced future. Panetta describes himself as a conservative on fiscal issues and a liberal on social issues. When asked about his rating by the National Journal as more liberal than 68 percent of his colleagues in the House on economic and social issues, he says: "I absolutely do not pay attention to those ratings.

Out of 1,000 votes a congressman casts, these groups take 10 votes that they consider important. I can take 10 votes of Ronald Reagan and make him out to be a left-wing kook." Panetta's record in Congress Is one of accomplishment and leadership, especially when it comes to offshore oil drilling and budget issues. He has led the effort against offshore oil drilling, a battle he calls the equivalent of "guerrilla warfare." While there are many factors that no one can control which will affect the future of the offshore oil debate such as the price of a barrel of oil from the OPEC countries Panetta says he's cautiously optimistic. The safest bet in thin nnllHrnl season is that U.S. Rep.

Leon Panetta will win a seventh term to the House of Representatives. The 50-year-old Democrat, who makes his home in Carmel Valley, is equally as popular with the farmers as with the environmentalists in the 16th Congressional District, which covers parts of Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito and San Luis Obispo counties. These days Panetta is spending his time on the public-speaking circuit, talking to local government officials, private groups and high-school students. It's a job he does well, for everywhere Panetta appears he's met with enthusiastic applause. While he still has to retain his House seat, Panetta is devoting untold hours explaining how he'll solve the massive federal deficit once he becomes chairman of the House Budget Committee.

It's widely assumed Panetta, who lost in his bid for the same powerful position four years ago, will ascend to the chairmanship this time. Panetta talks about the need for cutting back defense spending, holding down entitlements, and raising revenue. It's a prescription Panetta has been describing for years but, he complains, it's one of the many answers not forthcoming from either presidential candidate. "It's a very depressing campaign," he said in a recent interview. The presidential race is rife with "programmed answers" and "negative campaigning, and the public's really turned off by that." Ask Panetta about his rival, Republican challenger Dr.

Stanley Monteith, and he shrugs his shoulders and says he doesn't know much about the man "Vrai know more about him than I do." And so, in this David and Goliath race, Panetta finds himself in the role of being Goliath, although he'd rather have you think of him as David, fighting for the little guy's 8anta Crux County's nawspapar Advertising Display ads 423-4242 or 688-6512 (1:30 i.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) Classified 426-8000 or 6884612 (6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondiy through Friday; 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday) FAX number (408) 423-1154 News Newsroom 423-4242 or 6884512 (9 a.m. to midnight, Monday-Thursday, Saturday; 9 a.m.

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Panetta believes Congress will look toward imposing some sort of new tax in the next two-year session, although he's convinced It won't "revisit tax reform." Instead the taxes will likely be placed on oli or gas, cigarettes or alcohol, or on other goods. In foreign affairs, Panetta has been an outspoken critic of the Reagan administration's policies in America. He says the public is "very ambivalent" about aid to the contras, and he thinks the majority of Americans "want to see if there's any hope for peace." That will have to come from the Central American countries themselves, Panetta says. It's also true, of the crises in drugs, world debt, AIDS and the "greenhouse effect." "No matter where you look, the solutions will require an ability to work with other nations," he says "This is not the kind of world where we can go It alone anymore." Although Panetta has made a point of returning his pay raises some $11,000 to date he toes the party line when it comes to voting for Congressional perks. He's voted for the congressional budget, against a freeze on that budget! against blocking a larger House staff, against limiting free postage, against blocking a 4-percent pay hike, and for funding for House committees.

But overall, Panetta's concerns are with the common man. When asked if the country Is better off than it was eight years ago, the congressman says: "That depends on what you're looking at. There are portions of our society that are in deeper trouble. Even people in the middle are finding that both parents have to work. The upper-income people have done We've come through eight years probably having Improved somewhat, but raising a lot of questions about the future." for City Council sms? to Incumbent Democrat Leon Panetta and Republican challenger Stanley Monteith are running for the 16th Congressional District seat.

The district takes in much of Santa Cruz County, Monterey County and parts of San Benito and San Luis Obispo counties. Today's interviews were conducted by Sentinel staff writer Jamie Marks. Does Santa Cruz have a good reputation? (PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT) Paid for by Dave Steeves Lnrti-kinri 1I1 ji-fcki i The conservative counterpart to Rep. Leon Panetta is embodied in Dr. Stanley Monteith, a Santa Cruz -orthopedic surgeon who's con-i cerned with restoring "traditional family values" to America.

Monteith decided to challenge Panetta for the 16th congressional seat out of his deep conviction that the deadly AIDS virus has been rallowed to spread because of lies promulgated by the California Association and public health organizations around the jcountry. 4 Monteith says he tried to "get the 3ruth out" about AIDS at a recent convention in Reno, but his table was shut down and he was prevented from distributing fliers. -When his friends passed out the fliers anyway, "they (the convention organizers) sent out monitors to pick up the fliers." i 'In the end, he was given just two iriinutes to give his side of the AIDS threat. I-The media is at fault, he adds, for not telling the truth about such Bire problems as the spread of communism worldwide and the move toward socialism at home. "This is the story Barbara Walters doesn't tell," begins one of many tape recordings Monteith has handed out during his campaign.

Monteith, 59, has been a member or many organizations, but one of his most controversial associations Jims with the John Birch Society, With which he is no longer affiliated. In a letter Monteith sent last year to Charles Armour, the leader of the John Birch Society, Monteith called on the group to take the lead in combating AIDS. IHe suggested setting up AIDS committees in every chapter of the 3ohn Birch Society to disseminate the "truth" about the disease. I the entire subject of AIDS gets into sex education, moral breakdown, humanism, and all of the sinister forces which work behind the scenes attempting to destroy our society. This will be a tremendous opportunity to educate the general public as to what has gone wrong with America," he wrote.

really believe this may be our ofle last chance to awaken the American public. Indeed, it may be God's gift to us to give us the one last chance as a nation to change our ways." he wrote. 3VIonteiths belief that sVaOaAtitel "subversive elements" are at work in society was proved, he says, by whoever leaked the letter to the public. Monteith stands firmly behind the goals of Proposition 102, which was written by Santa Cruz physician Dr. Larimore Cummins.

The initiative would require doctors and health officials to report the names of people who test positive to the AIDS antibody. He says it would finally put AIDS in the realm of other sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea. Critics of Prop. 102 argue it will ruin the program of anonymous testing, which they say has successfully curtailed the spread of the deadly disease. But Monteith argues that the disease is far from contained.

"At the current rate of doubling, within five years there will be 10 million people infected. The cost in human suffering of this epidemic is indescribable and inexcusable," he says. "In addition, the financial cost of caring for these tragic victims will be beyond the resources of even this great nation. The very fabric of our society will be undermined by this epidemic if It is not brought under control." While he is focusing much of his campaign on the AIDS issue, Monteith has taken aim at Panetta for failing to support the contra "freedom fighters" in Nicaragua and for supporting higher taxes to support congressional salary increases. "The Democrats have continued increasing taxes for 34 years," he says, vowing he would not, under any circumstances, vote for a tax hike.

He also adamantly opposes the move toward a "centralized government." If elected, Monteith would work to disband the departments of education, transportation and energy. Monteith is financing his campaign through his own funds and small donations. He says, unlike Panetta, he would not take money from political action committees. As to why he would challenge a popular congressman who's considered a shoo-in, Monteith says he felt compelled to bring attention to the AIDS issue. "I'm not a politician.

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