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MAJORn W F .N S -**-*%u2019%u2022 V %u25bc m. MJL. K S(The CongressmanWho Cares)Fighting for:%u2605 Laws to limit the spread of firearms that kill and disable innocent citizens.%u2605 Tougher mandatory penalties for drug dealing, illegal weapons possession, violent crime, and sexual abuse.%u2605 New mandatory penalties for using children to push drugs.%u2605 Eliminating wasteful funding for the construction of additional MX/Trident II nuclear missiles.%u2605 A nuclear-free city including a prohibition against nuclear weapons at Staten Island Homeport.%u2605 Cutting funding for %u201c Star Wars%u201d military research.%u2605 Total trade embargo against South Africa.%u2605 Immediate divestment of U.S. Corporations from South Africa and other tough sanctions.%u2605 The repeal of Gramm-Rudman which cuts funds for housing, day care, senior centers.There is a difference in the 12th Congressional Districtand that difference is MAJORVOTE TO REELECT CONGRESSMANMAJOR OWENSTuesday, September 9thPolls Open 6am-9pmDemocratic Primary DayPaid forby CongressmanMajor Owens in '86RE-ELECTASSEMBLYWOMANEILEEN DUGANEndorsed By:_________________%u2022 Governor Mario Cuomo%u2022 Congressman Stephen Solarz%u2022 Congressman Ed Towns%u2022 State Senator Martin Connor%u2022 Councilman Sal Aibanese%u2022 Councilman Steve Di Brienza%u2022 Councilman Abe Gerges%u2022 State Councilwoman Joan Milman%u2022 District Council 37%u2022 United Federation of Teachers%u2022 Local 1814 I LA%u2022 A.D.A.%u2022 Bay Ridge Democrats%u2022 Independent & Neighborhood Democrats%u2022 Lambda Independent Democrats%u2022 West Brooklyn Independent DemocratsDEMOCRATIC PRIMARYTUESDAY %u2022 SEPTEMBER 91986 Primary Day PrimerBack On The BallotContinued from Page 7cam e iu u u n c p le d gin g tu lib c i ciiiZe the c l6Ction law. In the recent legislative session she even voted for State election law changes that would have limited the penalties that could be applied to legal challenges like the one she mounted against her opponents.LaBella is outraged by Dugan%u2019s position on election law reform. %u201cShe says she is a reformer when she turns around and puts a knife in my back,%u201d he says.Dugan%u2019s motives, however, are clear. Much of this campaign is a replay of what took place in 1984, when the very first round of this boxing match began. Golkin was then running in the Democratic primary for the Assembly seat. After she won the party nomination by a margin of two to one, Dugan then faced LaBella in the November general election. LaBella was then a registered Conservative and was running with three party nominations: his own, the Republican and the Right-to-Life. He lost that bid and Dugan took over 80 percent of the votes cast.Dugan considers the pair %u201can annoyance%u201d and questions why a former Republican would change parties so fast. %u201c LaBella is really a Republican,%u201d she says. %u201cThey are just wasting their time.%u201dLaBella rebuts that Dugan is trying to establish a dynasty and does not want to be challenged.With the primary less than a week away, the candidates have had little opportunity to express any political messages to the voters. Issues like State medicaid funding for abortion and gay rights are sensitive. Dugan, who supports both, says she is not afraid to confront LaBella on his stand, though she will acknowledge that they are problem issues for her in the Bay Ridge end of the district.Dugan%u2019s name is also tossed about viciously by some other local political foes from her home base, Carroll Gardens, who have opposed her presence in Albany for several years. Celia Cecase, a South Brooklyn resident, blames Dugan and her relationship with the Carroll Gardens Association for gentrification in the neighborhood that she says has cause a lot of people to lose their homes.Dugan scoffs at the claim and points at theA ssem blym em ber Eileen Duganeconomic activity in the neighborhood as evidence of her and some of the neighborhood associations efforts. She has also been actively involved in local industrial projects to help retain and in many instances rebuild some of the industrial sites along the Brooklyn waterfront.The three-term State legislator is also visibly involved with local community and school board activities and when she is not in Albany is present at nearly all the local meetings. To thwart any challenge emanating from Bay Ridge, she also opened an office in that neighborhood which she began to represent in 1982 after re-districting, an attempt to gain some ground with her constituents there.LaBella, along with the coalition of local opponents, says that these moves were just attempts to add to her stronghold.Now that Dugan seems likely to face a primary race, she says %u201cshe is ready to campaign.%u201d She has filed an appeal in Federal Circuit Court to try to again remove the candidates from the ballot. Golkin admits that it will now be a difficult race to win and adds, in words that seem to sting with a moral overtone, %u201cJust being on the ballot would be an empty victory.%u201dLaBella and Golkin have vowed to return in 1988 and again fight Dugan for the seat. %u201cWe want to smoke her out,%u201d he says about the rematch he hopes to have in two years.Few Local Candidates Have Filed TheirFinancial Statements As Primary Grows NearLittle attention is being paid to this year%u2019s primary races and even less attention is being paid to the campaign finances, even by the candidates. Candidates for state offices are required to file campaign committee finance statements with the State Board of Elections in Albany every three months. An additional two reports are required 32 days and 11 days before primary and general elections.According to the State Board of Elections, only three candidates in the Downtown area districts filed the quarterly report due July 1 including State Senator Velmanette Montgomery (22nd District), Assemblymember Eileen Dugan (52nd District) and Andy LaBella, who had planned to run against Dugan until the State Supreme Court invalidated his candidacy.Candidates do not have to file financial reports under two circumstances, according to Steve LeFevre, a spokesperson with the State Board of Elections. If a candidate has no opposition or if they are not spending anymoney, they do not have to file. LeFevre says there is no enforcement unless someone turns a candidate into the Board of Elections.The lack of races in the downtown area accounts for the small number of finance reports in Albany, although it does not excuse Anna Jefferson, a candidate in the 22nd Senate district challenging Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblymember A1 Vann (56th A.D.), Assemblymember Roger Green (57th A.D.) or the candidates running in the Democratic primaries in both of their districts, Robert Hunter and Stanley Frere. While Vann and Green are still struggling for places in the Democratic primary, they were required to file.LeFevre says that approximately 70 %u201corders to show cause%u201d as to why the statements were not filed have been mailed out to incumbents and challengers statewide. He would not specify if any of the downtown Brooklyn candidates were recipients of the order from State Supreme Court. The penalty for failing to file is a $100 fine. %u2014 R.T.The Who,What, When,Where AndHow For VotingIn The PrimarySeptember 9Tuesday, Sept. 9, is primary election day and thepolls will be open from 6am to 9pm. The Board ofElections has mailed voter registration cards that include Election District and Assembly District information. If you are not sure where to go to vote inyour district, call the Board of Elections at (212)924-1860 where the phones will be manned from5am to 10pm.You do not need your voter registration ID inorder to vote, but you will need some identification,for example a driver%u2019s license, that shows yoursignature. Those voters marking absentee ballots hadto have them in the mail by Sept. 2, though theballots can be personally dropped at the BrooklynBoard of Elections office at 345 Adams St. on%u2022 ---- * 1 A . ! J - , * ip i u u a i y u c u i u u u a ) u n t i l l a i u u u .The District Attorney has set up a special phoneline to take complaints about illegal election procedures and irregularities. If you run into questionable electioneering or voter registration, call theDA at 802-2989.Page 10, THE PHOENIX, Septem ber 4, 1986