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...Mindset" is the wordpeople use to talk about the state treasurer's race between incumbent Robert Crane and challenger Lew Crampton. Crane has been there for 14 years--back through the Volpe and Sargent years--and even if the state's electorate goes to the polls to elect a Republican governor, Crane and other Democrats who run for lower state offices always seem to stand pat through the storm...
Everyone seems to think that Lew Crampton is a nice guy. "An unusually attractive candidate," Frank says. "Unquestionably qualified for the job, personally and professionally," Crampton supporter and State Rep. Mel King says. Yet on the eve of the election, Crampton is fighting to be seen, saying, "Sure, visibility has been a big problem." He just came off a weekend "big blitz" of the state--on the road with three Winnebagos--to talk and press flesh and distribute some 50,000 pieces of campaign literature...
...Crampton has criticized his opponent for "maladministration--for losing $30 million in one year through sloppy cash management." Crampton tells the story of how Crane helped out the Coolidge Bank & Trust, after being employed by that bank's third-largest stockholder. According to Crampton, Crane deposited a $14 million welfare clearing account in Coolidge during 1973-74. Participating in the State Board of Bank Incorporators, Crane helped Coolidge take over two faltering banks in Lincoln and Arlington, Crampton said. "If that's not a conflict of interests, what is?" he asked. "If the man weren't holding political office...
...Crampton, who squares off against incumbent Democrat Robert Q. Crane in the November final, said that he wants to modernize the office...
...They administer a $4.5 million budget out of a series of shoeboxes," Crampton said. He also blasted Crane for what he termed "inept handling" of the state's lottery...