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...other issues, the race is a clear-cut ideological confrontation. Fitzgerald has raised $250,000 so far (much of it from wood-products companies) to Weaver's $55,000 (largely from environmental groups...
Stocky, balding Fitzgerald, who owns a 1,100-acre sheep ranch, made his mark politically as a county commissioner when he fought state controls on land development and timber production. Says he: "Weaver is an environmental perfectionist. Environmental perfection is something we can't afford." Weaver, a former builder and developer, replies that his environmental policies are in the area's best interest. Says he: "We can't afford to cut our timber faster, because if we do, we won't have any left. My constituents strongly support land-use planning. They don't want...
...fell Weaver, Fitzgerald has to cut at his base support among moderate voters in Eugene. So Fitzgerald has attacked Weaver for co-sponsoring proposed federal legislation in 1979 that would prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in jobs and housing. Voters in Eugene a year earlier vetoed a similar local ordinance 2 to 1. Fitzgerald also faults Weaver for having voted against most major defense appropriation bills during his six years in Congress. Former President Gerald Ford, his Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and conservative retired Army Generals John Singlaub and Daniel Graham are making pilgrimages into the district on Fitzgerald...
...there, a defendant generally must have been convicted of at least one felony and be charged either with a violent crime or with an offense, like armed robbery, where there is a threat of serious personal injury. There is never any shortage of candidates. Chief Criminal Judge Richard Fitzgerald, who oversees the program, estimates that 65% of the convicts in Illinois prisons are repeat offenders...
...assigning a prosecutor to each case for its duration instead of having it passed from one to another at various stages. Some programs, like Chicago's, act more quickly because the judges' case loads are lighter. Also important is their refusal to abide delays. Judge Thomas Fitzgerald, the third member of the Rock's troika, says he tries to limit continuances to 30 days, while judges elsewhere often allow 45 or 50 days...