Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 10:30:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevyn D Jacobs Subject: RRR takes over DEMOCRATIC party in Leavenworth Co. KS THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL, NOR IS IT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED AS YET. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING (I HOPE!) It has come to my attention from a fairly reliable source that RRR activists in Leavenworth County, Kansas, have taken over that county's DEMOCRATIC party (they already controlled the Republican party there). According to my source, a group of RRR activists all changed their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and then proceeded to run aggressively as stealth candidates for Democratic party positions that were vacant or not heavily contested. Using this method, they were able to successfully take over the Democratic party in Leavenworth County. Democrats have always been hitorically weak in Kansas (The land of Bob Dole, you know). Apparently, the RRR now controls BOTH parties in Leavenworth County. According to my sources, this is a totally NEW strategy by the RRR. They have been quite open about taking over Republican circles, and it appears that Leavenworth County was a test run - to see if, after having gained control of the GOP, they could then take over the opposing party. It appears to have worked, and we are likely to see this tactic again soon in other places in Kansas, and perhaps elswhere in the U.S as well. RRR activists in Kansas have stated that it is their desire to have "pro-life, pro-family" candidates running in all elctions by BOTH parties in Kansas by the year 2000. It appears that with Leavenworth County, they have started moving in that direction. It also appears that this was an orchestrated effort from outside Leavenworth County. Organizers from as-yet-unknown organizations at the state and national level apparently chose Leavenworth as a test case, and actively recruited fundamentalist Xians in that area to switch party affiliations and run. AGAIN - THIS IS NOT YET CONFIRMED. If anyone has information that could verify this, please let me know; we really need independent verification. Also, can anyone confirm that this is the FIRST time this has ever happened in the United States, as my source tells me? Kevyn Jacobs Electronic Organizer Equality Kansas 913.539.6275 kevyn@ksu.ksu.edu