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1776 IG STRE''L. NORTfiVslEST/WASHINGTON. D.C. 20oCD6 202/457-480OOi7A 1iO L'. FREE M11vfBER IS: 800/424-9876 October 3'0 , 1978 TO: Messrs. Kelly, Bankhead, Oliverio, Dowdell, Greer, Grefe, Pepples, Stevens and!Temko ` FROM: Mike Kerrigan SUBJECT: Dade Gounty' Initiative/Status Report ,. At Jack Relly's suggestion and with John Bankhead's timely input, I have drafted for your review a report on the Dade County Initiative. Here follows a summary of'the current activities of Mr. Charles Freefield and'Dr. Charles Tate (the President and Vice-President of the Dade County chapter of GASP')l as well as a preliminary formulation of our initial action plan to combat the proposed initiative. CURRENT ACTIVITIES Action T.iming. Dade County Commission approves 10/4/78 Initiative Petition Ccopy attached hereto) Deadline for new county petitioning, 10/5/78 procedures Messrs. Freefield and Tate appear on Radio Talk Shows* ~ WKAT WNWS WIOD 10/9/78' 10/12/78 10'/'13/ 7 8 County Clerk releases petition for 10/16/78' circulation GASP kickoff'meeting on initiative 10'/16/78' petition drive IMCHtEI~. I'. IM5tR7GAN Director of Field A'ctivities 202/457-48891 . O W C1~ C+7 * Once pettition is on ballot, our comni.ttee will contact Vt stations for equal time.

October 3'0~, 1978 Page two CiJRRENT' ACTIVITIES (continued) Action Timing Tobacco Institute request of 10/17/78 company sales forces to be on looko t Miami-Herald article reporting, petitioners have collected 5,0100 signatures (previous articles attached)' 10/24/78 Tobacco Institute status report 10/3'0/78' and "preliminary" action plan Investigatory phase of action plan 11/1-17/'78' Deadline for fi ling 10,000 signatures 11/1:6/78' Petitions will be presented to County 11/17/78'. ,Coamissioner* to determine compliance County Commi'ssioner could theoreti- 3'/17/78 or before cally adopt (i.e. legislative process, motion to hold hearing, etc. In September no commissioner seconded Dr. Tate''s proposal. However, given the expense of a special election, the County Commissioners couldiat this stage, initiate the legislative process) the initiative or submit it to the voters. The County Coramissioners have 30 days to come to this decision. If a special electio is called it must be held within 120 days after the peti- tion is presented to the Board. * Note: Petitioners have an additional 30 days to cure any errors in the petztions.

PRELSMINARY'ACTION PLAN C Action Timing Local legal review of requirements Request 10/2'5'' to set up committee to combat Report 11/2' proposed initiative Initiate process~ to set up cam- paign committee, 'identify proposed treasurer and proposed chairmzn~ Investigate various campaign firms who~ might handle initiative Investigate various polling firms who might handle i.nitiative. Request 10/27 Report 11/'12' Possible Implementation 3-1/17' Request 10/2'7 Interview 11/9 Possible Implementation 11/17 Request 10/27 interview 11/10 Possible Implementation 11/17 Construct Preliminary Budget * 11/6/78 Propose revised Action Plan based 11/8/'78 upon two alternatives. At this time. the level of company personnel in- volvement and participation would be discussed. Be prepared to agree on course 11/17/78 of action whether the issue proceeds via a special election or through the legislative process SUMMARY o. W In addition to monitoring the actions of GASP and proceeding Q'a with the preliminary action plan as outlined above, each of ~ the County Commissioners is presently being canvassed to ~ determine if their attitudes have changed~or are changing ~ relative to pursuing the matter via the special election or entertaining t_he issue via the legislative process. Although the recent history on the issue augurs for a special election,, the cost of a special election might pursuade the Commi:ssiorters * Initial estimations on a budget to oppose the initiative in a special election campaign are targ,eted at $300,000. Said'campaign would'incliude telephone banks, direct mail and radio targeted at 662,500.1registered voters in Dade County.

SUMMARY (continued) to opt for the legislative alternative. In our view, the worse case scenario would be the legislative alternative. Accordingly, we are monitoring the matter constantly to insure the maximum response time should such action be taken. by the Commissioners. I look forward to your comments. M.7R. smb Enclosures p . Vi . Q .1~;:r