Volunteers helping Marion with phonebanking efforts at 777 Riverside Office

Membership Involvement Makes The Difference!

Local 777 staff and members joined Marion Ashley and his family as they monitored the results of the March 5, 2002, primary. When the absentee results were released, Marion led by a mere 7 percentage points. As the night wore on, the results of 777’s phone banking and walking efforts began to show; Marion began increasing his lead and never looked back!

While the rest of the field ran a dead even heat as mid-night approached, each garnering a mere 17% of the votes cast, Marion finished with a solid 33% of the vote—nearly doubling all of his opponents. In the end, Steve Williams bested the remaining candidates and will be our/Marion’s opponent for the November run off.

In his victory speech, Marion thanked 777 for our efforts on his behalf. He pointed out that “the only people who phoned and walked” for him were 777 members and staff. He also credited us with helping him to increase the margin of victory.

While we prevailed in the primary, the battle is not yet won. This is the time to step up our efforts on Marion’s behalf. We now have our own 777 phone bank and will, once again, put it to use for Marion this fall. It will be a long time before we are presented with the opportunity to elect someone with Marion’s credentials, understanding of our issues, who also has a desire to work with us. Let’s get Marion, our friend, and future boss elected!!

Bob Doyle posted an overwhelming victory in his bid to become Riverside County’s next Sheriff. With 777 Representative, Kathie Delgado, leading the charge, our Local assisted Sheriff-Elect Doyle by contacting voters via phone banks.

We are pleased to report that we are also supporting Robert Byrd for Auditor-Controller! As each County department should be audited every two years we are hopeful that together we can uncover and identify waste to save taxpayers money and provide more resources for better services!