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Andrea Fischer
Running For Top Post

KIMBERLY LIFTON

Staff Writer

etroit

attorney An-
drea Fischer is on the
way up in Republican
politics. While in law school,
she was an advance planner
for then vice president George
Bush. In 1990, she was
John Engler's finance chair
in his winning gubernatorial
campaign.
Recently, she was sitting
next to Mr. Bush at a fund-
raising dinner at the Dear-

born Ritz-Carlton. Ms.
Fischer sold the most tickets
for the $1,000-a-person
event.
Now she has new aspira-
tions. Ms. Fischer, 33, just
promoted to partner at
Miller Canfield, wants the
political title Ronna Romney
has held for eight years.
She plans to run against
Ms. Romney for the position
of Republican National
State Committeewoman at
the Republican State Con-
vention, to be held in Detroit
May 29-30.
If she wins, Ms. Fischer
will be one of three Michigan
representatives to the
Republican National Com-
mittee.

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H. Ross Perot asked a staff
member last week to phone
The Jewish News, saying he
would like to talk to the Jew-
ish community about Israel.
Just days later, USA Today
reported that the would-be
presidential candidate
belongs to a club that ex-
cludes Jews.
During an interview on
CNN's "Larry King Live"
show last week, a caller ask-
ed Mr. Perot about the club.
"I only go there about once a
year to have lunch and be-
cause it's a safe place for my
children to swim. We don't
use it that much," Mr. Perot
said on television. "If it
bothers the people, I'm out."
In another political devel-
opment, President Bush's

choice of campaign manag-
ers has come under close
scrutiny of Jewish critics.
Running his national cam-
paign is Frederick Malek,
who resigned as a Bush ad-
visor in 1988 after he com-
piled a list of Jews who
worked in the. Labor
Department.
Local Republican leaders
say Mr. Malek is not anti-
Semitic.

United Synagogue
Wants Voting

United Synagogue of Con-
servative Judaism wants its
members to vote. Yet its
leaders forgot one small
thing. They alerted the
media but not the syn-
agogues.
Concerned that as many as
1 million eligible American
Jews are not registered to
vote, United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism this
month launched Project
Registration and Vote, a
grass-roots effort aimed at
increasing Jewish voting
power.
"It sounds like a great
program," said Adat Shalom
Synagogue Executive Direc-
tor Alan Yost. "We'd like to
participate. We just don't
know anything about it."
Carol Tarica, Detroit area
representative for United
Synagogue, said she is
aware of the project, but
added she hasn't yet receiv-
ed information from the na-
tional organization for local
distribution.
She will forward the in-
formation to the synagogues
when it arrives.
As part of the project,
United Synagogue will
devote an issue of the organ-
ization's social action
newsletter to the subject of
voter registration. Once the
information is distributed,
congregations will be asked
to submit names for selec-
tion of a community cam-
paign chair.

School Board Prez
Bids For Prosecutor

Macomb County Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney
Steven Kaplan is ready for
some tough politicking.
Earlier this month, Mr.
Kaplan, 38, who also has
served as Southfield school
board president since 1990,
announced he was making a
bid for the Oakland County
prosecutor's job, now held by
Richard Thompson.

