and preserve the environment.
Gov. Engler, he believes, has
dropped the ball.
"This administration doesn't
seem to sense that we have a
stewardship responsibility," he
said. "The environment is not ours
to consume. It has a religious di-
mension to it. It's God-given."
Ross believes his biggest chal-
lenge will be convincing citizens
that civic and political action still
matter.
Although no Democratic can-
didates for governor have official-
ly been declared, the state election
office lists the following names as
having active gubernatorial can-
didate committees: Larry Owen
(Lansing), Jim Berryman (Adri-
an), Edward Hamilton (Troy),
Karen Willard (Lansing), Frank
Harbus (Warren) and Jim Agee
(Muskegon).
Ross believes his accomplish-
ments set him off from the pack.
As founder of the Michigan Citi-
zens Lobby, for example, he orga-
nized a successful petition drive
to repeal the sales tax on food and
medicine, and pushed through
laws to give Michigan one of the
first generic prescription drug
bills.
In 1975, Ross directed the Corn-
mon Cause campaign that re-
sulted in restrictions on lobbyists.
As a state senator (1978-82), he
pushed through the Wetlands
Protection Act. As Michigan Com-
merce Department director, he
helped bring jobs back home when
everyone thought the state would
rust to death.
He's proud of these things be-
cause they made people realize
they really do have the power to
make things happen.
In addition to his years of pub-
lic service, Ross has been involved
in a number of community orga-
nizations including the Jewish
Community Council, Jewish As-
sociation for Residential Care,
Mu-Defamation League and the
American Jewish Committee.
Most recently, Ross served as
assistant secretary for employ-
ment and training in the U.S. De-
partment of Labor in the Clinton
Administration from 1993 to 1995.
He was responsible for job train-
ing programs, the Job Corps,
school-to-work legislation and the
proposed GI Bill for Working
Americans.
"It was exciting [to be in Wash-
ington]," Ross said, "but murder
on a marriage." His wife Karol, a
psychologist, took the opportuni-
ty to go to law school, so both were
working 16-18 hour days. "We de-
pleted our marriage capital," he
said. "It was time to come home
and take the marriage to the next
level."
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from Slingblade to Con Air.
Before starting to work on the
gubernatorial campaign, the cou-
ple, married 20 years in August,
took time to travel to China. And
to completely relax, Mr. Ross jogs
and reads political biographies.
They have three children,
Mitchell, 28, who is pursuing his
Ph.D. at Syracuse University;
Doug, 26, a computer networking
engineer in Austin; and Julie, 23,
an MSU graduate, working in San
Francisco.
Karol was divorced with three
young children when she met
Doug and the two fell "instantly"
in love. "It was love at first talk,"
said Ross, who convinced his wife
to marry him on her parents' back
porch. He subsequently adopted
the children.
For Ross, the decision to run for
public office was made by the en-
tire family. "We're a team," he
said, "and everyone is on board."
Now they're on a mission to re-
cruit the voters. "Look at Michi-
gan," said Ross. "We have two
U.S. senators — one a Jewish
American and the other an Arab
American. Our communities are
gratifyingly open.
"It's time to elect a Jewish gov-
ernor and I think the state is
ready." ❑
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Hitler Gets A Wine
An Italian bottler defends Nazi dictator's photo on
wine labels and refuses to take it off the market.
LONNY GOLDSMITH STAFF WRITER
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ocal wine dealers say it Co. in Royal Oak, can't see how
would ruin their business if someone would be so irresponsi-
they carried an Italian wine ble.
that features a picture of
"Most wine companies are sen-
Adolf Hitler on its labels.
sitive to the sensibilities of peo-
But the European bottler has ple," Boudt said. "When wine gets
refused to pull "Fuehrer" wine off imported, it's channeled though
his shelves. The wine features la- big distributors on the East
bels bearing Hitler's face and the Coast. Big companies wouldn't
slogans "Sieg Heil" (hail victo- touch something like this because
ry) on one and "Ein Volk, Ein Re- it would ruin their business."
ich, Ein. Fuehrer" (one people, one
According to Andrea Lu-
empire, one leader) on the other. nardelli, who works for his fa-
According to Gibran Jabboori, ther's wine bottling firm near
sales manager at L & L Wine Udine in northeastern Italy, the
World, a Troy-based distributor, wine's names were just gimmicks
Detroit-area residents shouldn't to boost sales, and no offense was
worry about this wine landing intended.
here.
The Lunardelli firm success-
"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tob- fully defended the wine in a 1995
baco and Firearms has guidelines court case, saying Fuehrer wine
on what labels need to look like," was part of a collection featuring
Jabboori said. "I can't see any famous leftist figures. Other
way that it would get sanctioned, commemorative bottles are
or that it would be legally carried named for Cuban guerrilla fight-
in the United States. We are er Ernesto "Che" Guevara, com-
owned by a Jewish family, and munist leaders Vladimir Ilich
we would never carry anything Lenin and Karl Marx. ❑
like that."
Reuters News Service contributed
Elie Boudt, owner of Elie Wine to this story.
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