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Page 10 • Tuesday, March 2, 1999 s TATE GOP donor signs on for Bush candidacy BUSH WASHINGTON (AP) A key GOP fund-raiser among grass-roots conser vatives has signed on with Texas Gov. George W. Bush as Republican legislators from three more states urged him Monday to seek the pres idency. Jack Oliver, who raised nearly $3 million last year for Missouri Sen. John Ashcroft, will become Bush’s fi nance director if the governor gets into the race, a Bush ally said Monday. Oliver, 30, already is working for Bush in Austin. “He’s a supporter of the governor, and he’s offered to help, and he’s down here to help out, contingent on an announcement about a decision regarding an exploratory committee,” Bush spokesperson Mindy Tucker said. Bush is expected to announce in mid- March he is forming an exploratory cam paign committee to test the presidential wa ters. He already is building a campaign team. Bush had lunch Monday at the gover nor’s mansion in Austin with Republican State legislators from North Carolina, South Carolina and Connecticut. The gov ernor did not say whether he will run, Monday’s visitors all said. “My gut feeling is that he is going to run,” said Patrick Ballantine, GOP leader of the North Carolina Senate. David Wilkins, speaker of the South Carolina House, gave Bush a letter signed by 59 of the state’s 66 Republican House members urging him to run. Wilkins said Bush’s message of “compassionate con servatism” and his electoral success in Texas make him a candidate who can re claim the White House for the GOP. Connecticut House GOP leader Bob Ward said 90 percent of the Republican legislators in his state had signed a letter asking Bush to run. As director of Ashcroft’s fund-raising committee, Oliver built an impressive mailing list of more than 120,000 donors from the freshman senator’s conservative base. Ashcroft’s performance was considered one of the strongest among those who have dropped out of White House con tention. In an interview Monday, the sen ator said Oliver developed strong ties to conservatives. “It’s certainly fair to say Jack is famil iar with that community, and there are cer tainly people in that community who have a high degree of comfort with Jack,” Ashcroft said. A native of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Oliv er was Ashcroft’s finance director in his 1994 Senate race and has worked and cam paigned for a long line of Missouri Repub lican politicians. Texas Senate takes stab at bill requiring parental piercing approv AUSTIN (AP) — Parental permission would be required for Texans under 18 to pierce body parts ranging from navels to noses under a bill approved Monday by the Senate. The bill also would require body piercing studios to be licensed by the Texas Department of Health, which could charge them a fee and conduct inspec tions to ensure equipment is sanitary. Ear-lobe piercing facilities would be exempt. “I’m pleased that the Senate took a stab at putting a fine point on the reg ulations for body-piercing establish ments in Texas,” Lt. Gov. Rick Perry said after the bill won Senate approval, sending it to the House for considera tion. The measure by Sen. Frank Madia, D- San Antonio, would help ensure! piercing is done as safely as possible,! ry said. “It also protects children and] by requiring that those under 18year ; | age have permission from a parentb being pierced,” he said. The Health Department last yead wnpLimts irp.iidun; body pit that included unsanitary condition.'] appropriate touching and injuries cording to a bill analysis. Madia hai* earlobe piercings would be exempt] cause they have brought few if anyt plaints. There are about 500 body piercing! dios statewide that would require! cense and inspection, according toi Health Department. 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