Rudy Garcia on Principles & Values

Born, raised, and worked in Arizona

Rudy was born in Nogales, AZ and raised in Douglas. He served in the US Army and was honorably discharged, was a steel worker with Bethlehem Steel in California for 20 years until the plant closed, then founded the non-profit Willie C. Velasquez Center that led to the education and naturalization of more than 100,000 legal immigrants Source: Campaign website, www.arizonaonthemove.com Dec 2, 2009

Recalled entire Bell Gardens City Council then became Mayor

Rudy initiated and carried out the first successful recall in the US of a TOTAL corrupt city council in Bell Gardens, CA, then became a member of the City Council and then Mayor of Bell Gardens, CA for more than 8 years. Source: Campaign website, www.arizonaonthemove.com Dec 2, 2009

Priorities on grassroots democracy & social justice

To understand what Rudy Garcia is about, these are the issues that are of priority to him:

Grass Roots Democracy

Social justice and equal opportunity.

Demilitarize

Improvement of our economy.

Education - Improve our learning system

Environmental responsibility.

Priority National health care system for all Americans.

Reduction of the National Debt

Refunding the Social Security trust fund that has been placed into the General Fund

Source: Campaign website, www.arizonaonthemove.com Nov 13, 2008

Democracy is not a spectator sport

Insure that all public representatives are fully accountable to the law
Expansion of the process of participatory democracy
Each human deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives and should not be subject to the will of politicians, corporations or lobbyists.
Restoration of our Constitutional Rights.
Clean elections for National offices.

Source: Campaign website, www.arizonaonthemove.com Nov 13, 2008

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