ABG’s Guarantees
I commit, from the second I swear my oath until the moment Gavin Newsom signs the Gas Tax Holiday, to officially go on hunger strike.
I will force Governor Newsom to sign the gas tax holiday in order to bring much-needed relief to over 35,000,000 struggling Californians. Our state displays the highest gas prices in the nation on our pumps, with taxes and fees that rise every passing year. In the coming years, California is on the path to seeing $6, $7, and even $10 gas by the end of the decade. This is a key component of the climate change agenda. Their goal is to ruthlessly force you to “go electric” by making it absolutely unaffordable to run a gas-powered vehicle.
The gas tax is the most regressive and heinous tax our state has ever come up with.
Of every gallon of gas purchased in California, approximately $1.18 (+ fees) is pure taxation.
Fuel is the lifeblood through which we all power our daily lives. Everybody: rich and poor, old and young, Democrat and Republican all pump the same gas. This issue should never have been politicized or turned into a climate change agenda priority. Yet here we are, paying $5 gas while our taxes are funneled to the pockets of Gavin Newsom’s favorite contractor buddies.
What have the Republicans in Sacramento done while we suffer through this cycle of economic terrorism? Nothing. Their idea of fighting consists of drafting a press release, docu-signing it, then tweeting it at our governor. Gavin Newsom probably hasn’t even read a single plea from any of our hopeless representatives in Sacramento. The reality is, with absolutely no power in the legislature, we must devise a new strategy to force the governor’s hand in taking action on this issue.
Every member of the CA State Assembly receives a taxpayer-funded salary of $122,694 per year. However, did you know that each member also receives a daily per diem (aka. allowance) of $214 a day to spend on food, lodging, or really however they see fit? Per-diems are not taxed, and it is an open secret that most Sacramento politicians “live on” their per-diem, which frees up their salary to be invested in side businesses and countless other lucrative opportunities fueled by insider knowledge.
As your assemblyman, I pledge to my constituents of Assembly District 05 I will spend every dollar of my per diem directly on the people of my district.
What does this mean? It means my staff and I will handpick a constituent of AD-05 to be driven to Sacramento to have lunch or dinner with me every day (or at my office in the district when the legislature is out of session). I will use my per-diem to sit down and break bread with my people, while simultaneously enriching myself with real-time knowledge on arising local issues which plague my district. I want to do this because I am of the strong belief that my per-diem belongs to YOU. As far as I am considered, it is OUR per-diem!
I will not use a dime of our per-diem to eat alone or to pay my rent or to feed my unborn children. I am a young, single man who is capable of surviving on $122,000 a year while living in Placer County. I will return every dime, innovatively, to the people of our district over the course of my term.
I intend for a majority of my lunches to be with particular segments of our community who are oftentimes overlooked. These will include older at-risk youth, homeless veterans, senior citizens on Medicare, etc. I truly want to listen to the real marginalized people in our society.
Additionally, I commit to providing a transparent and detailed account of how every dollar of the per-diem is spent, ensuring that the constituents of AD-05 are well-informed about the direct impact of this allowance on community engagement and development. This transparency will be maintained throughout my term, fostering trust and accountability in the representation of our district.
I intend for a majority of my lunches to be with particular segments of our community who are oftentimes overlooked. These will include older at-risk youth, homeless veterans, senior citizens on Medicare, etc.. I truly want to listen to the real marginalized people in our society.
I will be the only CA GOP Assemblyman with the courage to declare, on the floor of the CA Assembly, that CA elections are inundated with voter fraud and require an immediate statewide audit NOW! I will propose a bill that audits all voter rolls in the state and purges our voter sheets of the dead and illegal voters we know exist. How can we ever get to the bottom of the issue if we are stonewalled at every intersection by biased judges and corrupt officials? The few Republicans left in Sacramento must take this strong stance and fight for our democracy here in California before it is too late.
I will also propose a bill that immediately halts the formerly emergency sanctioned “vote by mail” system which was then forcefully enacted into state law forever. Millions and millions of paper ballots fluttering around is absolutely great cause for concern in a state rampant with corruption such as ours.
There will never again be a free and fair election again in California if we do not level the playing field and eliminate the cheating within our system. We will achieve free and fair elections in CA once again by demanding the following:
- Same Day Voting
- Paper Ballots
- Hand Counting
- Voter ID
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