Current City councilman of Downey Mario Guerra, republican state senator candidate representing SD32, is an very energetic and go-getting person. One can get an immediate impression, that he is a doer.  Dodging questions is never his style of being a Politician. On 9/11/14, TOC representatives met with him and candidly exchanged views that are concerned.  After learned more about his life, these takeaways make a lot more sense to us.

Mr. Mario is a successful small business owner, first generation immigrant from Cuba. He has realized American dream by taking advantages of opportunities this great country presented to him. He firmly believes equal opportunity, level playing field and hard working. During his 4-year tenure as Downey Mayor, he masterminded the plan to create 8000 jobs, revive Downey by bringing more businesses to the city, and make the City of Downey a much safe place to live. All these achievements are the result  of his believe to make the pie bigger, rather than to cut pieces from someone else’s pie.

On the issue of  SCA5, he does not think that races shall play a role in school admission process. As a father of 5, he does not take education lightly. He has been a strong advocator of Public Charter school program. Charter school is still a public school that is run by private entities. It brings positive competition to education systems with higher performance standard. Teachers are more accountable. 

Mr. Guerra supports Proposition 209. He believes that the passage of Proposition 209 contributes to higher graduation rates posted at University of California schools. In his interpretation, AA will actually hurt Latino students with lower graduation rates.

His conservative fiscal believe  is clearly reflected on his view of California bullet train project. With his strong business sense, he think the project is just another waste spending of tax payers’ money by California democratic government.

Mr. Guerra also supports immigration reform, a bipartisan plan to provide paths of legalizing illegal immigrants while securing our borders. He also shows his compassionate view of providing necessary social safety net to those who are vulnerable.  

Mr. Guerra has visited a few Chinese cities and was impressed by its achievements. He certainly appreciates hard working Chinese people in developing their economy and society.

Although his opponent has bad personal and political records, Mr. Guerra indicated that he is not running a negative campaign. He has such high confidence that his record will speak itself.  As the polling stands now, Mr. Guerra posts 44% to 35% lead over his opponent, democrat Tony Mendoza.

Mr. Guerra is a formidable candidate who truly demonstrates republic principles and values, as well as his ability and non-partisan experience to reach out to the other side of aisle. 

 http://www.guerraforsenate.com/