Meet Art Olivier, the Libertarian Candidate for Governor of California.

Art, his wife Joyce and their four children live in Bellflower. Art was an engineer at Boeing for 20 years. He is currently building homes in Bellflower. He has a degree in Design Technology from Cerritos College and a certificate in Advanced Computer Technology from the University of California, Irvine.

Art is the former Mayor of Bellflower, a Los Angeles suburb with 77,000 residents. He eliminated the city's lighting tax assessment at the same time services to the city improved through privatization and a competitive bidding process. Olivier privatized the city's tree trimming, crossing guards, street sweeping and the Building Department. He stopped every attempt by the city to use eminent domain during the time that he was on the city council.

An amateur motocross champion in his younger years, Art now enjoys riding on motorcycle trails in the scenic mountains and deserts of California with friends and family.

In January 2006, Olivier announced that he plans to challenge Arnold Schwarzenegger in a run for California Governor in the 2006 election.

In a press statement Olivier said, “The Governor broke his promise for fiscal restraint with his budget that is 30 percent higher than the one that got Davis recalled just three years ago”.

If elected, Olivier says he would work hard to reduce the cost of government.

"The only benefit the state should provide to people that are here illegally is transportation back to their place of origin. Benefits for government workers should not exceed benefits earned by the taxpayers. Using market rates instead of prevailing wages will reduce the cost of all public sector construction and the depression era Field Act should be repelled so classrooms can be economically built,” Olivier said.

Olivier says that he believes that no one should be forced to join a union and that some public services can be performed better and cheaper by private companies.

According to Olivier, the government needs to allow the construction of oil refineries to bring down the price of gas, power plants to be built to avoid blackouts and more private tolls roads to built to ease gridlock.

“With common sense changes in how California is governed, additional bonds for infrastructure would be unnecessary and after our current massive deficit is turned into a surplus, taxes would be cut,” Olivier says.

Art has served Calfornia in various elected offices since 1994 with distinction, leading him to be chosen as the 2000 Vice Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party. He is intimately familiar with the needs of citizens in our state, and is speaking out against how much of California's budget is being spent on programs that DOES NOT benefit legal citizens of our state.

If you believe too that "enough is enough"; that the taxes of hard-working Americans should benefit Americans; that the overwhelming flood of illegal (yes, only "illegal") immigrants from many countries is lowering the quality and effectiveness of our schools, freeway systems, hospitals and their emergency rooms, and more; that it is time to re-think many of our social programs, then you should consider sending a strong message to the current administration and vote for Art Olivier for Governor of California.

Political Positions

■ 1994-1997 Councilman, City of Bellflower
■ 1997-1998 Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Bellflower
■ 1998-1999 Mayor, City of Bellflower
■ 1994-1997 Member, Bellflower Redevelopment Agency
■ 1997-1998 Vice Chairman, Bellflower Redevelopment Agency
■ 1998-1999 Chairman, Bellflower Redevelopment Agency
■ 1994-1997 Member of the Policy Board,
                   Southeast Los Angeles County Private Industry Council
■ 1997-1999 Chairman of the Policy Board,
                   Southeast Los Angeles County Private Industry Council
■ 1998-1999 Director, Los Angeles County Sanitation District
■ 2000 Vice Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party