Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Joe Coto Faces Fellow Democrat in State Senate Race


Unlike the usual Democrat versus Republican race, the race for Senate District 15 in California is between two Democrats, Joe Coto and Jim Beall. This is a result of California’s new open primaries where the top two candidates, regardless of party, face each other in the general election. District residents will vote for a candidate based on experience and planned solutions for the district instead of party affiliation.
During an interview, Joe Coto said he knows how things work in California based on his experience as a superintendent of two large school systems in California and managing three large-scale organizations.
“I know how to run a large scale organization and I know how to balance budgets and how to maintain reserves, and I did that during my eighteen years as a superintendent of schools. And that goes for some of the ideas that I proposed at the state level,” Coto said. He feels his management experiences make him better suited to represent his constituents compared to his opponent.
With his leadership background, Coto stated that he is qualified to initiate solutions for California’s worst economic challenges. Some of the issues he mentioned specifically include,  “multi-year budgeting, getting to the point where the budget reflects revenue, and reducing the burdensome regulatory obstacles that are put in front of small, medium, and large size businesses to generate more revenue.”
Joe Coto believes he can represent voters of different party affiliations because of his job experience and ability to work with all communities. He plans to communicate the support and accomplishments he has within the business community in an effort to reach out to Republican voters.
With two Democrats running, Coto says voters in District 15 should base their decision on “experience of the candidates in terms of problem solving and finding solutions to the issues facing California,” as well as the candidate’s “ability to work across the aisle and the ability to relate well to people of all different philosophical and ideological groups.” He emphasized the need to “build coalition as a means of finding solutions to our problems.”
There is no doubt that both candidates are in for the long haul, as their planned proposals have to appeal to all voters.
According to Coto, District 15′s voting population is 44 percent Democratic, 24 percent Republican, and the remaining are independent voters. For this Democrat versus Democrat race, it is non-Democrats that will be the determining factor in the campaign for California’s 15th Senate District.

Read the original article on the Independent Voter Network.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Bill Clinton Habla Del Sueño Americano


By Gabriella Landeros
Este miércoles pasado el ex-presidente Bill Clinton fue el orador principal en la convención demócrata nacional. Su discurso hizo claro que la nación americana esta mejor en actualidad que comparada a antes que la administración del presidente Barack Obama llego al mando. Clinto menciono que al inicio de la administración, el presidente Obama recorto impuestos, creo más trabajos, y más importante, puso la posibilidad del Sueño Americano en las mentes de millones de personas en el país. Obama tomó una economía al borde de crisis y la transforma para lo mejor.
Un tema del discurso era de dar esperanza a la clase media. De esta manera su mensaje relato con los muchos Latinos en busca del Sueño Americano. El sueño que uno tiene la oportunidad de innovar, crecer, y prosperar es algo que la administración del Presidente Obama busca proveer para los Latinos.
El DREAM Act, por ejemplo, es uno de los logros más memorables para la comunidad Latina. Otro logro reciente fue la reforma de la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia. Estos son solo algunos de los logros de cuales la comunidad Latina ha beneficiado.  
El ex-presidente Clinton pidió que el público confiara y creerá en la visión que el presidente tiene para la nación. Menciono que tiene la confianza absoluta que si Presidente Obama es re-elegido, la economía y las oportunidades de empleo van a continuar a mejorar.
Una mejor nación significara un mejor Los Ángeles. Nuestra ciudad merece la misma oportunidad para un futuro lleno de oportunidades y beneficios para todos. El Sueño Americano es el Sueño Angelino. Si me dan la oportunidad, juntos podemos convertir este sueño a una realidad y hacer el cambio que se necesita y merecemos.
Read the original article on pleitezforla.com.