Name: Tony Dolz Party: Republican Campaign Web site: http://www.dolz.com City of Residence: Santa Monica Age: 47 Marital status: Married Number of kids: Two — boy, 5, and girl, 11 months Profession: National Security Analyst with the California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR); SM business owner HAVE YOU EVER HELD PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE?
No HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED? IF YES, FOR WHAT?
No WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE?
Infiniti I30 family sedan PET PEEVE?
None PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE?
“Sooner or later, I will find a solution.”
HOW DO YOU RELIEVE STRESS?
I meditate to relax. In addition, the whole family goes camping as often as we can where there are open skies and clean air. I enjoy writing. Over the years, my writing evolved out of living in various countries and keeping in touch with family and friends while reporting on what I saw and experienced. Over time, and with the help of the Internet, it became easier to share experiences and thoughts. Today, writing is part of my life and it relaxes me immensely. I worked for the Swedish telephone company in wireless technology. From being my work, it evolved into a passion and a form of relaxation. I enjoy the moments that I spend reading and exploring the application of wireless technology for many kinds of solutions. 1. CONCERNING THE POLLUTION AND BACTERIA LEVELS IN SANTA MONICA BAY, WHAT PROGRAMS DO YOU BELIEVE HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE AND WHICH HAVE NOT? WHAT CAN BE DONE DIFFERENTLY? HOW, AS AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER, DO YOU PLAN ON SECURING MORE FUNDING FOR CLEAN-UP EFFORTS?
The higher the population density, the greater the environmental damage. California’s population was 14 million in 1960, and today it is 39 million. Whereas California’s native population is stable, our environment is harmed by an unsustainable massive alien invasion. Another 5,000 illegal aliens violated our borders last night while we slept. The exploding illegal alien population — with higher than average reproductive rates, and sanctioned family reunifications under amnesty proposals — will push our population to 55 million by 2020!
All things being equal, the most effective way to protect our environment and bay is removing incentives to massive illegal immigration. Without work and tax-paid services, millions of illegals will voluntarily depart and relieve the unconscionable stress on the environment, and the economic resources dedicated to overcoming the harm.
Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day, stated: "Forging and maintaining a sustainable society is the critical challenge for this and all generations to come. In responding to that challenge, population will be the critical factor in determining whether or not we succeed in forging such a society."
Be wary of candidates that propose “programs” to clean up the impact, rather than the cause: unsustainable illegal population explosion. Instead, I’ll deny tax-paid services to illegals. It’ll save us $10.5 billion annually and simultaneously protect the environment from escalating harm. We will save $1,183 per household. Maintaining the status quo and continuing to throw money at “clean-ups” will rack up taxes.
My expertise is national security and immigration chaos. I have a plan on dealing with both. 2. CALIFORNIA RANKS AS ONE OF THE WORST STATES IN PER-PUPIL SPENDING. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO INCREASE PER-PUPIL SPENDING? WOULD YOU CUT PROGRAMS FROM THE STATE BUDGET? IF SO, WHICH ONES? OR WOULD YOU INCREASE TAXES? IF SO, WHERE?
The premise of the question is false. Fifty percent of the state budget is spent on education — among the highest in the country. California spends $8,900 per K-12 student/year, which is in the middle nationally, yet our students’ performance ranks 48th in the nation, at the bottom. Nationally, Utah spends the least per student, yet its students outperform ours. Internationally, countries like Sweden under-spend California, and yet achieve 99.9 percent literacy and outperform California students in every category.
California’s characteristic underperformance is shared in common by other border states. Parents of students in our district know why. A massive and exploding invasion of non- English-speaking illegal students — 50 percent of the students in some schools — effectively makes every school subject a “remedial English class.” Unlike the highly educated parents in our district, the parents of illegal alien students are typically illiterate, compounding the dumbing-down of the classroom experience. Non-English-speaking students are handicapped as a result of their parents’ illegal activities and our elected legislators’ dereliction. English-speaking students are robbed of the expensive education that we want and pay for as parents.
The explosive invasion causes California’s chronic classroom over-crowding, which undermines student achievement. We are forced to pay for new school construction bonds that the stable native California population does not require. Elected officials pandering to illegal aliens costs us dearly and robs our children of the quality education that we pay for. We need fundamental change in Sacramento and I am the candidate with the knowledge and determination to do it. 3. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE WESTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN NEGLECTED IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION. WHAT STRATEGY WOULD YOU USE TO GET MORE FUNDING?
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 3, 2006. Read the original PDF.