Rico Oller election result statement

Rico Oller Down 5.4% in Preliminary Election Results

In a major defeat for taxpayers, Assembly candidate Frank Bigelow has the lead in semi-official results for California’s new 5th Assembly District.  As of Wednesday morning, the results are 52.7% for Frank Bigelow and 47.3% for Rico Oller with 100% of precincts reporting.  San Andreas businessman Rico Oller was outspent nearly 4 to 1 in the primary and more than 5 to 1 in the general election by Sacramento special interest groups who wanted an Assemblyman they can influence.

“I am deeply disappointed by the results,” Oller said.  “I was looking forward to representing the foothills in the Assembly and protecting taxpayers.  I want to thank those who supported my campaign.” 

Rico Oller Opposes Fire Tax on Rural Property Owners

SAN ANDREAS, CA – Rico Oller (R-San Andreas), candidate for Assembly, today restated his opposition to recently assessed annual fire fee (SRA fee).   Rural property owners in California’s foothills and mountains insist it is a tax and an illegal one at that. 

Oller supports a lawsuit by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association declaring the assessment on property an unconstitutional tax under the 2/3rds voting requirement of Proposition 26.

To make up for budget cuts at California Department of Forestry and Protection, the Democrat Legislature passed, with a simple majority vote, a bill intending to raise $84 million by charging 825,000 property owners in one third of the state up to $150 a year.   

Statement from Rico Oller re: CA Dept Parks and Rec

Statement by Rico Oller on Department of Parks and Recreations $54 million Surplus

SAN ANDREAS – Today, Rico Oller, candidate for California’s 5^th Assembly District, released the following statement after it was found that the Department of Parks and Recreation sat on a $54 million surplus while threatening closure of parks throughout the state:

Candidate Forum Re-cap State Assembly Candidates

Candidate Forum Re-cap State Assembly District 5 Candidates

CalaverasCounty Taxpayers Association (CCTA) and the Copperopolis Community Center (CCC) hosted a Candidates Forum at the Historic Armory on April 23, 2012.

Rico Oller, Tim Fitzgerald and Marc Boyd attended the CCTA & CCC candidate forum.

 Rico Oller

 

Tim Fitzgerald

Marc Boyd

Five candidates are running for the State Assembly 5^th District.  Republican candidates Frank Bigelow, a Madera County supervisor, and Rico Oller; Democrat candidates Marc Boyd and Tim Fitzgerald; and Independent Mark Beldon.  After redistricting in 2011 by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, the new district now includes all of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne counties and parts of El Dorado and Placer counties..

Each candidate was asked a question from questions submitted by residents in attendance. Questions were vetted by Copperopolis Community Center board members and Calaveras County Taxpayers Association members. Candidates were each given a limited amount of time to answer from two minutes to three minutes. Candidates were rotated for each question. The answers posted here are condensed.

Opening statements:

Boyd – Endorsed by the California Democratic Party…family in the foothills for 100 years… High school teacher… platform education; economic development, environmental protection and public safety…every job lost is a broken dream…need common economic goals this district has been neglected too long….cuts to education we are turning our backs on the future of California.

Fitzgerald – Holds 5 degrees 2 in history, 2 in Economics and 1 in Philosophy…grass roots organizer in San Jose and Bay Area…globalization overcrowded planet under… reform education system.

Oller – the greatest competition to growing a business is government, the only thing wrong with California is its government, thankfully legislature has no power over the weather or they would screw that up too…government needs to get out of our lives we’ll do just fine on our own thank you.

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) had endorsed Rico Oller for Assembly.

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) had endorsed Rico Oller for Assembly.

Oller said he was thrilled to have the strong support of the most respected tax-fighting organization in California.

Jon Coupal, President of HJTA, said Oller had earned a “strong, early endorsement because he has worked with us to keep taxes down, helped lead the fight to repeal Gray Davis’ illegal car tax and was a staunch defender of Proposition 13.”