All right, so we are recording.
We've got 5 minutes on the clock.
We are recording Ammar Campana jar
running for the seat of mayor and
Chula Vista in the year 2022 March.
Thank you very much.
Question number one.
Chula Vista is of course Fantastic
City with a lot of positives,
but of course every city has
one or two things that we really
want to work on in your eyes.
What is that one big issue and
how would you address it as mayor?
Yeah, it's a great question.
You know we are the second biggest
city in the whole entire county.
We are a bedroom community so we need
to bring more business so people
could live and work in the same place.
But we also have to deal with
the cost of skyrocketing homes.
So I want to build more homeownership
opportunities for working class and
middle class folks like my family.
The second thing is public safety, right?
We've seen crime go up a little bit
in the past couple years during
the pandemic so we got to hire
a couple more police officers.
NPR firefighters fairly and
then last but not least,
help people deal with the the
rising cost of gas and groceries
by giving them a little bit more,
and to take home paying their pockets,
making sure we could reduce
local taxes and then raise money
from the federal government.
I'm the only candidate running less
federal experience and federal
relationships to bring our federal
dollars back from Washington.
Our tax dollars mind you to our
city so we can grow our economy.
So that's a couple of the top three
things that I think are a priority.
And here's an interesting tidbit
that most people find interesting.
Julie,
this is the only city I could think
of where the closer to the water,
the lower the investments are.
The lower the income is,
the more inland the higher the
investments and the higher the income.
And I think that's a product
of poor management of our city.
So how do we make sure that everybody
from West to east two of Asta has
the same opportunities no matter
what their ZIP code is?
That's going to be the task
of the next mayor,
and I hope to be able to take on that task.
All
right, Amar, we've got 3 minutes
and 10 seconds still on the clock.
Question number two,
you spent time and effort.
Putting together this campaign,
putting together websites to make
sure voters get to know you people,
the voters of Chula Vista can Google your
name and find out most things about you.
What are the things that you want
them to know that they won't find on
a Google search or on your website?
That's a good question.
We do a good job at putting
it all on our website,
but most people don't wanna read it.
So here's the most important stuff you know.
I'm a Latino Arab American running for mayor.
My mother's economy, based out of it,
and they came from Guadalajara.
My mom side of the family and we were able
to live the American dream here in the city.
I'm a third generation Chula Vista who
grew up on the West side and the east side.
I've literally lived the
inequities and you know,
it would be an honor and privilege to take my
experiences working in the Obama White House,
the Obama administration,
the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
To bring federal investments to our city,
instead of having to constantly ask
local taxpayers to raise their taxes
to take care of long overdue projects.
Whether it's homelessness or housing
or public safety or you know,
Rd repair and things like that,
I'd like to bring federal dollars
to our city,
and I guess another thing.
I'm a good soccer player.
I'm left footed so one of those you know,
southpaw soccer players have played
a lot of soccer growing up here in
a little Vista and I want to make
sure the next generation my kids
want to live here.
Not be forced to leave here because
they're being priced out or the jobs
are all north of where we live.
So my this is a homecoming for me.
The opportunity for me to invest in the
city they really invested in my life.
You know,
I've started as a janitor working
at Eastlake Church,
and I took that experience and
I continued to to work hard and
listen to my mentors, my pastors,
my neighbors, my family,
my teachers, and I was able to turn.
You know,
those early beginnings that humble
beginning into a career that I'm
very proud of and I think one
that will serve the city well.
Amara, we've got one minute,
15 seconds still left on the clock.
The time is yours, anything else
you'd like to add? Anything else?
You want the voters to know?
Yeah, I just hope that people will give
a chance to you know, new leadership.
We can't keep recycling the
same career politicians except
expect a different outcome.
You know, we've been talking about the
Bayfront and the university for 25 years,
and if we keep recycling the
same career politicians,
we're going to be left with the same
broken promises and empty words.
So it's time for a fresh perspective.
And I think somebody who's a Chula Vista son.
Somebody who grew up right here who
was given all the opportunities
in life to to live his dreams.
Working in the White House,
the Obama administration,
the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
I want to use that experience to
really do things different and
deliver on these generational
promises to lift up Chula Vista.
So I hope voters will give
me that chance of June 7th.
Major, you've got 26 seconds
still left on the clock.
Is there anything else you'd
like to use your type for?
Yeah, I wanna I'm here
in McKenzie Creek Park with my mom.
Actually we're shooting a video
just down the street from my home
and it's just it's kind of full
circle to come to this place where
I used to play and I'm looking at
you know what we can do to lift up
the city and make the city a better
place for the next generation.
For my kids and her grandkids one day.
So it's an exciting time to be in.
Told us there's a lot of
growth and opportunity.
Is the time on the clock the buzzer is
going off Amar Camping jar running for
the seat of mayor in Chula Vista in 2022.
Thank you for your time Sir, thank you.