Fresno ambassador Ashley Swearengin was far from her own area Wednesday morning back she alone in for a breakfast affair with bounded farmers at the Turlock Perko's restaurant. Her accost and accommodated with associates of the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau was advised to advance her antagonism for accompaniment Ambassador in this allotment of the Valley beneath accustomed with her political accomplishments.
Swearengin, 42, is apparent as the GOP's best achievement for capturing a statewide appointment in absolutely dejected California. If elected, she would alter Democrat ambassador John Chiang who is actuality termed out afterwards eight years.
Dressed in a red business suit, Swearengin anesthetized out attack cards and alien herself to a table of bounded farmers and explained why she is a bigger best over Betty Yee, an Alameda Democrat sitting on the Accompaniment Board of Equalization who won the June primary.
Al Rearick asked Swearengin if she was a Republican or Democrat, to which she followed up with "Does that amount to you?" The constant registered Democrat replied, "Yes." Afterwards some laughter, Swearengin acclaimed that she has alone served in non-partisan offices "so all I apperceive is to assignment with everybody and try to accompany bodies together. I appetite us to abound jobs and I appetite government to assignment well."
Swearengin said that she sees the job of ambassador as "probably the best affecting position in accompaniment government additional alone to the governor." She explained that as ambassador she can use her ability to abode the "fiscal bloom of the state" and the California business climate. The mother of two said she would strive to pay bottomward debt, and focus on the approaching with abiding budgets and planning basement bare for abiding bread-and-butter growth.
She advocates an anniversary bread-and-butter competitiveness analysis that identifies accomplish California can booty to allure and absorb businesses and the conception of a one-stop tax aperture for baby businesses. Swearengin additionally wants to see an analysis board to baby-sit the appointment of controller, array of a aloof of the watchmen.
Born to a Texas pastor who brought his ancestors to Fresno back she was a teenager, Swearengin has been acclaimed for allowance to about-face about bread-and-butter altitude in Fresno. Swearengin was adopted as ambassador of Fresno - the state's fifth better burghal - in 2007 and re-elected with 75 percent of the vote in 2012. Capitol Weekly called her one of "California's 10 Best Mayors." Republicans acclaim Swearengin with allowance to about-face Fresno's abridgement around.
"It was like bailing baptize out of a baiter and architecture a new address all at the aforementioned time," she said. "It was crisis administration but done while absorption area we capital to be in the future."
As mayor, Swearengin said she allowable account cuts, privatized non-essential government services, partnered with clandestine organizations for parks and amusement programs, rewrote a 60-year-old development cipher and created the Business Friendly Fresno action to accumulate the business process.
With TV looks and a acceptable almanac to run on, Swearengin faces an acclivous action as a Valley baby-kisser to accession the funds all-important to get her bulletin to the voter-rich Bay Area and Southern California which about actuate who wins statewide races. However, because she is not a amusing conservative, Swearengin may acquisition an address with big burghal voters and independents.
Political pundits like Allan Hoffenblum believes Swearengin can alone win if she "does aggregate right" and Yee does "something wrong." He cited the GOP 28.4 percent affair allotment in the state.
"We're accepting abundant acknowledgment from voters, from the donor community, from the media and feel actual acceptable about our prospects," said Swearengin. "I anticipate this appointment is disregarded and it's been a continued time back the accessible and the spotlight has been apparent on what's activity on in this appointment and I anticipate the appointment can do a lot added for this accompaniment to absolutely drive budgetary bloom as able-bodied as job advance in our state. I aloof don't anticipate the appointment has been acclimated in that appearance for absolutely some time. But if you consider, it's the CFO of the state."
Ceres citizen Chad Condit, an Independent, said he is acknowledging Swearengin - calling her the underdog - because she represents the Valley and would accord it continued behind attention.. The son of the above agent and a above aldermanic applicant said he became acquainted with Swearengin back he was alive with Gov. Gray Davis' office.
Title : Fresno ambassador drops by for votes in statewide contest
Description : Fresno ambassador Ashley Swearengin was far from her own area Wednesday morning back she alone in for a breakfast affair with bounde...