Political Philosophy

On the political ideological spectrum, Tony Castro falls to the left of liberals, placing him and his political views as progressive populist. In simpler terms, Tony Castro is a life long democrat and a high propensity voter. He voted in every election he has ever been eligible to vote in. Just to be clear, liberals are democrats, left of the middle of the road, on the political ideological spectrum. Tony Castro's past political hero is the late Professor Paul Wellstone, Senator of Minnesota. He is Tony Castro's hero for getting elected with absolutely no corporate money for his campaign. Tony Castro's present political heroes are Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Professor Peter Mathews.  They all have a lot in common. But the one thing Tony Castro admires most about all three of his current political heroes is that none of them accepted money from corporate lobbyists for their campaigns. They have all played an important role in grooming Tony Castro's ideology about politics and how government should be run. Political studies show that candidates who accept corporate donations for their campaign. End up voting for their corporate sponsors interest at least 80% of the time and not in the interest of the voters. Tony Castro refuses corporate donation for his campaign so he can be free to fight for the people, union values and small businesses.

Tony Castro Is A Fighter For Social, Economic, Environmental Justice And Human Rights

Qualifications

Tony Castro discovered his strong interest in the study of politics in his introductory American Government class, at Cypress College, in 2004. His enthusiasm for this subject was sparked by a discovery that politics does not have to be about money and power games, but should be about making a positive difference in the world. Since then, he became the treasurer then the president of the associated student body at Cypress College, became the co-coordinator for Rescue Education California and worked for the California Democratic Party in Orange County. He also managed congressional campaigns for candidates who refuse corporate donations, volunteered to teach elementary and junior high kids about leadership in politics and other subjects like digital media. He has been recognized in several media sources including the Orange County Excelsior, Press Telegram, Fox 40, Univision and other local radio, print and T.V. news media sources. During his involvement with Rescue Education California, they successfully contributed in blocking the tuition hike for higher education, in 2005. He worked against the Arnold Schwarzenegger special election in 2005 with (V.E.R.F.) the Voter Education Registration Fund. A satellite operation in Orange County for the California Democratic Party. In 2011, he participated in an oil extraction fee initiative campaign to bring funding for education in California. The state wide Oil Extraction Fee Initiative on crude oil that he was involved with would have brought new revenue to the state of California. Enough revenue to put every college student in California through tuition free college and universities all the way through medical school. He recently managed a non corporate congressional campaign during the 2022 June primary election. He has been politically involved, on the non corporate side of politics, for the last two decades. It is now his time to apply all his experience and knowledge to help get himself elected against a corrupted and corporate influenced city council in Fullerton.

Tony Castro Was Raised In A Union Home, With A Union Family, With Union Values

Tony Castro was a Union Carpenter for the Carpenter's Union Local 803. His Father retired from the Laborer's Union Local 652. Most of Tony Castro's cousins and uncles are union construction members. His grand father, great grand father and great uncle were all union members. A vote for Tony Castro is a vote for Union Values. Tony Castro is the Pro-Union candidate for Fullerton's City Council seat in District 5.