Pete Aguilar Hosts "Meet and Greet" in Recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month

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In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, Democratic candidate for Congress in California's 31st district, hosted a "Meet and Greet" yesterday evening with Latino community leaders and residents in San Bernardino. Residents of the 31st Congressional district joined Aguilar for a discussion and Q & A on important issues facing middle class families in the Inland Empire.

"We are here tonight to fight for a quality education for our kids, a good paying job so that we can buy a home and pay for college, and a secure retirement when that time comes," Aguilar said. "The choice in this election comes down to moving forward on smart policies that will grow our middle class, like comprehensive immigration reform and creating jobs by investing in education and infrastructure, or the same old obstructionist mantra from House Republicans that have only hurt our economic recovery."

During the event, several residents expressed concern over Chabot's approach to funding for critical programs, his lack of a policy agenda to create jobs and his out of touch stance on immigration reform.

"I'm concerned that Paul Chabot will be more of the same in Washington," said George Aguilar (no relation), city of Colton Utilities Commissioner and Candidate for Colton City Council. "I can't trust him to go to Congress and work across the aisle to pass immigration reform, create jobs and get things done for the people of our community."

Chabot supports radical policies that are out of touch with the values of the residents of San Bernardino County.

He has endorsed anti-immigration policies like Arizona's extreme law that allows law enforcement to stop people at will and detain them without cause and demand proof of citizenship, saying that California should pass a similar law. In addition, while running for California State Assembly in 2010, Chabot's answer to our state's budget challenges was to slash all programs by 20% with exception of public safety, drastically cutting funding for education, veterans and seniors.

Pete Aguilar is a small business owner and Mayor of Redlands. He is a strong advocate for economic growth and fairness for the middle class in the Inland Empire and a leader who has reached across party lines to serve the best interests of San Bernardino County.

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