This is an archive of a past election.
See http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/state/ for current information.
State of California November 4, 2014 Election
Smart Voter Greg Conlon

Candidate for
Treasurer

The information on this page is provided by the candidate.
The LWV neither supports nor opposes any political party or candidate. 		Video
Video		 Campaign Web Site
Website
Biographical Highlights
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Businessman/CPA
  • Veteran, US Air Force Officer and Pilot
  • President of Calif. Public Utilities Commission
  • Commissioner Calif. Transportation Commission
  • Chairman, Town of Atherton Finance Committee
  • Town of Atherton Rail Committee
  • Board Member of Self Help for the Elderly Board Member for 12 years
Top Priorities if Elected
  • Improve California's Bond Rating, now second to last in U S.
  • Decrease the unfunded obligation of California's two major pension funds--State employees' and teachers funds" over $200 billion unfunded.
  • Stop or slow down the loss of State income and capital gains taxes by high income taxpayers moving out of state losing $3.0 billion each year.
Key Endorsements
  • Sectretary of State under Ronal Regan--George Schultz
  • Sacramento County Republican Central Committee
  • Los Angles County Republicann Central Committee
Position Papers
Conlon Proposes to Improve California's Bond Rating
Improve the bond rating by addressing each concern of the major bond rating services and working with the Legislature and Governor to address these concerns.
Conlon Porposes to Solve the States Unfunded Pension Liabilities
There are two major public pension funds California-PERS and STRS. Both have over $200 billion in unfunded pension liabilities this unreal amount needs to reduced to a more realistic amount. The State Treasurer is automatically on the two governing boards and will be able to propose action and bring pressure to get it done. Conlon will do so if elected.
Conlon Advocates Pro-Growth Tax Policies for California
California is losing over $3.0 of income and capital gains taxes by high-income taxpayers moving out of state. Conlon proposes reducing the income tax and capital gains tax rate from 13% to under 10% to slow down or stop the out of state movement of high income taxpayers.
 
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://www.gregconlon.com
E-mail: conlonpg@msn.com

Feedback to Candidate || All Candidates this Contest
California Home Page || Election Links || Statewide Links || About Smart Voter

The League of Women Voters does not support or oppose
any candidate or political party.
Statements are composed by the candidates and are not checked for accuracy. Spelling and grammatical errors have not been corrected. We review the information posted directly on a Smart Voter page to ensure that the content does not refer to opponents. However, we do not control or review content within links to campaign web sites, social media or videos.

Created from information supplied by the candidate: October 9, 2014 10:23

 Smart VoterTM   <http://www.smartvoter.org/>
© Copyright. League of Women Voters of California Education Fund   http://cavotes.org