Background:
•Poor immigrant arrived to the U.S. at age seven in 1987.
•Educated in the Oakland Public Schools from Bella Vista to Oakland High, Class of 1998.
•Graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with B.A., History. Minors in Legal Studies and Education. 2002.
•United States Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Maryland. Diploma in Journalism.
•Service-connected combat Army veteran at 23.
•Insurance agent for eight years.
•Investor of residential and commercial real estate.
•A self-made multimillionaire at 33.
Any political candidate from any city in the world is free to adopt this plan because it will work if correctly implemented. Every step of this plan will greatly minimalize crime risk and increase business activity in the city for a more prosperous future. This plan is not based on theory, but of real life experience living in a warzone.
Community Empowered Safety Plan
1.New police chief will readily issue conceal carry permit to lawful city business owners, their workers or residents age 21+ who have clean background - Reality is the police can’t protect them neither in peacetime nor a riot.
2.For every person caught with an illegal gun (stolen, serial scratched off, ineligible felon, etc.) obtain search warrants ASAP for their residences to get more illegal guns, find fingerprints on those guns, match in FBI databases for suspect straw purchasers for more potential arrests.
3.Install mandatory surveillance in medium and high crime areas. Surveillance footage will be accessible real time via internet to lawful city residents with login and password.
4.New policing strategy involve more community participation. Each officer will setup and advise a neighborhood watch that has about 7 to 25 volunteer members led by a team leader voted by the members. They will meet once a month to discuss issues affecting the neighborhood and the officer will be present as needed to give advice. Once the city declares an emergency, all neighborhood volunteers will be notified to prepare for best course of action to protect themselves or neighborhood which includes evacuation orders.
5.Start a business center to teach small businesses entrepreneurship to city residents. "How to brainstorm a business suitable to the individual, how to make a business plan, obtain a business license, market their services or products, etc."
I am not running for the prestige, wealth nor power. What inspires me to run for Office of Mayor of Oakland in 2014 is my son, he is nearly two years old. If I am mayor, I have 4 years to make the Oakland public schools safer and raise the education standards. Spouse always nagging me to buy a house in Alameda, Castro Valley, etc., but I don’t want to. I want my child to be able to go to the same public schools I went to and be proud of it. I am not going to escape from the problem.
I will also lead by example. If it is the crime that we have to deal with, I’ll be the first in the front lines with my officers. I am willing to lay my life down for a better future for all who lives in this city. I am running without any monetary donations and I rely on the good will of the people to spread my message. If you agree with what I am doing, please email your friends this website. Feel free to print this webpage and post it anywhere where it is legal. People can email me at peteryliu@aim.com with whatever questions they have, even if it is not campaign related. If you’ve helped me in any way, please email me to let me know. Thank you in advance for your support. Together, we’ll make Oakland better than our neighbors. ^_^
Frequently Asked Questions:
1.Why are you running a campaign without any monetary donations?
I became a self-made millionaire because I’ve been frugal and efficient. If I run a successful campaign on less than $1,000 without the fancy excess, who do you think would make the best budgeter for the City of Oakland?
2.How much does your Community Empowered Safety Plan cost?
It cost nothing additional to the city budget because the plan is self funding. The small fees for the concealed weapon permits for residents will fund the surveillance cameras. The fees from students at the business center will provide for compensation from various local business owners to teach their trade to residents. Each officer will magnify their effectiveness by setting a neighborhood watch at no additional cost neither.
3.Why do we need a neighborwatch and surveillance?
Big Brother is what we need. Our police are way understaffed. We need to shift the bulk of patrol duties to the residents and electronic surveillance. This would put less stress on our officers and they can perform anti-crime measures. They will be a proactive anti-crime force rather than a passive reactive. With active engagement in solving crimes rather than in passive defense mode, we will achieve a safer, happier and more efficient city. Some people are concerned that surveillance equals a police state, however, surveillance in Oakland merely acts as extended ears and eyes of the public. Surveillance here works both ways since residents have access to it. This can both prevent police misconduct and crime from happening.
4.How do you plan to be victorious on less than $1,000 for campaign?
They say politics is a rich man’s game, that candidates who say to themselves that if they don’t get monetary donation over X amount then he/she will not run. I will destroy that notion. I will let people know that politics should be an honest person’s endeavor, regardless if you are rich or not. This is not a game, our sons’ and daugthers’ future is at stake. It is too great of a loss to us if we don’t have effective leadership to motivate our residents and businesses into protectors of our love ones. Therefore, with less than $1,000, I will print thousands of fliers, I and my volunteers will put those in businesses’ windows. Together, we will march around the city, going business to business, asking permission to display our flier. Each flier shall get the attention of at least 40 registered voters. When they see our message is dear to them, they will spread it by word of mouth. When the media gets hold of our message, they will surely do what is right and of interest to people. I will walk hundreds of miles despite pain, meeting many people along this journey and carrying their strengths to victory.
5.Wouldn’t it be dangerous for so many people eligible to be potentially carrying concealed weapons in Oakland?
It would not be dangerous, in fact, it would be much safer from my experience as a war veteran. People who are eligible to carry concealed are good people trained in their weapons. Naturalized citizens took an oath to protect the United States against all foreign and domestic enemies, we cannot uphold the oath if we are defenseless when criminals start shooting. If you are misinformed, thinking a gun ban in the city would make you safe, then you are dead wrong because terrorists and criminals love gun bans. We want ourselves and neighbors to be able to defend our children and not hide behind a tree. Calling the police after-the-fact when victims are dead don’t make Oakland safe. If you are a patriot, you would do right by the 2nd amendment and arm yourselves against enemies. It is better to have a gun never needing it, than not have it when you need it. Also, having a large numbers of good armed citizens would greatly deter crime.
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