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Who Is Jack Hickey?

One candidate that many are not aware of is the bona fide solution for the State of California. He's not a Democrat, like Davis and Bustamante, and he's not a Republican, like Schwartzenegger, who admits a possibility of raising your taxes. That's right, Arnold has surrounded himself with the same advisors that led Governor Pete Wilson to promote the largest single tax increase in US history. The same increase that began our economic downturn which continued under Gray Davis and Cruz Bustamante.

Jack Hickey wants to eliminate this crisis, once and for all. But he needs California's help.

Jack Hickey comes from working citizen roots, just like you, the voter. He's a Libertarian, which means he believes you should be freed from the burdens of heavy taxation which have led this state to lose businesses, jobs, and hard working Californians, forced to leave this state just to remain fiscally solvent.

Jack's idea of governing does not involve "governing people" as we Californians know it in the past, but rather desires to "govern California's affairs", reducing spending, waste, and taxation.

Unlike other parties, Jack does not use your tax money for his campaign. Try that with the person you were going to vote for. Since he does not use your money, nor plan to get rich off of your back, you have absolutely nothing to lose by voting for Jack Hickey, Libertarian Candidate for Governor.





About Jack Hickey

Mr. Hickey is a native New Yorker, who left his birthplace on Long Island to join the Navy in 1953, parlayed his Navy Electronics background into a rewarding career in Electronics and Electro-Optics in California. Mr. Hickey holds 28 patents in those technologies.

Jack Hickey held the title of Laser Scientist at Optics Technology in Palo Alto in 1969. In the early 70’s he was Chief Electronics Engineer for Semi-conductor equipment maker Hugle Industries which became Unicorp. It was there that he met his current wife JoLene. They live in Emerald Hills where they have enjoyed their extended families including children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

In the 1980’s Hickey was a Senior Research Scientist and Electro-optic Group Leader with Dalmo Victor in Belmont.

Over the years, Mr. Hickey has been actively involved in politics, as an advocate for limited government, local control and education reform.

In 1979/80, while promoting his original Performance Voucher Initiative, Jack Hickey was a guest on People are Talking , Owen Spann, Michael Jackson(KABC), Rod Page (San Diego) , etc.

Hickey campaigned statewide in the Republican Primary in 1982 as a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by S. I. Hayakawa, addressing the Republican Convention in Monterey, and numerous forums of the Republican Women Federated including a large gathering in Santa Barbara.. He is author and proponent of PAVE2000, a Performance Accountability Voucher for Education.

In 1984, Jack Hickey was the Republican Candidate for Congress who ran against Tom Lantos. While holding a full-time job and spending less than $5,000, Jack garnered ~ 29% of the vote.

Jack Hickey currently enjoys a seat on the Sequoia Healthcare District Board of Directors to which he was recently elected, and is Chair of the San Mateo County Libertarian Party.

As Governor, John J. "Jack" Hickey would seek to_Govern the Agencies created by the People_and by their representatives, and reduce governance_of_the people. His goal is to restore responsibility and authority, and thereby self-esteem, to the people.

Mr. Hickey would seek legislation to facilitate the dissolution of "Special Districts", including the Sequoia Healthcare District, which are no longer performing the function for which they were created.

Jack Hickey proposes that the assets of these Districts, estimated to be nearly $20 Billion, be loaned to the State to resolve the budget crunch, and restore the State's credit rating. Additionally, the taxes being collected by these agencies could be loaned to the State to refinance current indebtedness at a better rate. Such loans MUST be repaid to the Districts, and eventually to the property owners to whom they accrue.

Mr. Hickey has a long range plan (20 years) involving Education reform (PAVE 2000). According to a summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Sales of public schools could generate one-time revenues potentially exceeding $100 billion. Measure could also result in annual long-term savings approaching $100 billion for elimination of public support of K-12 education; capital outlay savings to state and local governments of as much as $1 billion annually; and potential loss of federal funds in the billions of dollars annually. This plan includes a phase-out of the Sales Tax.






This article has been authored in part and posted by an independent Jack Hickey supporter. You may contact Jack Hickey directly for more information about how he will make California better by calling (650) 368-5722 or emailing him at jack (at) govhickey.com.

You may visit the Libertarian Party website at www.lp.org