Mike Ross for Arizona Governor in 2006

Libertarian Mike Ross is running for Arizona Governor in 2006

  Mike Ross is running for governor of Arizona as a Libertarian in 2006.

The David Dorn Issue

Ernie Hancock told Mike Ross at the First Freedom summit that David Dorn the owner of an insuranse company Dorn Agency was accusing Mike Ross of being some sort of government snitch who inflitrated David Dorn's F.R.E.E. Supper Club. Ernie has never been kind enough to tell Mike Ross the whole story or even a part of it. Ernie did tell Mike Ross that David Dorn was accusing Mike Ross of either taking photos or being with a government snitch who was taking photos at David Dorn's F.R.E.E. Supper Club.

Mike Ross says this is a complete lie and he put out this web page on this subject.

In Oct 2002 I found out that since 1998 David Dorn who owns a Phoenix and Scottsdale based insuranse company called Dorn Agency or Dorn Insurance has been making up lies about me and telling people that I am a government snitch. Ernie Hancock told me about this lie when I helped him video tape the Freedom Summit. I don't know why David Dorn has been making up these lies but they have hurt and damaged me very much. I hope to focus on this issue and have the media bring this out to the public and get them to confirm that these hateful lies David Dorn is saying are just that "lies".

For more information on the lies David Dorn has been saying about me check out http://www.geocities.com/david_dorn_government_snitch

What I will do if I am elected

There are lots of things I would like to do if I am elected but the Arizona Constitution and the U.S. Constitution will not allow me to do them. These are some of the things I would be legally allowed to do if I am elected. What I would like to do is in the section on Libertarian Issues. Of course the Constitution does not allow me to do most of that.

I will veto lots of bills

  • I will veto any bill that raises taxes
  • I will veto any bill that increases government regulation

I will only sign bills that

  • Lower Taxes
  • Reduce government regulation
  • Legalize Victimless crimes

What about bills that raise taxes and reduce government regulation or reduce taxes and raise government regulation

In this case I may be able to use a line item veto to kill the parts of the bill that increase taxes or increase government regulation and sign the other parts of the bill.

If I can't use a line item veto I would judge each bill and try do the best I can to reduce government regulation and taxes.

For example if I was given a bill that would legalize marijuana and tax it I would try to sign the part that legalizes marijuana and use a line item veto to kill the part that taxes the marijuana.

In this case if I can't use a line item veto I would probably sign the bill because I think it would cause less harm to legalize and tax it, then to continue to jail people for smoking and selling it.

Pardons? I will give out lots of pardons!

I will give pardons to anyone who has been convicted of a victimless crime. This includes any drug war crimes, crimes such as prostitution and gambling, unconstitutional gun control laws, illegal immigration crimes, and tax evasion.

If I can I will give blanket pardons to people who are arrested for the same crimes simply to keep them from going to trial and wasting government resources trying to jail people who have committed these harmless victimless crimes.

I will fire lots of government bureaucrats

As governor I have a lot of control over many state agencies. If elected I will fire as many government bureaucrats in these agencies that I can. Most government bureaucrats are just parasites and leaches who are a drain on hard working people and they deserve to be fired.

How will I run all the agencies that the governor controls?

I will also try to reduce as many government regulations as I can. Any government regulations that I can legally eliminate by a proclamation I will eliminate. And I will order the people that work for me to eliminate as much government as they can.

I also will try to reduce the size of government as much as possible. Since the government appoints the heads of many government agencies to reduce the size of government I might fire all the people who hold these positions and leave them unfilled. Or perhaps I could also appoint a Libertarian leaning person to be head of the agencies and order them to run the agency to eliminate as much government as possible. I don't know exactly what I would do, but you should be able to get my drift that I want to reduce the size of government down to the smallest size that I can legally reduce it to.

I will try to eliminate as much government as I can. I also think a huge percentage of the thing government do are not needed and will not need to be replaced. The few things that government does that are needed I think that the private sector can do them cheaper and better then government and that the private sector will spring up to fill those needs.

Education

I am all for education. But I think that the private sector does a much better job of educating our children then government bureaucrats do. Sadly the Arizona Constitution required the state to provide a whole bunch of education. I would try to get that part of the Constitution changed. I will try to move as much of the government education to the private sector as I legally can.

Guns Issues

There isn't one part of the 2nd Amendment I don't understand. The people have the right to keep and bear arms, PERIOD! I am not a gun grabber. You should have the right to own, carry, or even carry concealed any gun that you want including a fully automatic machine gun. I view all 10,000 or so of the gun control laws unconstitutional. If I get elected I will do everything to allow you to keep and bear arms.

God, Religion, and Government

The Arizona and U.S. Constitutions clearly address those issues and say that religion will not be mixed with government - PERIOD!!!!

A lot of government bureaucrats feel that it is their duty as a government official to mix religion and government and force their god's laws on you. Don't worry I am not one of them. I am an atheist and don�t believe in god.

But don't take that wrong. Even though I am an atheist I think you have the right to worship and believe in any god you want as long as you don�t use government to force your god on me and anybody else.

Gays, Lesbians, and Homosexuals

It is none of the governments business what you do in your sex life, nor is it any of the governments business who you chose to live with as a partner. I don't care if a man and a woman, or a man and a man, or a woman and a woman, or 5 men and 5 women want to live together as domestic partners, it's none of the government's damn business.

I don't think the government should be in the business of issuing marriage licenses. But if the government does get into that business it should issue the licenses to anyone who wants a marriage license including gays, lesbians, transgender people and people who wish to engage in polygamy.

Personally I think that government should keep out of the marriage license business. That should be the job of religions. And If a person does not want to get a religious marriage license they should be able to make a legal contract between the people involved to create the marriage.

Immigration

Janet has got it all wrong using Arizona government resources to stop illegal immigrants from entering Arizona. That’s because there is not one word in the Arizona Constitution that gives her that power. It is the job of the Federal Government to handle immigration problems, not the Arizona Governor. I’m sure Janet is flushing the Arizona Constitution down the toilet because she hope to get a personal gain out of it and use it to get re-elected. I certainly won’t flush the constitution down the toilet like Janet is doing.

The Arizona Constitution doesn’t address the issue of immigrants so it would not be something the Governor of Arizona would have to address. But since we are talking about it here are my views on it.

I am for total legalization of all immigration. Anybody that wants to come into t he USA should be allowed to enter. I would fire everyone in the I.N.S. and the Homeland Security Departments. I would also rip down the fences that separate Mexico and Canada from the U.S.A.

If your Aunt Tilda from the USSR wants to visit you that should not be any of the governments business. It should be between you and your Aunt Tilda. If you want to hire some workers from Mexico it shouldn’t be any of the government’s business either. So I am for eliminating all immigration controls. Although this is something the Governor of Arizona would not address. That’s a Federal issue.

Abortion and Woman’s Rights

A woman owns her body so she should be the one who decides if she should get an abortion. It should not be any of the government business to decide if a woman should or should not be allowed to have an abortion. It’s the woman’s body and it should be her decision.

Libertarian Issues

But the basic Libertarian concept of government is that the only purpose of government is to protect people rights. Such as preventing your neighbor from stealing your wallet, defrauding you, or attacking you.

The sad thing is most government today boils down to two things

  1. Who is the government going to steal the money from
  2. Who is the government going to give the money two.
Libertarians think this is wrong! Government should not be a legalized way of stealing money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people but sadly it is used for that.

As a Libertarian I want to eliminate all government programs that steal.

To see how Libertarians feel about most of the issues check out:

http://www.lp.org/issues/issues.shtml
To check out the Libertarian Party check out:
http://www.lp.org/

That fake press release Mr. Liberal put out

Mr. Liberal AKA Rich Halverson, Mr Progressive, Mr Radio, and Mr NSA Spy was a bad, bad boy and put out a fake press release saying I was dropping out of the governors race. This is the fake press release. It was later found out that Mr. Liberal is guilty of plagiarism and stole the press release from John Greene. Here are the details on that.

Contact Me

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Other times I ran for office

Check out my old web pages from when I ran for offices in the past. I ran for Governor of Arizona in 2002, for President of the USA in 2004 and for Maricopa County Supervisor 2005

Other Krap

Barry Hess got a slot on the ALP INC's web page. Will I be able to get a slot too? ALP Inc and Barry Hess

Why vote for Mike Ross instead of Janet Napolitano?

Mike is listed as a canidate for governor at this site: http://www.uselections.com/az/az.htm

 
Mike Ross for Arizona Governor in 2006