Gubernatorial Candidate Aaron Guckian with Col. Steve O'Donnell Filling In

Now, Aaron, let me-- I'm gonna jump, I'm gonna jump in.

I got your background.

Let's get into, um, why do you believe that you should be Rhode Island's next governor?

Uh, I think it's simple.

We're the state of twos.

Too many taxes, too many fees, too many speed cameras, too much traffic, and we need a giant voice for common sense.

Um, I just see...

You know, Helena Bonano-Folks, she just endorsed a socialist, uh, incoming council mayor.

There's still a general election.

We have a city council president that's going to be a socialist.

And, uh, you know, he was on the record to defund police.

I guess he backtracked that.

Um, but we have this growing situation, this virus in this country, where we have, uh, socialism, uh, and other things being, uh, stated that, you know, I completely disagree with.

Um, with my background and experience, I want to do my-- You know, we have a $15.2 billion budget for a million people.

That is a complete outlier.

So I believe we can work directly with the frontline and union workers, and when they find savings and they fix systems, they get incentivized.

They get rewarded a certain percentage, and the rest will lower taxes and fees, powered by modern technology.

And then finally, a 24/7, 365 anonymous idea portal so those workers can put in their ideas and we can do process improvement.

We have to lower taxes and fees.

We have to be more competitive.

And once we save some money, we can reinvest that in housing.

So my idea is a veterans village to start, protect the people that are protecting us, able-body men and women.

We need to give them small modular homes or mobile homes, along with wraparound services, which are for, you know, addiction and/or mental health, especially when they come back from the battlefield.

And then we need transportation to places like Quonset Point, where they need 8,000 new jobs.

Um, we're in a healthcare hurricane, as I stated.

Now, Aaron, let me-- I'm gonna jump, I'm gonna jump in.

I got your background.

Let's get into, um, why do you believe that you should be Rhode Island's next governor?

Uh, I think it's simple.

We're the state of twos.

Too many taxes, too many fees, too many speed cameras, too much traffic, and we need a giant voice for common sense.

Um, I just see...

You know, Helena Bonano-Folks, she just endorsed a socialist, uh, incoming council mayor.

There's still a general election.

We have a city council president that's going to be a socialist.

And, uh, you know, he was on the record to defund police.

I guess he backtracked that.

Um, but we have this growing situation, this virus in this country, where we have, uh, socialism, uh, and other things being, uh, stated that, you know, I completely disagree with.

Um, with my background and experience, I want to do my-- You know, we have a $15.2 billion budget for a million people.

That is a complete outlier.

So I believe we can work directly with the frontline and union workers, and when they find savings and they fix systems, they get incentivized.

They get rewarded a certain percentage, and the rest will lower taxes and fees, powered by modern technology.

And then finally, a 24/7, 365 anonymous idea portal so those workers can put in their ideas and we can do process improvement.

We have to lower taxes and fees.

We have to be more competitive.

And once we save some money, we can reinvest that in housing.

So my idea is a veterans village to start, protect the people that are protecting us, able-body men and women.

We need to give them small modular homes or mobile homes, along with wraparound services, which are for, you know, addiction and/or mental health, especially when they come back from the battlefield.

And then we need transportation to places like Quonset Point, where they need 8,000 new jobs.

Um, we're in a healthcare hurricane, as I stated.