Vote For Pedro
Peter
"Pedro" De Baets
2006 Libertarian Candidate for California State Board of Equalization, District 4
(Los Angeles County)
Biography
A 43 year resident of California, Peter "Pedro" De Baets was raised in a small central San Joaquin valley farm town where he was an "A" student, a little league center fielder, and a Fresno Bee newspaper delivery boy.
He left the cotton fields and thick Tule fog to attend UCLA in 1980, and earned his bachelor's degree in Math/Computer Science in 1984.
Peter immediately began gaining a wide variety of experience in the business world working as a systems analyst and programmer for many different industries including health insurance, retail sales, oil and gas, hospital administration, defense, clothing manufacturing, entertainment, construction, satellite TV, and eventually by starting his own retail software business.
During this time, Peter also traveled around the world, visiting 19 countries in just over a year, and played lead guitar in a rock and roll band.
Throughout his life, Peter gained an increasing love for Freedom, and Individual Liberty, and an unsettling feeling that today's politicians did not share this affection.
As a pro-Liberty activist, Peter has helped to put utility tax reduction initiatives on the ballot in different Southern California cities; helped to organize a Kosovo refugee relief music festival; has organized, and participates regularly in, drug war protests and other Liberty-related events; and was a candidate for State Senate in 2002 and 2006, and State Assembly in 2004.
As a State Board of Equalization member, Peter hopes to be a voice for Freedom and Individual Liberty on the board where no voice currently exists. He hopes to be a rational alternative to the creeping interference of the politicians and bureaucrats in your life, in your family and in your business.
Peter married Rachel in March of 2005, and they are currently busy raising their two children, running a business, and trying to catch up on much-needed sleep. You can sometimes find Peter playing beach volleyball on weekends in Playa Del Rey, at the park with his kids, or riding his black beach cruiser bicycle through the streets of West L.A.
Contributions:
Peter "Pedro" De Baets
11700 National Blvd. #L129
Los Angeles, CA 90064
