Accent On!

This Monday Accent ON!'s host ILONA EUROPA had the pleasure to ask the MAYOR OF ONTARIO, PAUL LEON, a few questions via telephone interview. Independent candidate Paul Leon and Democrat Freddie Rodriguez have their eyes on representing the 52nd Assembly District. Voters on Tuesday will be asked to choose between Leon, the Ontario mayor, and Rodriguez, a Pomona councilman, to serve the district that includes Montclair, Ontario, Chino and portions of Fontana and Pomona. Leon, once a registered Republican who switched to an independent after losing to Torres for the state Senate seat, said he believes most Americans are fed up with the two-party system. “I believe people are looking for the right candidate to serve as their representative, not the right party to represent them,” he said. “I’m about people, and not politics or party,” he also said. “I’m about getting some jobs in this state. I’m going to put California back to work again because as the only independent I will have the l