Arthur C. Olivier (born August 24, 1957) is an American politician. He is the former mayor of

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and was the

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candidate for

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in the United States presidential election in 2000 as the running mate of presidential candidate

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. Art Olivier is a graduate of

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with a degree in Design Technology. He and his wife Joyce have four children. Olivier served as a

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(1994–1997), mayor

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(1997–1998) and mayor (1998–1999) of Bellflower, a

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suburb with 77,000 residents. Olivier is a

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with Cogburn Realty. During his five years on the City Council (1994–99), Olivier

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the city's tree trimming, crossing guards, street sweeping and the Building Department. He eliminated the city's lighting tax assessment and did not allow

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to be exercised while on council.

Views

During the campaign for vice president, Olivier advocated smaller government, "We have to reduce the size of the federal government back to the size of its constitutional limits." Critical of the U.S. foreign policy of interventionism, he said he would like the government to return U.S. troops from abroad and make the Department of Defense get back to defending us, and not be a Department of Offense that bombs little countries." "I don't believe we should be the world's policeman." He believes that U.S. foreign policy should be governed by an avoidance of “entangling alliances." "The conflicts this country has entered into cause others to look badly upon America." Olivier ran uncontested for governor in the 2006 Libertarian primary. He received 114,329 votes (1.3%) in his loss to incumbent

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in the

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. Olivier criticized Governor Schwarzenegger for passing a budget that was “30% larger than the one that got Governor

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recalled just three years ago.” Olivier's main earned media was talk radio, advertising his opposition to illegal immigration. Libertarians disagree on illegal immigration, but Olivier was one who favored having the government build a wall on the border and cut off all tax-funded programs to illegals.

Operation Terror

Olivier is supportive of the 9/11 truth movement. In 2012, he wrote and produced the

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''Operation Terror'', which depicted a fictionalized version of the

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in New York City, 2001. The movie's plot centered on a group of American government insiders that organized and assembled a group of people to attack the World Trade Center and

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. In writing ''Operation Terror'', Olivier used dialogue taken from transcripts of the investigation by the

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and based the film's characters on real-life players in the 9/11 attack. The film premiered on September 11, 2012, in

, and received the Honorable Mention Award at the International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality and won the Genre Film: Thriller award at the International Movie Awards. The film's director, Paul Cross, was also nominated for Best Director at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olivier, Art 1957 births Living people 20th-century American politicians 2000 United States vice-presidential candidates California Libertarians Criticism of the official accounts of the September 11 attacks Libertarian Party (United States) vice presidential nominees Mayors of places in California Non-interventionism People from Bellflower, California People from Lynwood, California