Closing Campaign Statement from John Brooks:

Our campaign was one based on the issues that face Long Island and the state of New York. We presented real and workable solutions to a broad range of issues; from revisiting the way we fund education, addressing the crisis in mass transit, the needed reform in Albany, and the creation of jobs for Long Islander’s. I believe that those who looked at our message understood that we were suggesting a better direction for this great state. I am very proud of this campaign, and the manner in which it was run. This was not a campaign based on smear tactics, but rather hard-core facts and solid issues. Thank you to all of my family members, friends, and campaign volunteers for making this possible. Thank you to the thousands of people who voted for me. Thank you to the Democratic and Working Families party for the nomination. In defeat we are motivated to carry on for a better New York. 

Thank you!

John E. Brooks

Open Letter from John to the 19th District

Dear Neighbor:

I am a candidate for the New York State Assembly in this Tuesday's elections.   I am running for the Assembly because I know that communities like Seaford have been underserved by Albany, particularly when it comes to state aid for education.  My ties to this community date back to its earliest days when my family, the Verity's and the Southard's, first settled in Seaford.  I love this community and have served as Chief of the Seaford Fire Department and Vice President of the Seaford Board of Education.

Today we are providing you with a copy of Newsday's Endorsement in which they acknowledge that the incumbent "Dave McDonough is a good guy.  But John Brooks is just the kind of person we need more of in Albany.  Newsday endorses Brooks".  The endorsement highlights some of the key proposals I have made.  We have run a campaign with limited funding and will be outspent by a 20 to 1 ratio, but we have run a campaign of real solutions.  People understand we have the right ideas.  This election is not about Republican v. Democrat.  It is about your future, your taxes, jobs, mass transit and real workable solutions for improving our lives.

I ask for your vote on Tuesday so we can start in a new direction with someone in Albany who is not there to represent a political party or special interests but rather to represent YOU -- the tax payer and my neighbor.

Thank you for your vote and support,
John



John E. Brooks
Candidate for New York State Assembly
Nassau County 19th District
VoteForBrooks.com

A Campaign of Ideas and Solutions

As we move into the final hours of our campaign we know that we ran a campaign that has presented to the residents of our Assembly District real solutions to the problems we face here on Long Island and all around this state.

We received Newsday's endorsement because the ideas and solutions I have presented are fiscally sound and are designed to turn our economy around.  We need to reform the way we fund education in this state, put caps on spending both at the state and local level. 

Our Mass Transit System needs to be changed beginning with the repeal of the MTA tax.  We must save the Long Island Bus System. We also have to bring more jobs back to Long Island and make the State more friendlier to business so firms will bring new employment opportunities to New York. 

We will be out in the neighborhoods today and the rail road stations Monday and Tuesday.  I ask that you call your friends; make sure they know how important this election is.  On Election Day you are voting on your school taxes, job creation, transportation reform and your future when you vote for the Assembly in Row 19 on the ballot. If someone is not sure on who to vote for direct them to Newsday's Endorsement Section on line for the 19th Assembly District. It can be found on our web site.

This Halloween let’s make sure the taxpayers get a Treat in sending John Brooks to Albany to get the reforms and changes so terribly needed to make Long Island affordable, rather than the tricks they have received in the past.

All of these ideas can be found in writing on my web site.

Thank you all for your support! Please call your friends and neighbors over the next few days.  Every vote counts and we can win this election and the other side knows it.  That is why they are spending so much in these closing days.

Thank You,
John Brooks

Brooks Calls Out Assemblyman McDonough. Brooks Demands the details to potential job cut’s

 An Open Letter:

Brooks Calls Out Assemblyman McDonough

Demands the details to potential job cut’s

A campaign flier calling for a reduction in the size of government by 20 percent was mailed to my home from a career politician and my opponent Assemblyman McDonough. I have debated the current Assemblyman, and have been represented by this man for nine years and all I have are questions. Assemblyman McDonough - where are the details in your plan to cut?  Did Assemblyman McDonough and Carl Paladino hold a private meeting to hatchet out plans?  Is Assemblyman McDonough calling for the complete destruction of the State University System of New York (SUNY)? Is the current Assemblyman preparing to layoff one in every five state employees? 

Throughout this campaign I have not only called for changes in New York but have provided a plan to execute and deliver them.  Newsday in its endorsement of me wrote that I had “developed an imaginative plan in writing for reforming state aid to education.” and the LI Herald wrote that I have “real plans, written out and well organized.”

I spent eight years as the Director of Planning and Financial Control at GEICO insurance and I understand how to make a plan, and a budget. I have the experience to deliver.   We the people are tired of career politicians telling us that they have plans that we never see.  We the people are frustrated with politicians who make bold promises in a campaign and never deliver.

Albany is broken and we need leaders who will stand and deliver results not empty promises. I can not sit back and let Assemblyman Dave McDonough a nine year veteran of the dysfunctional Albany make campaign promises with no actual plan.  If the Paladino-McDonough team has a plan to improve this great state then lets see them.

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John Brooks is the Democratic Candidate for the 19^th Assembly District. The District includes Seaford, Wantagh, Bellmore, Merrick, and parts of Freeport, Baldwin, Levittown, East Meadow, North Merrick and North Bellmore. John Brooks a past Chief and active member of the Seaford Fire Department, the Seaford Historical Society, a former member of the Seaford Board of Education, a veteran of the U.S Army, and was the First Director of Risk Management for Nassau County. He resides in Seaford and has one son.

To learn more about John Brooks, email the campaign at elect.brooks@gmail.com.