City Newspaper Archives - 5/2007
POLITICS: Brooks says she'll run again
Published by Jeremy Moule on May 11, 2007
The predictable is official now: County Executive Maggie Brooks is running for re-election. Announcing her candidacy this morning, Brooks offered the same basic platform she ran on four years ago. In her first four years, she said, her administration has held the line on property taxes, balanced the budget, controlled county spending, and focused on economic development and entrepreneurship.
In response, Democratic Party Chair Joe Morelle challenged her record, saying it is one of "job losses, property-tax increases, perennial and growing budget deficits, sweetheart deals for friends, scandal at the Water Authority, and a divisive approach toward local governments and sales tax distribution." This year's county-executive campaign, he said, will be "a referendum on the future direction and well-being of our community."
The Democrats would have been expected to name their own county-exec candidate at their annual convention on May 17. A party spokesperson said this afternoon that there may be no announcement at that event.
