WHO IS BRIAN HOOSE?
HOMEOWNER, VETERAN, DEGREE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING…
and, an independent thinking, Pro-Democracy (“We, the People…” are the government) Centrist Democrat. I am not an ideologue. I am not apart of any local political establishment clique. I was raised by a single mom who worked in the private sector in the mills of Holyoke, and when no long physically able to do so, was a store clerk.
Unlike my opponent, I have worked in the private sector, first in the paper mills of Holyoke.
Unlike my opponent, I served in the U.S. Army, from 1968-71. Later, I worked as a cook and chef, and as a Human Service worker for private sector service providers. To supplement my income I did work in the Public Sector as a substitute teacher for 15 years, and a special needs teacher’s aid. 1994-95 I worked as a Neighborhood Facilitator, for the Community Partnership for a Drug Free Chicopee. And, only for the last 8 years have I worked for the Commonwealth as a shift supervisor for the Dept. of Mental Retardation. Early on, though poor and unconnected, I learned that I could impact the decisions of government. My life experiences taught me to stand up for myself and for what I believed and knew was right, even though being right did not make you popular. As such, early on I was labeled a maverick for not going along with the Party. Because I came from the wrong side of the tracks, and did not know my place, I was labeled a trouble maker for having proven them wrong, and worse by getting things done that actually worked.
1960’s: Involved in neighborhood self-help groups; youth employment project that became the Summer Youth Employment Program; The National Conference of Christians and Jews Youth Council, for youth leadership training. Worked paper mills of Holyoke. U.S. ARMY, (‘68-‘71) Leadership Training ’69, 3rd Infantry Div. ’70-‘71 1970’s-80’s: HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Co-founder Vietnam Veteran’s Services Club, LIAISON to Cong. Silvio Conte for Veteran’s issues; successful state wide organizer to increase Vietnam Vet Benefits. TRUSTEE, Mass. Board of Regional Community Colleges lead successful effort to restore millions of dollars to Community College budgets, stopped efforts to end Lay Boards, and to reorganize Public Higher Education. HONORABLE MENTION in New England Journal for Higher Education, and WHO’S WHO in 2 Year Colleges in America; Trained in Public Sector Collective Bargaining in Washington D.C. WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE Urban Studies and Public Administration studies, Chair of “All College Council,” (college governing committee). WREB, Talk Radio Host. Worked for Private Sector venders for Human and Youth Services, and Public Sector Special Education and Full Time Substitute Teacher. 1990’S TO PRESENT: Democratic State Committee ’92 to Present, submitted proposals on Education Reform and Congressional Re-Districting; Chicopee Board of Appeals, Chairman, ‘92-94. NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITATOR, Community Partnership for a Drug Free Chicopee, and Co-organizer Willimansett Neighborhood Assoc., 1993-94; and Presidential Motorcade Driver, for Pres. Bill Clinton. Westfield Democratic City Committee, Chair, ’06-07; Member AFSCME Local 17, Coordinator Patrick/Patrick-Murray Campaign for Westfield.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Shift Supervisor »
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