The story of John Burnett is the American dream. Born in public housing, son of union labor, he got a job out of high school at Pathmark rounding up shopping carts (a union job). Pathmark was an Development initiative. His boss saw him pushing a long string of carts all at once and brought him inside to work as a cashier. He worked his way up and eventually transferred those skills to large investment houses downtown, like Dean Witter, which became Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch (complete details on his website http://johnburnett2013.com). He wanted to finish college, so he enrolled in NYU, worked his way through while holding down his job, and completed the MBA program at Cornell's NYC campus. One employer wrote a letter convincing them to waive the GMAT requirement. He had 20 interviews at Goldman-Sachs before the financial crisis hit.
John has been beating odds all his life, from his mother's pregnancy -- her doctor told her neither would survive if she gave birth to him. She lived until the semester before he graduated college. Extremely articulate, backed by people you'd least expect [whom I won't reveal because I don't want the Democrats to work them over], I recommend some pro-fracking contributors overturn his opponent who is funded "Gasland" money.
Historically, the City Comptroller is the opposite political party of the Mayor. Voter turnout has been so low in recent elections that if an individual voter takes the time to go to the polls, John Burnett has a chance at winning. John Burnett is an inspiring leader who deserves to win this election day.
