Author Archive for Brad Burnett

Brad Burnett is a native Austinite who is an incoming junior at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a recent graduate of Austin Community College where he was President of Student Government and very active with ACC's Center for Public Policy and Political Studies. Currently, Brad works as Constituent Relations Coordinator for State Rep. Mark Strama (D-Austin). In his free time, he enjoys reading political books and essays from both historic and contemporary authors such as Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, John W. Dean, and Thom Hartmann. Brad is a liberal Democrat who feels that the government is obligated to provide a social safety net for the disadvantaged and to help people overcome their circumstances to fulfill their greatest potential.