Meet John
John Flood has been a Silver Spring resident for the last ten years.
He proudly served his country in the US Navy and wants to bring the values of honor, duty, and integrity to the Pennsylvania State House. He has served in numerous leadership positions within various Fortune 500 companies and knows what we need to do to help our local businesses grow and prosper.
As a parent, he has volunteered his time as PTA President and youth Baseball and Football coach. He volunteers his time teaching Astronomy and Astrophysics to various organizations to inspire our youth to consider a future in STEM. John lives in Walden with his wife, children, two dogs, and a cat.
Why run for the Pennsylvania State House?
John watched in disbelief on January 6th while supporters of President Trump attempted to hijack our democracy and was even more upset to see our legislature attempt to invalidate the votes of millions of Pennsylvania voters. He could not, in good conscience, sit on the sidelines while the threats to our liberties and freedoms were under attack. He began to stand up and speak out against injustices in our local community. He decided the next logical step would be to take his ideas to the Pennsylvania State House to stand up and defend our Constitutional Republic. John wants to be a reasonable voice for our community and to focus on building a better future for everyone.
John believes that to build a better future, we must change how our legislature functions. He believes that our government only works for some people. John wants to change this. John will fight to protect the reproductive freedoms of Pennsylvanians by codifying this right into our state Constitution. John believes that we should raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and have the minimum wage adjusted annually based on the annual increase by the Social Security Inflation Index. John believes that we must reform how we fund our schools. We must stop kicking the can down the road, work to support our schools fairly, and stop making mandates on our local school districts without fully funding them. He also believes we must reform and hold our charter schools to the same standard as our public schools. Finally, he believes we must provide property tax relief to our communities. Due to intentional neglect by our legislature, by not fully funding mandates to schools, townships, and counties, communities are left with no alternatives but to raise our property taxes. We need to act as wise stewards of our resources and ensure that we are investing in the future of Pennsylvania.