Letter to the editor: Will Fetterman represent our best interests?

Under the Wolf-Fetterman administration we witnessed a covid shutdown with crippling effects to businesses and households. Children suffered incalculable damage in their education due to school closures and virtual learning. Many seniors lost their lives in nursing homes. Sadly, much-needed investigations never took place.

Recently it was reported that Philadelphia, a sanctuary city, has seen statistically unprecedented numbers in crime, yet Senate candidate John Fetterman wants to release one-third of our prison population while eliminating mandatory life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder. All of this as we approach the 2 million mark in migrants arrested at our country’s southern border.

An average 300 people die every day from drug overdoses, many from drugs coming into our country over the southern border,yet Fetterman’s focus is on asking for marijuana to be legalized by President Joe Biden.

Fetterman has called our fracking industry a “stain on Pennsylvania.” If Fetterman is elected, Pennsylvania, ranking in the top five of energy-producing states, faces the possibility of losing thousands of jobs in the oil and gas industry.

Fetterman wants to abolish your private health insurance for a single-payer system.

He accepted Planned Parenthood money toward his campaign. As a supporter of abortion rights, I wonder if he inquired as to whether Planned Parenthood offered other choices or counseling alternatives to abortion.

While serious consideration should be given to the candidates’ health, Pennsylvanians need to be able to trust that they will represent our best interests to enrich all lives and not personal agendas.

Romayne Kowalsky-Levcik

Greensburg

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Editor’s note: Fetterman said he does not support releasing a third of all prison inmates. In an interview, he said he agreed with a statement made by the state’s former corrections secretary that Pennsylvania could release a third of its inmates without compromising public safety.