I’ll start by saying that there are few things Gov. Josh Shapiro and I would agree on, politically speaking. However, the one thing I always look for in a candidate is someone who is actually going to get things done. Usually after election night is over, all the rhetoric and wild promises get put in a drawer with the leftover candidate pins and election signs. But when a tanker truck blew up at I-95 and Cottman Avenue in Philadelphia, the governor went to work. Within two weeks, I-95, certainly a major artery, was repaired and open for traffic.
There was a sense of pride for me — it’s where I grew up” or “There was a sense of pride for me.
The problem appears to be a lack of strategic planning to improve all the roads in the Commonwealth. If there is, I don’t see the results. He should have his limo driver drive north on I-81 from Carlisle to Mechanicsburg on the outside lane. It’s a disgrace. It’s one thing to respond to an emergency while the bright lights are on and news outlets are sending reporters, but a Commonwealth-wide solution to our highways and infrastructure is long overdue. I would like to see Gov. Shapiro roll up his sleeves and meet with PennDOT department heads to figure it out.
Another issue is the fact that our legislators were late passing a budget … by four months (four months!). That was on the governor’s watch. He should have met with leaders on both sides of the aisle and spent some late nights getting it done. Instead, everyone just pointed fingers at the other party, for four months.
Ken Garvin, Newville, PA