Bank building deal should disqualify Cognetti<\/p>\n
Editor: The mounting questions surrounding Mayor Paige Cognetti\u2019s deal with Fidelity Bank aren\u2019t just a Scranton problem, but a disqualifier for Congress. This arrangement involving state grants and city real estate deals benefitting a bank where her own family holds a board seat is exactly the kind of self-serving politics we need to leave behind.<\/p>\n
If we want to actually move PA-08 forward, the choice is clear: Rob Bresnahan. Unlike the mayor, who seems more focused on backroom deals than taxpayers\u2019 bottom line, Rob Bresnahan is a businessman who understands how to build things the right way. He has spent his career creating jobs and investing in our community without needing a government title to do it. Rob offers a level of transparency and common-sense leadership that Cognetti simply cannot provide while she is under this cloud of suspicion.<\/p>\n
Mayor Cognetti should do the right thing and withdraw from the race. The people of Northeastern Pennsylvania deserve a representative who is beholden to them, not to their donors or their relatives. Rob Bresnahan is the only candidate in this race we can trust to put PA-08 first.<\/p>\n
Lorna Altavilla, Wilkes-Barre<\/p>\n
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