| Posted at 05:31 AM on June 09, 2009 |
I am running for Altoona City Council to hopefully change the way things are run in this area. We have $170,000 dollars going to the Mishler theater from our wonderful U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster and we have a Tour de Toona race that has been going on for ten years.
But I do not see any government official wonder or working towards our future. We the people, not we the elected officials, run this country and we have to act that way. I thought when our current president won, it would spark a lot of people in believing that if we came together and work together we could do a lot. That is why Obama won, because PEOPLE were tired of the same old stuff, and this AREA is way over due in not having good paying jobs.
My grandfather left this area back in the 50’s because the railroad would not let GM or Ford come here and not a lot has changed since then, other than the good old railroad is slowly shutting down now. Wake up people. Ebensburg has a factory that builds windmills and the employees make a lot of money, but people in Blair County have shopping Centers. That’s what we settle on, so that is what we have. We need to work together and improve this area.
Altoona, PA
City Council Candidate
Categories: Altoona, Elections, Jobs

