Charlie Daniels
Dear Editor,
As we dive into this election year, I feel it is very important for people to be informed about the kinds of politicians we are electing. I think that our biggest fear as constituents is that we cannot trust our representatives. As a college student, I spend a lot of time talking to my classmates about this issue. Many of them don’t even want to vote because of it! I have such a hard time even imagining giving up that right. However, they make a good point. Politics has turned into a dirty game, and is no longer about what is best for the people.
WE the PEOPLE are responsible for this country. WE the PEOPLE are responsible for who we elect to represent our voices and our best interests. WE the PEOPLE are responsible for making SURE we vote for politicians who care for us and our communities, not dirty deceitful politicians who are in it for the game. I can’t promise you that we will always make the right decisions, but it’s so very important that we try.
For the past few weeks, I have spent a lot of time working alongside and talking with Charlie Daniels. I was a fan of his before I ever knew him. I was a fan of his morals and values and what he stands for. Charlie Daniels is FOR THE PEOPLE. Charlie Daniels aims to build his political career on honesty and putting his people first. Charlie Daniels believes in building up our middle class and bringing in new well-paying jobs. He wants to bring money to education and improve our school systems. He is also a life-long resident of the Ohio Valley. He’s a military veteran and comes from a long line of coal miners. These are things that MOST people know and love about Charlie Daniels. The truth is, there is so much more to him than that.
Charlie is a honest, hard-working man. The more I talk to him an get to know him, the more THANKFUL I am, as a resident of his district, that he has chosen to run for State Representative. He gave up his job to work full time on his campaign. With the help of all his donors and a few loyal volunteers, he has built something we have not seen in a very long time. He has built a campaign of honesty, trust, sincerity, and PEOPLE over POLITICS! VOTE … CHARLIE DANIELS!!!
Thank you!
Amanda Nicole Lancione
Student
Ohio University Eastern
Charlie Daniels
Dear Editor,
I am writing in support of Charlies Daniels for State Representative.
I have known Charlie personally and professionally for over 16 years. I worked with him at Belmont Correctional Institution and know that as an officer he was a valued employee with a spotless work record held in high esteem by both his fellow officers and the prison administration.
Charlie is running for State Representative for the 95th District. His opponent in this race is Andy Thompson (R) from Marietta.
I am a former Belmont County resident, and have resided in Washington County, Ohio, since 2001, and Andy Thompson is NOT what is best for our District. I live where Andy Thompson makes his home, and he is not getting my vote, simply because in my opinion he has shown a blatant disdain and disregard for working families in Ohio.
One comment, made by Andy Thompson showed his true character and is a reflection of how he has consistently voted: he stated that he wants to create jobs so people don’t have to work in prisons. How insulting!
Belmont Correctional Institution and Noble Correctional Institutions have been a huge blessing to those counties by employing local residents, who may or may not have a college degree, but are thrilled to have a great job to support their families. Does his statement mean that the basic secretaries employed by his father’s company (Birdwatcher’s Digest) aren’t important? Does his statement mean that the new small business owners don’t matter? My daughter works in a local pizza shop that recently opened in Marietta, and let me tell you, every person working there is thrilled to just have a job! He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has never had to seek a job outside his family dynasty. In my opinion, Andy Thompson is rude, condescending, and arrogant – Is that really what we want representing “us” at the District?
I don’t want him as my voice! I want someone who has walked in my shoes, who has actually had to work and of our choices for candidate, Charlie Daniels is that person.
Thompson is not in touch with the reality of our “real” lives in any county within the 95th District. He solely votes his party and now what is best for us, and he is supposed to be our voice! We need to elect Charlie Daniels simply because he is just like us, a veteran, from a working class family, a family that has struggled to make ends meet in a downtrodden economy. Just look at Andy Thompson’s statistics with how he voted with Senate Bill 5 – he clearly did not listen to us, nor did he care about how his vote could potentially affect us. He voted yes to pass Senate Bill 5. This bill was later repealed as Ohioans, both public employees and those employed in the private sector like me, voted 61 percent statewide against it. In the five countries that comprise the 95th District the percentage voting against the bill rose to 70 percent. How in touch with his constituents can Thompson be and how concerned with their well-being is he, when he voted to pass a bill that so large a majority of Ohioans were against? He simply voted for his party, not for the people he was supposed to be representing, people like you and me.
Charlie Daniels campaign slogan, “People Before Politics”. It doesn’t get any more simple than that – let’s get back to the basics of why we have a representative to speak for us in the first place. This is why I encourage everyone to vote for Charlie Daniels for State Representative on Nov. 6.
Thank you for your consideration.
Kim Rhodes
Marietta