Jeff Wartman

While I’ve lost the link, the Daily Southtown did publish a letter to the Editor I wrote last Tuesday.  I have reprinted it below.

In response to Lauren Fitzpatrick’s article on June 28th titled, “Southland moderates split on Obama energy bill,” it is insulting to call Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson a moderate.  While she ran as one in the 2008 general election, she has voted as a carbon copy of Nancy Pelosi since Rep. Halvorson arrived in the House of Representatives.  After pledging to oppose Cap-and-Trade legislation during the 2008 election, she has now bowed to Pelosi and Obama and broke her promise not to support Cap-and-Trade, which she referred to as a “bad idea.”  The citizens of the 11th Congressional district need to stand up and recognize that Rep. Halvorson is not a moderate.  She is decidedly far-left and will continue to vote with Nancy Pelosi as long as she is a member of Congress.  If we want moderate and common sense representation, we need to look elsewhere.

Jeff Wartman
Mokena, IL