Letter to the editor: In support of Lea Webb

Lately, there doesn’t seem to be much initiative from Republicans to craft or support meaningful bipartisan legislation that actually benefits middle-class Americans. Most Republicans nowadays appear to be more concerned with legislating constituent’s private, personal matters than mitigating our kitchen table concerns. If they really wanted to address what they often cite as interminable national issues, they would have passed the bipartisan border deal that was drawn up by James Lankford (OK), one of their own, most conservative, senators. When you run on a platform deriding the system, I guess it behooves you to make that system appear dysfunctional, even if it means throwing your own colleague under the proverbial bus.

Which leads me to the great struggle between capital and labor. A good, honest politician is a referee between the two, making sure free markets have the means to grow, while simultaneously ensuring that the middle-class is treated fairly. Lea Webb has a long history of serving our community as she deftly crafts, defends, and supports policies that are good for the middle-class. But she has also proven to be fair handed, championing the kind of economic development that helps local businesses prosper and ensures stable market growth. Lea Webb embodies the perfect combination of community-service-minded disposition and small business acumen needed to lead New York’s 52^nd Senate District into the foreseeable future.

– Freddy Villano, Ithaca