State Rep. Two state lawmakers seeking reelection Tuesday without any challengers offered their appreciation to voters for coming out to polling sites in Lycoming and Union counties and spoke a bit about what they would do over the next two years. As he canvassed the area, Hamm said the concerns for voters mirrored his. He said he listened to concerns about green new energy, skyrocketing inflation, including higher prices for food at the grocery stores, deciding whether to take medicines or pay bills and higher costs for consumer goods throughout the Commonwealth and U.
One way to do that is to look at the state income tax cuts that have been effective in North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Texas, he said. That much was affirmed by Josh Shapiro when he was attorney general, before he became governor, Hamm said, adding Shapiro admitted there was that much welfare fraud taking place. Other goals that Hamm considered to be priorities included cleaning up streams of creeks, especially before the next flooding event as many creeks still have exposed gravel bars and debris in them from Aug.
Another priority for Hamm is to ensure the volunteer fire companies and emergency medical services get more state fire and EMS grants.
Currently, there are locations where a call can take 45 minutes or longer, when during a cardiac emergency or medical emergency or fire call seconds count. In South Williamsport, Flick said he could not emphasize enough the importance of every vote counting in the elections. He highlighted how the Republicans currently held a razor-thin majority in the House at Whoever controls the majority controls the agenda, he said.
As examples of the importance of getting out to vote, Flick noted how state Rep. Michael Cabell, serving parts of Luzerne County, lost a primary election by four votes and state Rep. Torren Ecker of Adams and Cumberland counties, won an election by a single vote.
