[ [link removed] ]John Fetterman


Hi John, it's John here.

As we near our end-of-quarter fundraising deadline, I want to take a step
back and tell you about a project I’m proud of: A stained glass window in
the Braddock Community Center.

[ [link removed] ]Stained glass in Braddock community center

Braddock, where I served as Mayor from 2006 to 2019, is home.

To this day, it's where Gisele and I have chosen to raise our family,
across the street from Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill. It has also
historically been one of the poorest communities in Allegheny county. A
community of the 1% — but on the bottom end. The average household income
in Braddock is $22,000 — just about two-thirds less than the national
average.

When I was mayor, the cost of a NYC brownstone was larger than our entire
municipal budget. We weren't working with much, but we made it work.

[ [link removed] ]That was thirteen years,
John. And as you keep reading, I hope you'll
consider making $13
the amount of your first-ever campaign donation — one
dollar for every year that I was Mayor of Braddock, to help define the
future of our campaign.

The story of Braddock is a lot like the story of our campaign. Because
here's what I believe for every municipality in our Commonwealth: No
community deserves to be abandoned and discarded. I will
fight for every single community in Pennsylvania if you trust me with your
vote, John, including
yours.

And just like this campaign, our community in Braddock got after it. We
put young people to work. We turned abandoned buildings into homes for
children leaving foster care. We turned empty lots into urban farms, and
resurrected playgrounds and spaces for joy and community.

And one of my proudest moments as Mayor was when we brought this stained
glass window into the Braddock Community Center, the first stained glass
installed in our community in decades. That moment represented so much of
what this campaign stands for — bringing things in, not taking them out.

I have felt what it means to live and work in a community that has lost
90% of everything it once had — population and infrastructure. As Mayor,
you see these things up close, and it's incredibly painful. Success is
never guaranteed, but we try all the same.

I'll shut up now, John, but
I've got one favor to ask of you before I go:

[ [link removed] ]We're staring down our end-of-quarter fundraising deadline this week,
and it would mean the world to me and our campaign if you'd consider
making a
$13 contribution as your first-ever donation to our
campaign, one dollar for every year that I was Mayor of
Braddock. $13 or any amount at all will be a big help ahead of our
deadline.

[ [link removed] ]Contribute

Thanks for listening, and see you out there.

In gratitude,

John

John Fetterman
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania


 


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