Lou Barletta Financially Inept
If you read the “Issues” section on Lou Barletta’s web page, you would notice that Mayor Barletta talks about Spending as his first “issue.” Barletta budgets more space to the issue of spending than on any other issue on the page. This is ironic, because as Mayor of Hazleton, Barletta has treated the issue of spending and budgeting as an afterthought. A reasonable person must ask, if fiscal responsibility is so important to Lou Barletta, why is Hazleton in such financial disrepair?
The obvious answer is that despite what is claimed on Barletta’s website, responsible spending isn’t really all that important to Mayor Barletta. On his website, Barletta makes the following statements…
“I’m tired of this blank-check attitude of Washington politicians. We need to send people to Washington who will add real checks to our nation’s bank balance.”
This is an interesting choice of words coming from the mayor who illegally used the Hazleton Pension Fund for purposes other than what it was intended for. That costly decision nearly bankrupt the city and required the State of Pennsylvania to intervene and fix Barletta’s screw-up. Also, consider the fact that the city of Hazleton is now so strapped for cash that Mayor Barletta is looking to sell off the Hazleton Water Authority to the highest bidder. Do these sound like the actions of a man who is really serious about fiscal responsibility?
Want further proof of Lou Barletta’s financial ineptitude? Okay. Just take a peek at his campaign finances. Barletta has wracked up more debt than all other candidates, both Democrat and Republican, combined. Things are so bad for Barletta’s campaign, in fact, that before he even announced his decision to run for Congress again, he sent out a letter begging people to donate money to him so he could pay off some of his existing campaign debt from his previous two failed Congressional campaigns. Yes, Lou Barletta is the candidate who was asking for money for his campaign before he was a candidate. Financial integrity at its finest, eh?
When allowed to play with money, Lou Barletta has a history of doing horribly stupid things. He can write whatever he wants on his website about how serious he is about responsible spending. However, despite his best efforts, Mayor Barletta can not re-write the facts. As Mayor of Hazleton, Barletta has left the city in shambles. As a political candidate, Barletta has burned through money like it was some sort of fossile fuel. If Lou Barletta is serious about keeping people out of Washington who are going to waste and mismanage money, he should not be running for Congress. Because Lou Barletta has a long history of wasting and mismanaging money. Clearly, Lou Barletta should not be elected to the United States Congress.
See also: Lou Barletta is a Bad Investment and Barletta Struggling to Raise Funds
-Dan Cheek
www.StopLouBarletta.com
StopLouBarletta@gmail.com
