Blood must be thicker than water
From the windmill of my mind … Remember last year, when the local political world was abuzz over the reported falling out between Fayette County Commissioner Vincent A. Vicites and his stepfather-in-law, Fayette County Treasurer Robert F. “Bobby” Danko? The rift, confirmed to me by Danko, was supposed to be rooted in Vicites’ support of incumbent state Rep. H. William DeWeese, against whom Danko ran in the Democratic primary. Now, it’s another year and another election (this one with Vicites seeking re-election as commissioner) and we have Danko writing a letter to the letter extolling Vicites’ virtues. Either blood is truly thicker than water, or the skeptics who questioned whether last year’s “split” was a staged event were right.
I get a chuckle every time someone writes or says that we need to focus on the “positives” in the county, particularly during an election campaign. Usually, “Let’s talk about the positive” means “Let’s not talk about anything truthful that might hurt me.”
Speaking of which, Marcy Ozorowski, patient accounting assistant at Highlands Hospital, said in a recent news story, “Forty-five percent of our patients are (Medicare or Medicaid) recipients. We are third in the state in medical assistance population; only Greene County and the inner city of Philadelphia have more.” All politicians, candidates and community leaders should chew on that before you they start chortling about how we’re moving forward in Fayette County. Let’s not bury our heads in the sand any longer.
Paul Sunyak is Herald-Standard editorial page editor. You can reach him at 724-439-7577 or at psunyak@heraldstandard.com