Letters: Mandel not focused on the values and best interests of Ohioans – The Columbus Dispatch

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After quitting the 2018 Senate race, Josh Mandel disappeared from the public eye and never supported President Trump or his policies.

During this time, Mandel profited off the payday lending industry, an industry that exploits Ohioans into paying high interest rates for needed loans.While serving as state treasurer, he flew to the Bahamas to bring in cash for his campaign from the industry. During the pandemic, he made about $250,000 off the banks of working Ohioans in one year.

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Mandel has a long history of profiting off others, despite claiming to be for the working Ohioan.

TheColumbus Dispatchhas also reported that campaign staffers have quit due to the toxic work environment created by Mandel and his finance director, who he is currently dating, where female workers were berated. He has focused his campaign on photo ops and tweeting controversial opinions to spark outrage on social media.

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This is not what Ohioans need. Ohioans need to reject Mandel and vote for a Senate candidate that truly has Ohios values and best interests in mind. For me, that is Jane Timken.

Katie Rozsa,Ohio Wesleyan University student, intern for Jane Timken for Ohio

Governments need to leave the U.N. climate talks with a clear commitment to keep all remaining fossil fuels in the ground ASAP to avoid climate catastrophe, as climate scientists have long warned.Burning oil, coal and gas is the number one contributor to the climate emergency.

I applaud Rep. Joyce Beattys 95% League of Conservation Voters 2020 voting record on environmental issues, including climate change-related legislation.

Preventing real progress on climate legislation are fossil fuel corporations. Their power originates from Supreme Court decisions giving them never-intended constitutional rights: First Amendment free speech rights to spend money influencing elections and policies, Fourth Amendment privacy rights preventing public inspections to protect communities and the environment and Fifth Amendment takings rights that represent a massive deterrent to keeping fossil fuels in the ground since trillions of dollars of lost future profits that would have to be compensated.

Thats whyHJR 48, the We the People Amendment, is the fundamental solution. It would abolish all corporate constitutional rights, ensuring that the rights of people and the right to a livable world are achievable.

If Rep. Beatty is serious about saving the climate, workers and communities, she will join the 80 other Congressional co-sponsors of HJR48.

Sandy Bolzenius, Columbus

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