WASHINGTON – Democratic Congressional Candidate Mark Critz, running to replace the late Congressman John Murtha, brought in the big guns on Sunday to encourage voters to go to the polls Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s 12th District special election. Former President Bill Clinton joined Critz in Johnstown, Pa., the hometown of Murtha, to rally voters out for Critz, “Think of every person you will pass between now and the polls closing. Don’t pass them, say something to them tell them to vote, tell them to vote for Mark.”<\/p>\n
Almost 500 people clamored to hear what the 42nd President had to say about the congressional candidate. Clinton spoke of Critz’s many years of service working for Murtha, and his experience in dealing with the issues of building roads, cutting taxes, bringing jobs to the area and having to be the man under Murtha who figured out how to make these plans a reality. “One of the biggest assets that Mark Critz has, is one of the biggest reasons to vote for him, is that when Jack was in congress he (Critz) had to figure out the how question, how are you supposed to solve these problems,” said Clinton.<\/p>\n
Critz reminded those in attendance about the major issues affecting their district, jobs and cap and trade, and argued that he was the man with the knowledge to turn the region into the energy capitol of the world and bring in the jobs. “We have coal, we have Marcellus shale gas, we have solar power down in Mt. Pleasant, we have wind power with Gamessa up in Ebensburg and we have nuclear with Westinghouse up north of Pittsburgh. Western Pennsylvania could become the energy captiol of the world and I’m so excited to go to work and make that future for western Pennsylvania.”<\/p>\n
The Democratic candidate also had a message for his opponent, Republican Tim Burns, not to forget who the election was all about, “This election is not about Washington D.C., it’s about Johnstown, Pennsylvania, it’s about Washington, Pennsylvania, it’s about Waynesburg, and Uniontown, it’s about Kittaning and Apollo, this is about us, it’s not about them, it’s not about him, it’s about doing things back here.”<\/p>\n