Chris Collins’ supposed vision is that Erie County will be a world-class community where people want to live, businesses want to locate and tourists want to visit. That is truly a positive and uplifting message. However, I am wondering how we will attain that goal for all Erie County residents when, time and again, Collins has proven himself to be an elitist. “All” is the key word here.
The Lancaster fiasco spoke volumes of the kind of man Collins truly is. As the son of a man who spent four and a half years overseas during World War II, I take offense to Collins’ belief that he had a right to go before veterans in the Lancaster Fourth of July parade, and attempted to defend his action with some ridiculous excuse.
Collins has proven that his “all” are the residents of Erie County who do not need to depend on county services for a decent quality of life. Unfortunately, the world is made up of “haves and have nots.” Obviously, Collins’ world is one of “haves.” It has become more and more evident that he is a narcissistic bully (albeit a very wealthy one) who does not seem to have any respect at all for the working middle class, public servants, veterans, women, the disadvantaged or the handicapped population of Erie County.
Tom Gilson
Lackawanna