After attending the League of Women Voters Forum this past Sunday in Bowling Green, something really stood out to me; Kelly Wicks just seems like a very angry person.
The very first question asked was about qualities each candidate feels they have that would translate well to the Statehouse. Instead of answering the question, Mr. Wicks proceeded to ignore the fairly simply question in favor of screaming into the mic that he pays his taxes and his opponent is a liar. Forget about the fact that public records show Mr. Wicks failed to pay his property taxes for over six months, resulting in a lien on his property. Also, forget about the fact that through social media Mr. Wicks lied by saying he was only a couple of days late on his property taxes.
The second question was in reference to charter schools. This one Mr. Wicks actually did answer but again he was awfully angry. It really makes me wonder how great (or poor) an advocate he would be for Wood County in Columbus because of the strong majority Republicans have in the Statehouse. Would he take the same poor temperament he had Sunday with him to Columbus and try to shout down his colleagues in the House chamber, too?
During the closing remarks Mr. Wicks, instead of talking about the issues he believes are important or what makes him fit to represent the diverse population of Wood County, chose to yet again attack his opponent. Again, he did this with a lot of anger.
There was such a stark contrast between Mr. Wicks and Ms. Gavarone that I don’t understand how anyone could objectively look at the two candidates and think to themselves, “Wow. I really want that angry person representing my family in Columbus.”
I know I’ll be voting for Theresa Gavarone on November 8th and I believe you should, too.
Mark Pannell
Perrysburg
