Vote Nov. 2 to reelect Wendy Gooditis

Dear Editor:

If you honestly care about quality, affordable health care, supporting our children’s education needs and protecting our community’s quality of life, you must vote on Nov. 2 to reelect Wendy Gooditis as Delegate for HD-10.

It’s stunning to realize – and challenging to summarize here – just how much Wendy, a mother of two and former schoolteacher for more than a decade, has accomplished for us all during less than four years in office.

Wendy has personally experienced the tragic consequences of being unable to obtain health care services for a family member, which inspired her to champion legislation expanding affordable health care for more than 550,000 working families and veterans. Those health benefits cover pre-existing conditions, provide dental coverage, lower prescription prices, and, importantly, expand access to mental health services across the commonwealth.

As the Delta Covid variant rampages across the nation, Wendy’s opponent, Nick Clemente, a former coal lobbyist – whose campaign seems little more than a series of patently false claims and Trump-like pronouncements to wreak havoc wherever possible – says he would eliminate those vital health protections, including for veterans, and promises to remove mask requirements for children returning to schools.

In contrast, Wendy has promoted quality education and safety first for our children, supporting mask requirements, helping provide $220 million for Covid preparedness, increasing teachers’ pay and delivering $70 million to hire additional school nurses and counselors to help our children weather the educational problems arising from the pandemic.

Of particular interest to Western Loudoun, Wendy has improved regional transportation, serves as a leader on conservation issues, providing farmland preservation funding, protecting Virginia’s agriculture industry and engaging with small rural communities endangered by inappropriate development.

She has done so much. She is sincere and trustworthy. We owe her our support to continue protecting our families and communities.

Michael Zuckerman

Round Hill