Apr 9, 2018 2 min read

It is hard to believe that at a time when so many issues of importance face the commonwealth, Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Mango is making an issue out of which bathroom transgender individuals may use, waging war on opponent Scott Wagner for allegedly committing the “crime” of seeking to allow individuals to choose where they relieve themselves.

I am no fan of Mr. Wagner, another dangerous candidate and Trump clone, but he is a sympathetic figure in the wake of the nonsense promulgated by Mr. Mango.

How many of us take a close look at who is in the restroom with us, determining which gender we consider them to be, and how many times has a troublesome transgender individual harassed or ogled Mr. Mango in a public facility?

I would be more concerned about my children sharing a restroom with a Jerry Sandusky-type than someone who is transgender, but even so, crimes do not typically occur or begin in restrooms.

At a time when we should be talking about property taxes, a state budget which is not truly balanced, a state liquor system which should be dismantled, and a burgeoning public pension debt which will be the death of us if not addressed more seriously, a candidate who focuses on moral issues that have no bearing on our lives should be written off, placed on the scrapheap of state politics.

Oren Spiegler

South Strabane Township