Posted on 10/30/2020 1:29:29 PM PDT by knighthawk
In the tight-knit, Shelocta, Pa., coal mining community, American flags flap gently in the fall breeze; children peddle bicycles through the wide-open streets set against the neat wooden homesteads and plots of green grass dusted in fall leaves -- it is the essence of suburban American. But there is a lingering veil of uncertainty.
Tuesday's Presidential vote could bring about significant changes for the strong and proud, who for generations have lurched far below the earth's surface into the sooty pleats of the underground to extract vital sources of energy.
"The mine is the lifeblood of our entire town; 85% of our community depends on keeping this going – right down to the car dealerships and convenient stores which won't survive if the coal mine goes," Todd Reesman, 49, an electrician for Rosebud at the nearby Crooked Creek mine, told Fox News.
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Workers fear a Biden presidency will decimate EVERYTHING
The time has come for the coal workers in West VA. To rid the state of Joe Manchin.
Wow.
Things must really be bad if the kids are having to sell their bikes to get by.
Busting Hollie, not you Hawk. ; )
It will happen when the WV Gop party run a capable candidate against Manchin. The last time Morrissey was boring & too easily painted as a carpetbagger by native son Joe.
But, they keep voting for Mankin in WV
What’s to fear?
We know he WILL.
Must be the modern version of a lemonade stand!
And they’re right.
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