John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for US Senate, was mayor of Braddock, Pa., from 2006 to 2019 and has claimed he helped save the small town. Locals beg to differ.
to fund one of the poorest districts in the state. What’s more, the population of Braddock suffered large drops under his mayorship, plummeting 25.9% between 2000 and 2010 and an additional 20.3% between 2010 and 2020.
Lundy said he wished the Fetterman legend was true. “I really do, but you can’t put this back together, and it is insulting to those who live here to tell us that we are better off because of him.” Lundy says of the brewery, “I’ve gone a couple of times but lately every time I go down there, they are closed.”
The office Fetterman held here for nearly two decades has little power. The mayor is in charge of overseeing public safety and can be a tiebreaker on a council vote. But that never stopped Fetterman from butting into matters over which he had no power. in the middle of the night changing Club 804 nightclub’s sign that said “Opening Soon Under New Management” to “Closed Not Opening Soon” — to send a message to the owners that they weren’t welcome.
Bob Portogallo’s restaurant is one of the few places on Braddock Avenue that’s busy — and he said he did it with no help or notice from Braddock.While it’s true that Braddock’s best days peaked between the 1920s and 1950s, and the town declined as mill workers started to make more money and moved up and out for a better life, no one figured out a way to keep the community thriving — including Fetterman.
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