DEMOCRATS FIGHTING FOR YOU
However, we do have local leaders who are trying. This past April, State Representative Jacklyn Rusnock hosted a House Majority Policy Committee hearing in Muhlenberg Township, where local officials testified that the so-called “100 year storms” are now hitting regularly.
Rusnock called on state and federal agencies to step up to support local municipalities. State Senator Judy Schwank backed her up, pointing to the July 2023 flash floods that damaged Antietam High School and swept through the region. She emphasized that “the state will need to continue to partner with local and federal resources in a concerted effort to protect lives and property from future storms.”
Rusnock’s and Schwank’s efforts underscore the stakes of the judicial retention election: if courts won’t enforce environmental rights and federal agencies won’t step in, then state-level leadership and legal precedent become the last line of defense.
We can help our elected officials by organizing, voting, and holding the line. Because when the floods come again (and they will) and the agencies fail (and they will) - hope means showing up anyway demanding accountability and refusing to let our communities be washed out with the floodwater.