CONTACT: Cyndi Roy
617-776-2676
''I've got a hunch there's a general disconnect there.''
--Jim Kendall of New Bedford Seafood Consulting
Kerry Healey doesn't understand the magnitude and importance of the New Bedford fishing industry and the impact the Bush administration's anti-industry policies have on that community.
Trying to distance herself from her fellow Republicans nationally, Healey said the Bush administration was favoring corporate fishing interests over family boats.
But, according to today's Cape Cod Times , “her remarks caused some confusion in New Bedford , because in New England circles, New Bedford fishermen, who have the most valuable port in the nation in landings, are the big corporate guys. And they say they are also being killed by federal rules that restrict the number of days at sea this year in an effort to protect fish stocks.”
There's a reason why Kerry Healey doesn't understand the impact of federal policies on Massachusetts citizens – it's because she's ignored the plight of Massachusetts fishing families for the last four years as she stood by Mitt Romney's side. She's had four years to make the right decisions and hasn't. Why is she qualified to make them as governor?
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