Fetterman, Braddock and a tale of two businesses: How the former mayor impacted the Pittsburgh borough

BRADDOCK, Pa. – Two enterprise house owners gave divergent views about their former mayor and present Senate candidate John Fetterman and the way he impacted the sleepy Pittsburgh borough of Braddock. 

“As a enterprise proprietor in Braddock, Fetterman has by no means helped my enterprise,” Steve Mann, the proprietor of a Braddock-based building firm, informed Fox Information. “Fetterman, he clothes in Carhartt clothes, however he has by no means labored a day in his life that I do know of.”

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Half a mile down the highway, the proprietor of Aunt Cheryl’s Cafe, one of many few eating places on the town, disagreed. 

“Due to Fetterman, we’re right here on this location,” Cheryl Johnson informed Fox Information, “He was the one which needed Aunt Cheryl’s to come back right here in the neighborhood.”

“We’re the one feminine minority enterprise in Braddock, so Fetterman was the one which introduced us right here,” Johnson stated. “That is what he does, is he makes alternatives for individuals to have the ability to are available right here and make a distinction.” 

Cheryl Johnson, proprietor of Aunt Cheryl’s Cafe, credit John Fetterman for offering the chance to start out her enterprise. 
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As Tuesday’s midterm election closes in, Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, leads Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz 45%-42%, according to a recent Fox News poll. The survey additionally discovered that 39% of the registered voters polled are involved the Democrat is not wholesome sufficient to carry out senatorial duties successfully after suffering from a stroke within the spring.

Mann stated when he contacted then-Mayor Fetterman with enterprise inquiries about constructing a medical hashish retailer in Braddock, he received no response.

“I do not see how Fetterman could possibly be taking credit score for something as a result of he hasn’t accomplished something down right here,” Mann stated. “I’ve 20-some properties right here that I redid, rehabbed utterly with my very own cash, not utilizing tax {dollars}.”

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Steve Mann, proprietor of Mann Development Inc, stated John Fetterman didn’t assist his enterprise when he was Mayor.
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Each Johnson and Mann agreed that Fetterman did a good job revitalizing a former furnishings retailer into condo housing and that he did enhance Braddock when he first took over as mayor. 

“Fetterman did put us on the map,” Mann stated. “With out him, it could have most likely simply stayed the identical.”

“However since then, it actually hasn’t improved,” Mann continued. “Extra individuals moved out, there’s nonetheless drug sellers right here, the crime has gone up. It is nonetheless a distressed, poverty city.”

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Johnson stated: “The largest factor that John did was he introduced the neighborhood collectively once more, believing and having hope that they’ll do issues and that issues can occur in Braddock.”

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