To the Editor:
I was amused by our off-Island state representative Dylan Fernandes’ editorial (“Taking on issues at the State House,” Dec. 4). He must be residing in an alternative universe; I read this on the same day that unemployment reached a record low of 3.5 percent with 266,000 jobs added, and wages are up 3 percent or more.
His spin on the “Janus decision” was biased, as union workers are no longer obligated to have a percentage of their wages confiscated to prop up the union bosses. Yes, “workers rights” do include the option not to participate in the extortion of your hard-earned wages.
Like-minded free-thinking individuals are waking up to business as usual at the local, state, and federal level.
Laura Smith
Tampa, Fla.