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Johnston Loves Bullies

I have always lived by the ideals of stand up for the little guy, support and fight for those that that work hard for their family and do all in your power to protect good people that want to be able to provide for their children and themselves. I used to think that everyone was like this when I graduated from Johnston HS but soon found out that I was wrong. I also have no use for anyone that bullies, intimidates, steps on and steals from innocent hard working people and especially those that use a position of power to do so. To me this kind of person is immoral, without respect for anyone and a danger to society. A further injustice to innocent hard working people is the person that condones, makes excuses for and takes part in continued criminal behavior.

Such is the case that you have right there in Johnston RI. The part that may or may not come as a surprise to you is that I am referring to your State Representative from district 43. Henry Fellela Jr. who pled guilty to five felony counts to include aggravated identity theft and defrauding the government in a Social Security scam is not innocent, it is not up for a trial of his peers, no he admitted almost proudly that he committed five felony counts and your State Representative, his wife, supports, makes excuses for and apparently so it seems condones his crimes.
 
When interviewed by the Johnston Sunrise regarding the crimes of her husband, the State Representative that was elected by the hard working families of Johnston to stand up for them and work to protect and represent them, stated that "Everybody is their own person, I go to work every day and I go to the State House every day so I feel like I do what I am supposed to do. Henry is a good person. He is a good family man and people that know him know that he is a good person. He wouldn't refuse a friend a favor."

In regards to going to work every day and doing what they are supposed to do I ask the Representative, what about the people he stole from both this time and the several other times dating back to 1989? Are they not people that do what they are supposed to do every day? Are you not in a position that demands that you look at them as "good people", as "good family men and women"? Is the man that had his identity stolen from by your husband not a "good family man" in your eyes?
As a law maker in the state of Rhode Island and as someone that the people put their faith into to stand up for them and to uphold the law, why have you not stood up and apologized to those that have suffered from the crimes of your husband that you seem to condone and make excuses for? Instead of plastering the town of Johnston with campaign signs that pretty much say, "ignore my immoral character as a lawmaker and vote for me anyway", you should be asking for forgiveness from each and every one of the voters of Johnston and Rhode Island that obey the law every day and work so hard to provide for their families unlike your husband that steals from them.

It amazes me that you have the audacity to look into the eyes of the people that your husband committed crimes against and demand that they vote for you again. I only hope that the voters of Johnston see through your lies, your lack of care about the people of your state and vote for whomever has the bravery to take you on and expose you for what you are.

I have been out of the State for some time now but my family still lives in Johnston and they tell me that some of their neighbors are actually afraid to publicly oppose you for fear of retribution from you and your family. THAT IS DISGUSTING! You should resign your office right now and hopefully you will be going to jail along with your criminal husband when they prove you were involved with his crimes. To any people in Johnston that are reading this remember this... They may try to bully you or blackmail you into voting for her but once you get in that voting booth... your vote is secret.  Get rid of Rep Deb Fellela and her unrestrained malice towards honest people. Stand up to the bully! Don’t become filthy by crawling with her in the slime of corrupt politics and crime. Johnston people YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT! Now prove it!

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