Jake Oliveira is the great-grandson of immigrants from Portugal and Poland, who settled in Ludlow, Springfield and Palmer. They worked in the Ludlow Mills and put down strong roots in Western Massachusetts. Jake’s grandfather Bolac Bastek helped to build the Quabbin reservoir.
COVID-19 has devastated small businesses and led to many workers losing their life savings. I’ve led the way on loosening unnecessary regulations on small businesses, and will work to create local, good-paying jobs in green energy and education.