{"id":800848,"date":"2019-10-30T16:30:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373802"},"modified":"2019-10-30T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:30:52","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-vote-yes-on-proposition-cc-to-fund-schools-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-vote-yes-on-proposition-cc-to-fund-schools-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Vote yes on Proposition CC to fund schools, transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/LettersWebCard-SDN1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Without raising taxes, we can improve school funding for<br \/>\nK-12, community colleges and transportation infrastructure. As a lifelong<br \/>\nColoradan, former teacher and state representative of House District 50, and<br \/>\nnow as Colorado\u2019s state treasurer, I know we need to pass Proposition CC. Our<br \/>\neducation and transportation infrastructure funding is dismal, as many of our<br \/>\nschools around the state have switched to four day school weeks and teachers<br \/>\ncan\u2019t afford to live in the area that they teach in. Additionally, we have<br \/>\ncrumbling roads and highways that are not built for the 21st century, as our<br \/>\npopulation continues to grow. In its first year, Proposition CC would put an<br \/>\nestimated $88 million to transportation projects around the state, and around<br \/>\n$88 million to our K-12 public schools to buy new technology and attract<br \/>\nqualified teachers, as well as making community colleges more affordable.<br \/>\nProposition CC funds would have to be spent on these areas, and the state<br \/>\nauditor must provide a financial audit of money to hold spending<br \/>\naccountable.&nbsp; In the past, voters have<br \/>\napproved similar proposals for school districts and local municipalities. Let\u2019s<br \/>\npass Proposition CC and bring back five-day school weeks, newer books and technology<br \/>\nfor students, and update our infrastructure. Vote yes on Proposition CC by Nov.<br \/>\n5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-vote-yes-on-proposition-cc-to-fund-schools-transportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without raising taxes, we can improve school funding for K-12, community colleges and transportation infrastructure. As a lifelong Coloradan, former teacher and state representative of House District 50, and now as Colorado\u2019s state treasurer, I know we need to pass Proposition CC. Our education and transportation infrastructure funding is dismal, as many of our schools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-800848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 18:44:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}