{"id":808200,"date":"2020-06-08T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T21:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=384677"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:44:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T21:44:40","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-vote-arn-menconi-for-senate-district-8-in-june-30-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-vote-arn-menconi-for-senate-district-8-in-june-30-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Vote Arn Menconi for Senate District 8 in June 30 primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serving as a state legislator is a part-time job. But Summit County\u2019s state senate district, Senate District 8, consists of seven counties \u2013 from Breckenridge north to Wyoming and west to Utah. Serving in the Senate District 8 seat is more than a full-time job! It is working with people of all political stripes, and it\u2019s driving hours and hours to get to the far-flung communities of Craig, Walden, Winter Park, Battlement Mesa, Steamboat Springs and of course our Summit County towns.<\/p>\n<p>Here is why I believe Democrat Arn Menconi is the person for the job:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He served two terms as Eagle County commissioner working to support child care, affordable housing, smart growth, open space and more<\/li>\n<li>He never stops reaching out to hear from every possible voter<\/li>\n<li>He is a progressive who walks his talk, working during a lifetime of public and nonprofit service to get things done and improve communities<\/li>\n<li>He genuinely understands the diversity of Senate District 8 and its many needs \u2014 accessible and affordable health care for all, preserving our wonderful outdoor environment, working to reverse human-caused climate change, high-speed broadband everywhere for full access to the 21st century, and an on-the-ground approach to economic development and diversification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rural Colorado is always at risk of losing employers, losing jobs, losing economic vitality \u2013 even after the pandemic recession (or depression) ends. Our Colorado Senate district deserves a strong candidate who understands the perseverance it takes to advocate successfully for northwest Colorado while working under the gold dome in Denver. This is not a glorified part-time job to add to your resume. It is full-time work serving the people and communities of our region.<\/p>\n<p>The primary election is June 30. If you are voting in the Democratic primary, I urge you to support Menconi for Senate District 8.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-vote-arn-menconi-for-senate-district-8-in-june-30-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serving as a state legislator is a part-time job. But Summit County\u2019s state senate district, Senate District 8, consists of seven counties \u2013 from Breckenridge north to Wyoming and west to Utah. Serving in the Senate District 8 seat is more than a full-time job! It is working with people of all political stripes, and [&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-808200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 23:10:15","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\/808200","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=808200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}