{"id":2450420,"date":"2019-10-27T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/slusar-facts-speak-for-themselves\/"},"modified":"2019-10-28T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T15:00:00","slug":"slusar-facts-speak-for-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/slusar-facts-speak-for-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Slusar: Facts speak for themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\"> I am writing in response to the letter you published from John Maloy about me (<a id=\"N0x2012820N0x1ddf030:N0x2012820N0x1eb20f0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/maloy-slusar-shows-little-regard-for-the-truth\/\">\u201cMaloy: Slusar shows \u2018little regard for the truth,\u2019\u201d<\/a> Oct. 23, aspentimes.com).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While it is tempting to respond in kind, I really don\u2019t roll that way. I would rather take a page from the book of several great leaders, to wit: \u201cwhen they go low, we go high,\u201d and \u201cturn the other cheek.\u201d It is very sad that Dr. Maloy felt the need to go on the attack (while simultaneously calling for civil discourse). I can only say that the facts speak for themselves. Dr. Maloy was dismissed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">I do need to clarify one point. At no time have I called for the cutting off of anyone\u2019s body parts. Rather, I said \u201cthe fish rots from the head down,\u201d which I expect many people will recognize as an old proverb that metaphorically describes the effects of poor leadership on an organization. I would also add the words of a supporter on why she is voting for me in the upcoming BOE election: \u201cBettina is a deep listener and a collaborative leader who is not afraid to take action.\u201d I think that is what voters need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Bettina Slusar<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Aspen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/slusar-facts-speak-for-themselves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am writing in response to the letter you published from John Maloy about me (\u201cMaloy: Slusar shows \u2018little regard for the truth,\u2019\u201d Oct. 23, aspentimes.com). While it is tempting to respond in kind, I really don\u2019t roll that way. I would rather take a page from the book of several great leaders, to wit: [&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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 11:25:34","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450432,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450420\/revisions\/2450432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}