{"id":2456383,"date":"2020-03-26T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/kane-and-other-picks-for-basalt\/"},"modified":"2020-03-27T08:45:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:45:36","slug":"kane-and-other-picks-for-basalt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/kane-and-other-picks-for-basalt\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane and other picks for Basalt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.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\">Basalt has come a long way: The CDC and river park are moving; we have a great town manager after a long and costly search, and a competent new lawyer and finance director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thanks to previous council\u2019s work, we have an underpass and a major employee-housing project next to Stubby\u2019s. We have a balanced budget, stable reserves, enhanced building codes, a climate action plan, and improved transparency. Now that we are on a reasonable glide path, to thrive, we need to retain our town manager (since small-town government depends on that position above all) and obtain the technical expertise to grapple with the next set of challenges, particularly the Clark\u2019s parcel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bill Kane has the temperament for the former and the skill-set for the latter, plus an incredibly strong environmental background \u2014 he spearheaded Basalt\u2019s own micro-hydroelectric plant, served on the state Parks and Wildlife Commission for a decade, and long served on AVLT\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">He is hugely experienced, with a long history in Basalt. He is thoughtful, not ego-driven, and without rough edges. He understands and respects people and government process. His stable, unifying leadership is what we need right now. Specifically for those reasons, I am asking you to vote for Bill Kane for mayor, with Rob Leavitt as your second choice, leaving the third slot blank. For council, I\u2019m supporting Glenn Drummond, who has put in hard time on P&amp;Z and attended many council meetings. I also support Dieter Schindler, a local restaurant businessman with kids in the schools. David Knight or Elyse Hottel are solid third choices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Auden Schendler<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Basalt<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/kane-and-other-picks-for-basalt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basalt has come a long way: The CDC and river park are moving; we have a great town manager after a long and costly search, and a competent new lawyer and finance director. Thanks to previous council\u2019s work, we have an underpass and a major employee-housing project next to Stubby\u2019s. We have a balanced budget, [&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-2456383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 07:39:23","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\/2456383","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=2456383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456413,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456383\/revisions\/2456413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}