{"id":2456385,"date":"2020-03-26T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/willits-families-for-infante\/"},"modified":"2020-03-27T08:45:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:45:46","slug":"willits-families-for-infante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/willits-families-for-infante\/","title":{"rendered":"Willits families for Infante"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019ve lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for 23 years, 13 of which have been in Basalt. My husband and I are proud Willits residents, where we are raising two children, an adopted a dog and sit on local nonprofit boards. Basalt is a special place in a wonderful, larger community and here are some things we have learned since we have made Basalt our home:<\/p>\n

We need progressive thinkers at the helm of Basalt. Somehow, with all of Basalt\u2019s attributes, it seems be regularly treading water. Stuck in its ways, wanting to do the right thing but not able to quite get there. I am always wondering why Basalt can\u2019t seem to make progress in its culture, support of small businesses or crafting of community. I watch as Carbondale, Aspen, Glenwood Springs continually move forward; what is holding back Basalt?<\/p>\n

The answer is leadership.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I\u2019m voting for Bill Infante for Basalt mayor. Families with young children such as ours are still banking on the hope that Basalt to evolve into a place where our kids will be able and want to live, where there will be affordable-housing options and full, rich, cultural roots. We need someone to get it done when it comes to smart growth, affordable housing, community connectivity and reaching out other public servants \u2014 near and far \u2014 who have ideas and paths for Basalt to emulate. Bill Infante is not afraid to ask other communities to share their best ideas and let us adapt them to ways that work for us.<\/p>\n

A teenager once described Basalt to me as, \u201cA gas stop on the way to Aspen.\u201d That\u2019s painful. But the town\u2019s lack of identity is real. We need leadership that is not stuck in the past, we need a mayor that has the energy, competence and vision for what Basalt can be \u2014 for us and for our children.<\/p>\n

When I cast my ballot this April for Bill Infante, it will be a vote for our environment, our schools, our future and our children as well. Let\u2019s build up Basalt, let\u2019s build our community with Bill Infante.<\/p>\n

Amiee Beazley<\/p>\n

Basalt<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for 23 years, 13 of which have been in Basalt. My husband and I are proud Willits residents, where we are raising two children, an adopted a dog and sit on local nonprofit boards. Basalt is a special place in a wonderful, larger community and here are some […]<\/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-2456385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 07:56:49","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'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\/2456385","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=2456385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456415,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456385\/revisions\/2456415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}