{"id":2456903,"date":"2020-04-07T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/sacrifice-starts-at-the-top\/"},"modified":"2020-04-08T07:08:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T13:08:33","slug":"sacrifice-starts-at-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/sacrifice-starts-at-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacrifice starts at the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"38.837837837838\">\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">When I decided to run for Pitkin County commissioner in District Five \u2014 about six weeks ago \u2014 I thought county voters might really enjoy having one elected official who is an unabashed advocate for fixing the entrance to Aspen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In our strange new world, a huge traffic jam would be cause for celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The central issue for government at all levels will now be about maintaining essential services with drastically reduced revenues. The current county commission has the most difficult and thankless task imaginable, defining \u201cessential\u201d and deciding which services and personnel we can do without.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The commissioners were probably fairly comfortable with the size, scope, and cost of county government in 2019. I will be very interested in seeing how they set new priorities, and do not plan to do much armchair quarterbacking while they struggle with those decisions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">2019 will be a base year for all sorts of comparisons, and it will be some months before we know the full percentage drop in total revenue for 2020. Whatever that number turns out to be, I intend to reduce my own salary by the same amount in 2021, should I be elected. Adjustments will be made each subsequent year for my time in office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It won\u2019t add that much to the general fund, but there is going to be a lot of sacrifice to be shared. It should start at the top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEvans for Commissioner \u2014 Back to Basics\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Jeffrey Evans<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Basalt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.371985157699\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 at-4 pl-4\" readability=\"17.798507462687\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times\u2019 work possible. 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