{"id":102247,"date":"2019-03-14T03:30:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T07:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102247"},"modified":"2019-03-14T11:54:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:54:46","slug":"rally-for-education-funding-and-campaign-finance-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102247","title":{"rendered":"Rally for education funding and campaign finance reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Indivisible-Mohawk-Valley-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Indivisible-Mohawk-Valley-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Indivisible-Mohawk-Valley-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Indivisible-Mohawk-Valley-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Indivisible-Mohawk-Valley-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Indivisible-Mohawk-Valley.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Indivisible Mohawk Valley and Central NY Citizen Action are\nputting a spotlight on two state budget issues everyone is concerned about: the\ninfluence of big money in elections and the adequate funding of public\nschools.&nbsp;On Friday, March 15, 2019, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the State\nOffice Building in Utica, activists and speakers will rally for legislative\nbudget action on both concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are urging action on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022The inclusion of small donor (matching funds) public financing of elections. The governor, Assembly and Senate are all on the record saying they support public financing of elections in this year&#8217;s budget, but they have yet to make good on their pledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;Passage of a $1.2 billion increase in foundation aid\nfor our schools. This would put the state on track for a four-year phase-in of\nall money owed the numerous under-funded districts in our region.&nbsp;The\n119th Assembly District is owed $58 million of that, with Utica schools alone\nowed $47 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expected speakers at the rally will be Keith Rubino, who ran\nfor the 118th Assembly seat last year; Cam Tien, a teacher from Rome and\ncandidate for Rome City Council; and Evon Ervin, a member of the Utica School\nBoard and a candidate for county legislator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indivisible Mohawk Valley and Central NY Citizen Action are putting a spotlight on two state budget issues everyone is concerned about: the influence of big money in elections and the adequate funding of public schools.&nbsp;On Friday, March 15, 2019, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the State Office Building in Utica, activists and speakers will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[25336,25338,25337,25333],"class_list":["post-102247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story","tag-119th-assembly-district","tag-cam-tien","tag-keith-rubino","tag-rally"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}