{"id":103357,"date":"2019-05-20T12:02:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T16:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103357"},"modified":"2019-05-20T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T15:06:59","slug":"letter-25-years-service-deserves-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103357","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: 25 years\u2019 service deserves recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor.image_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor.image_.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor.image_-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To the Editor:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI work for the residents\u201d is how Randy Weaver described his\njob with the village of Hamilton. On April 30, Randy retired from his position\nas crew chief for the village of Hamilton Department of Public Works and as a\npart-time Hamilton police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How often have residents and visitors stood enamored at the\nappearance of the manicured village green, or stood in awe at the condition of\nthe Eaton Street athletic fields, or marveled at the promptness of snow removal\nfrom our streets and sidewalks, or wondered what happened to the tree limbs and\nbroken water heaters that were at curbside yesterday, or traveled our roads and\nwished in their hometowns streets were as smooth and pothole free? Or helped\nbring divergent interests to find a common ground for the benefit of all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How many communities our size have a better fleet of vehicles,\nmany that were purchased used and then reconditioned by our own mechanics? How\nmany communities of our size have up-to-date maintenance and storage\nfacilities, built mainly by the DPW team, similar to what exists at the Milford\nStreet compound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having had the privilege of being a trustee during several\nyears of Randy\u2019s employment, I know firsthand what Randy has meant to this\nvillage. As a resident, and hopefully representing many other residents, to\nRandy and his wife Karen, thank you for your service, loyalty and dedication to\nthe village of Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Cooper, Hamilton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor: \u201cI work for the residents\u201d is how Randy Weaver described his job with the village of Hamilton. On April 30, Randy retired from his position as crew chief for the village of Hamilton Department of Public Works and as a part-time Hamilton police officer. How often have residents and visitors stood enamored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23678,23808,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letterstotheeditor","category-opinion","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103357","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=103357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}