{"id":109080,"date":"2019-09-12T12:02:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109080"},"modified":"2019-09-12T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T16:02:09","slug":"sullivan-town-supervisor-john-becker-endorsed-by-csea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109080","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan Town Supervisor John Becker endorsed by CSEA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/John-Becker.png?resize=229%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/John-Becker.png?w=229&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/John-Becker.png?resize=147%2C150&amp;ssl=1 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan Town Supervisor and Madison County Board of\nSupervisors Chairman John Becker announced that he has been endorsed for\nre-election by CSEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This employee organization represents many Madison County\ngovernment employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their letter of endorsement, CSEA Region 5 President and\nCSEA Region 5 PAC Chair David Lee stated, \u201cThis endorsement acknowledges your\ninterests in the issues affecting workers, and your commitment to addressing\nthe needs of all hard-working men and women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to have the support of so many hard-working\nMadison County employees,\u201d said Becker. \u201cI\u2019m running for re-election to keep\nthe town of Sullivan and Madison County moving in the right direction through\nstable leadership and a tight watch on the taxpayers\u2019 dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becker has served as Sullivan Town Supervisor for 14 years\nand as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for 12 years. During his tenure, he\nhas prioritized fiscal responsibility, delivering a 30-percent decrease in the town\ntax rate while Moody\u2019s has upgraded the town credit rating to AA3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Increasing public safety and funding infrastructure has also\nbeen a priority for Becker. He has delivered funding for school resource officers\nin every school in Sullivan, while also helping to provide capital funding for\na new AMR ambulance facility, new secure courtrooms, new state trooper\nbarracks, a new pier and dog park at Chapman Park, sports facilities at\nSullivan Park and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2019 general election is Nov. 5. Becker will appear on\nthe Republican and Independence ballot lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sullivan Town Supervisor and Madison County Board of Supervisors Chairman John Becker announced that he has been endorsed for re-election by CSEA. This employee organization represents many Madison County government employees. In their letter of endorsement, CSEA Region 5 President and CSEA Region 5 PAC Chair David Lee stated, \u201cThis endorsement acknowledges your interests in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-snm","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/John-Becker.png?fit=229%2C233&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109080","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=109080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}