{"id":122246,"date":"2024-06-13T11:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=122246"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:32:31","slug":"letter-supports-sarah-klee-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=122246","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Supports Sarah Klee Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>To the editor:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She grew up in a middle-class union family in rural Madison County. She\u2019s an Air Force veteran, elected DeWitt Town councilor, abortion rights advocate and environmentally focused creator of local jobs. And she\u2019s running in this month\u2019s Democratic primary to become the party\u2019s NY-22 candidate in November to represent us in Congress. Yes, I\u2019m writing about Sarah Klee Hood, and want to offer my personal impressions of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve met Sarah, heard her speak at public meetings and forums and interacted informally with her \u2013 in-person and remotely \u2013 in small groups. Her energetic but relaxed manner and ability to think on her feet immediately impressed me. Since she is very well-informed, she answered directly even the difficult questions on hot-button issues, rather than give the usual vague word-salad response. She also listened to people, welcomed their comments and considered what they had to say. A most personable and pleasant individual, Sarah can get along with everyone without resorting to telling them only what they want to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah\u2019s life experiences and personal attributes make her a perfect fit for the House of Representatives. Additionally, only 28.5 percent of House members are 40 or younger. As the mother of two (public) elementary school daughters, Sarah will advocate for those people who are under-represented in what is supposedly the \u2018People\u2019s House.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join me in voting for Sarah Klee Hood in the June 25th Democratic Primary Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dick Meili, Waterville<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the editor: She grew up in a middle-class union family in rural Madison County. She\u2019s an Air Force veteran, elected DeWitt Town councilor, abortion rights advocate and environmentally focused creator of local jobs. And she\u2019s running in this month\u2019s Democratic primary to become the party\u2019s NY-22 candidate in November to represent us in Congress. [&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-122246","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\/122246","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=122246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122246\/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=122246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}