{"id":69999,"date":"2016-06-18T10:35:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=69999"},"modified":"2016-06-17T23:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T03:39:40","slug":"opinion-supports-phillips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=69999","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Supports Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=58702\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58702\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-58702\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/letters-to-the-editor.image_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"letters-to-the-editor.image_\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>To the Editor:<\/p>\n<p>With all of the negative advertisements, radio interviews, and accusations surrounding\u00a0the upcoming 22nd District primary, I believe it is necessary to recognize one candidate for\u00a0having the strength of character to remain above the political fray.<\/p>\n<p>George Phillips is the only candidate in this race that I feel can properly represent our\u00a0district\u2019s interests in Washington. I do not come to this decision lightly, and after months of\u00a0researching the various candidates, I am going to vote for Phillips. Below is why I think that\u00a0everyone reading this should strongly consider Phillips, too.<\/p>\n<p>As a voter in Upstate New York, I am deeply troubled by the latest recession. People\u00a0have lost their jobs at an alarming rate and the heroin<!--more--> epidemic has only gotten worse. I believe\u00a0that Phillips can bring our communities out of the shadows of stagnant wages and mass youth exodus. Phillips has a comprehensive Upstate Jobs Plan that will restore our economic clout in\u00a0this great nation.<\/p>\n<p>While the drug problems in our area make front page news every day, it seems as if our\u00a0state legislators and Washington representatives have largely ignored our cries for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips wants to secure the border once and for all and make U.S. relations with Mexico\u00a0contingent upon the Mexican government\u2019s cooperation in destroying facilities that process\u00a0drugs like heroin. We can no longer sit idly by as our youngest succumb to addiction. It is time\u00a0we unite behind a candidate that can make a real difference.<\/p>\n<p>While I understand that we each have our own decision to make when it comes to the\u00a0important choice of representation, I believe that a local history teacher that knows the\u00a0Constitution better than anyone else is our best hope for the future of Upstate New York. We\u00a0don\u2019t need any more lawyers with empty promises in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Price,\u00a0Binghamton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor: With all of the negative advertisements, radio interviews, and accusations surrounding\u00a0the upcoming 22nd District primary, I believe it is necessary to recognize one candidate for\u00a0having the strength of character to remain above the political fray. George Phillips is the only candidate in this race that I feel can properly represent our\u00a0district\u2019s interests [&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-69999","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\/69999","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=69999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69999\/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=69999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}