{"id":86154,"date":"2017-11-03T05:24:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T09:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=86154"},"modified":"2017-11-02T19:52:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T23:52:56","slug":"letter-ann-jones-is-the-serious-choice-for-madison-county-clerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=86154","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Ann Jones is the serious choice for Madison County Clerk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69874 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/lettertotheeditor_logo-300x127.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/lettertotheeditor_logo-300x127.gif 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/lettertotheeditor_logo-150x63.gif 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/lettertotheeditor_logo-400x169.gif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>To the Editor:<\/em><\/p>\n<div>I recently returned home to find a large glossy campaign flyer in my mailbox. Screaming out in capital letters were the words We have to make a SERIOUS CHOICE for Madison County Clerk, then offered who it thought would be better suited for the position.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am sick to death of campaign material that is simply an avenue to bash another human being. If you have the skills and integrity for the position, you don&#8217;t need to smear your opponent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I was more than offended; I was incensed by its choice of wording and feel compelled to reply.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ann Jones is a woman of integrity; I take that seriously.<\/div>\n<div>She is motivated, dedicated and hardworking; I take that seriously.<\/div>\n<div>Yes, she ran previously for the position and it was a very close race; I take that seriously. In fact, she is so serious and passionate about the position, she is running again. Sounds like serious dedication to me.<\/div>\n<div>She&#8217;s been caring for a sick spouse while holding down a full-time job serving the public daily at the Board of Elections in Wampsville, right down the hall from the Clerk&#8217;s office with heavy interaction; sounds like she&#8217;s seriously familiar with the position.<\/div>\n<div>What I can&#8217;t figure out is why the opposition doesn&#8217;t take her seriously? Is it because she is a woman? Could that still be an issue for some folks in 2017? Well,\u00a0that IS a serious problem because women vote in Madison County and we like to be taken seriously as citizens who matter.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The campaign might want to spend some time outside of Chittenango and get to know ALL of Madison County&#8217;s vast territories the clerk position serves.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Many of us are farmer&#8217;s wives, like Ann Jones, and that&#8217;s serious business. In fact, Since farming is also a business, that makes Ann Jones a serious businesswoman, too.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And just like the other candidate, she was a teacher, and she&#8217;s got some serious education behind her.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you have to drag someone&#8217;s name through the mud to get your votes, that screams insecurity to me, and I take that seriously.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m more interested about why someone who is a mayor is running for clerk; that&#8217;s odd. Why would anyone aspire\u00a0to a lesser position? Huh. How will you remain working as a full-time teacher, run a personal business, and be a clerk for all of Madison County full-time?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Those are some serious questions for you.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Linda Haley, Canastota<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor: I recently returned home to find a large glossy campaign flyer in my mailbox. Screaming out in capital letters were the words We have to make a SERIOUS CHOICE for Madison County Clerk, then offered who it thought would be better suited for the position. I am sick to death of campaign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23678,23808,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86154","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\/86154","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=86154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}