{"id":722,"date":"2020-10-18T20:16:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T00:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/endorsement-leonela-felix-for-house-district-61-pawtucket-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-10-18T20:37:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T00:37:33","slug":"endorsement-woonsocket-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/endorsement-woonsocket-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"Endorsement: Guay, Kithes, Miller, and Webster for Woonsocket City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CARI is pleased to endorse the Woonsocket Democrats \u2013 a slate of candidates running on a common campaign platform seeking four of the seven seats on the Woonsocket City Council. Although you may vote for up to seven candidates, <em>CARI recommends voting for these four only<\/em>, to maximize their chances of victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of the candidates comes from different backgrounds and from different Woonsocket neighborhoods to unite with a shared message to uplift working people and create a thriving economy in their city.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Kithes, who is running to be re-elected to a seat on the Council, is a champion of public school funding. He is an active member of CARI and Sunrise.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charmaine Webster, a mother and a leader in a community action group that works to provide a safe environment for kids and stop racism, wants to work for fundamental change especially for struggling families in Woonsocket.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marlene Guay (pronounced &#8220;Guy&#8221;), with a background in education, management and advocacy, wants to use her skills to bring equity to and be a voice for Woonsocket residents.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaughan Miller, a Navy veteran having served overseas, came to Woonsocket where he felt the call to continue his service to others by running for city council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of their plan to better serve the underserved includes boosting their economy by championing a municipal Green New Deal, a set of policies that will protect the local environment, move toward renewable energy, and create good-paying jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARI&#8217;s Blackstone Region Politics Team is pleased to endorse the four members of the Woonsocket Democratic Slate for City Council: Marlene Guay, Alex Kithes, Vaughan Miller, and Charmaine Webster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":704,"featured_media":724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/704"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}