{"id":12979,"date":"2016-01-08T09:13:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=12979"},"modified":"2016-01-08T09:13:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:13:57","slug":"wc-mayor-comitta-announces-run-for-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=12979","title":{"rendered":"WC Mayor Comitta announces run for state house"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1255328\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CarolynComittaPA156-headshot-635873491547238000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1255328\" class=\"wp-image-1255328 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CarolynComittaPA156-headshot-635873491547238000.jpg\" alt=\"CarolynComittaPA156-headshot-635873491547238000\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1255328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolyn Comitta<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">West Chester Mayor Carolyn Comitta announced her candidacy this week\u00a0for the Pennsylvania State House seat in the 156<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District, vowing to bring a spirit of bipartisan cooperation and strong leadership to Harrisburg. Comitta, West Chester\u2019s first female Mayor and its first Democratic Mayor since 1992, will be the Democratic challenger to incumbent Dan Truitt.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy life has been devoted to seeking cooperation and progress for the common good,\u201d said Comitta. \u201cI am proud to be the candidate who listens, who celebrates diversity and inclusiveness and who brings people together to consider all points of view and get things done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 156<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District includes West Chester Borough, portions of West Goshen, East Goshen, Westtown, Birmingham, and Thornbury Townships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Active in local politics and a seasoned leader, the 156<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District is where she was raised, educated, and started her family and career. In her two terms as Mayor, she has ushered in economic stability through business development, advanced the relationship between the Borough and West Chester University, and worked tirelessly on issues like municipal pension reform and gun violence prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI have testified before the state redistricting commission,\u201d said Comitta. \u201cWe took our borough\u2019s redistricting case to the state Supreme Court and won. By attending state, national and municipal organization meetings, I have developed friendships with elected officials across Pennsylvania and the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Comitta is dedicated to investing in the future progress on behalf of constituents by ensuring that local issues are addressed at the state level, like increasing education dollars to the district and forging relationships with a cross-section of local stake holders dedicated to protecting and advancing the quality of life in the 156<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe all know the system in Harrisburg is not working,\u201d Comitta concluded. \u201cOur most vulnerable citizens, starting with our precious children, are counting on us, and we must not let them down. Together, we have a real chance to create a healthy future for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Chester Mayor Carolyn Comitta announced her candidacy this week\u00a0for the Pennsylvania State House seat in the 156th District, vowing to bring a spirit of bipartisan cooperation and strong leadership to Harrisburg. Comitta, West Chester\u2019s first female Mayor and its first Democratic Mayor since 1992, will be the Democratic challenger to incumbent Dan Truitt. &nbsp;&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[877,6801,5625,2910],"class_list":["post-12979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-156th-district","tag-carolyn-comitta","tag-election-2016","tag-state-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}