{"id":37774,"date":"2022-12-04T08:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T13:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=37774"},"modified":"2022-12-04T08:44:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T13:44:31","slug":"roe-announces-run-for-county-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=37774","title":{"rendered":"Roe announces run for County Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17269\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17269\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17269\" src=\"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"281\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Roe announces his campaign for County Commissioner, Saturday in West Chester.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the steps of the historic Chester County Courthouse, former State Representative Eric Roe formally announced his campaign for County Commissioner to a crowd of supporters on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChester County needs leaders who will be champions for open space preservation, civility, and integrity,\u201d said Roe, 35, of West Bradford Township. \u201cIf we\u2019re not careful, Chester County could lose the small town charm that it has known for centuries. I will invest in preserving open space and protecting the character of our communities to ensure that urban sprawl does not overtake our beloved county.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis campaign will reflect the values of Chester County\u2019s voters, and one of those values is civility. There will be no mudslinging, smears, or ad hominem attacks coming from this campaign. My platform will be simple: What I\u2019ve done for you lately, and what I\u2019ll do as your County Commissioner.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On the issue of integrity, Roe told the crowd a story from his time as a State Representative in Harrisburg. \u201cThe night before a vote on an anti-corruption bill, I got a call from a lobbyist from one of the teacher\u2019s unions, asking me to call out sick the next day. They said if I did, they\u2019d remember it the following year (an election year),\u201d said Roe. \u201cWell, when that bill came up for a vote, I showed up, I voted my conscience, and I lost my re-election that next year. But do you know what I didn\u2019t lose? My integrity! When I lay I head on the pillow at night, I sleep just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the announcement, Roe\u2019s remarks were preceded by an endorsement from former County Commissioner Terence Farrell, who said, \u201cI know Eric Roe, I have worked with him in county government, and he is highly qualified for this important position. He has my full support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the steps of the historic Chester County Courthouse, former State Representative Eric Roe formally announced his campaign for County Commissioner to a crowd of supporters on Saturday. \u201cChester County needs leaders who will be champions for open space preservation, civility, and integrity,\u201d said Roe, 35, of West Bradford Township. \u201cIf we\u2019re not careful, Chester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[138,5136,14236,6269],"class_list":["post-37774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-commissioner","tag-election-2023","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37774","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=37774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37775,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37774\/revisions\/37775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}