{"id":3176,"date":"2018-10-15T19:07:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T01:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2018-10-25T19:08:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T01:08:21","slug":"we-are-fortunate-to-have-such-a-well-qualified-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/we-are-fortunate-to-have-such-a-well-qualified-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"We are fortunate to have such a well-qualified candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear Editor:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are fortunate to have such a well-qualified candidate in Don Jones running for County Commissioner.&nbsp;I served with Don on the Billings City Council and although we didn&#8217;t always agree, I was impressed with his experience and integrity.&nbsp;He came to council meetings well prepared and ready to represent his ward.&nbsp;Don brought a business background to the council, educating many of us on finances and the budget process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When he decided to run for Montana Legislature, I campaigned for him and watched as he brought that same integrity and hard work to Helena.&nbsp;Don decided to forgo running for any additional terms in Helena when he went into the family business. His wife and sister-in-law assist in the day to day operations, with locations in Billings and Laurel.<\/p>\n<p>When the commissioner position opened, I was one of many who <!--more-->encouraged Don to add his name to the list of candidates. He will bring a working knowledge of public\/private budget and finance to the commission, and unlike other candidates (Yellowstone County News, Oct. 5) has no problem stating his support and respect for our great Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shirley Girard McDermott, Billings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Editor: We are fortunate to have such a well-qualified candidate in Don Jones running for County Commissioner.&nbsp;I served with Don on the Billings City Council and although we didn&#8217;t always agree, I was impressed with his experience and integrity.&nbsp;He &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/we-are-fortunate-to-have-such-a-well-qualified-candidate\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[990],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-shirley-girard-mcdermott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3177,"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions\/3177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonecountynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}