{"id":21666,"date":"2024-11-13T00:55:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T07:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=21666"},"modified":"2024-11-11T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T21:57:45","slug":"the-red-blue-brown-as-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/the-red-blue-brown-as-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red, Blue,  Brown As One!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em>BY HERBERT ROMERO<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>OUR VOICE COUNTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Dear readers,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">This is Herbert Romero thanking our political leaders for the amazing support that was given to our Hispanic\/Latino community\u2014especially Idaho State Representative Ned Burns, Idaho State Senator Ron Taylor, teacher and candidate Chris Hansen for Idaho State Representative, and candidate and Sheriff-elect Morgan Ballis, in this past election. They truly showed their commitment and compassion to our families, specifically the undocumented and new arrivals. They took a stand and delivered a strong message regarding the importance of continuing the conversation of \u2018Driven without Fear\u2019, our presence in this Valley. They engaged us in the process and gave us the opportunity to voice our vote. Yes, I know that three of them didn\u2019t win the seat but they\u2019re winners of hope, strength and courage. One of them did and that gives us a balance of power. They will continue to have our support in future endeavors. I know that we are entering another phase of this country and county. With a seat or without it, we will do it together as one. The upcoming challenges will be confronted with respect and courage!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>NUESTRA VOZ CUENTA<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Queridos lectores,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Este es Herbert Romero agradeciendo a nuestros l\u00edderes pol\u00edticos por el incre\u00edble apoyo que brindaron a nuestra comunidad hispana\/latina. Especialmente el Representante del Estado de Idaho, Ned Burns, el Senador del Estado de Idaho, Ron Taylor, el Maestro y Candidato Chris Hansen para Representante, Candidato y Sheriff del Estado de Idaho, eligieron a Morgan Ballis en esta elecci\u00f3n pasada. Realmente mostraron su compromiso y compasi\u00f3n hacia nuestras familias, espec\u00edficamente hacia los indocumentados y los reci\u00e9n llegados. Tomaron posici\u00f3n y entregaron un mensaje contundente sobre la importancia de continuar la conversaci\u00f3n sobre Impulsados \u200b\u200bsin Miedo, nuestra presencia en este valle. Nos involucraron en el proceso y nos dieron la oportunidad de expresar nuestro voto. S\u00ed, s\u00e9 que 3 de ellos no ganaron el esca\u00f1o pero son ganadores de esperanza, fuerza y \u200b\u200bcoraje. Uno de ellos lo hizo y eso nos da un equilibrio de poder. Continuar\u00e1n contando con nuestro apoyo en futuros esfuerzos. S\u00e9 que estamos entrando en otra fase de este pa\u00eds y condado. Con asiento o sin \u00e9l, lo haremos juntos como uno solo. \u00a1Los pr\u00f3ximos desaf\u00edos se afrontar\u00e1n con respeto y coraje!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY HERBERT ROMERO OUR VOICE COUNTS Dear readers, This is Herbert Romero thanking our political leaders for the amazing support that was given to our Hispanic\/Latino community\u2014especially Idaho State Representative Ned Burns, Idaho State Senator Ron Taylor, teacher and candidate Chris Hansen for Idaho State Representative, and candidate and Sheriff-elect Morgan Ballis, in this past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[168,93,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latinx","8":"category-nuestra-voz-cuenta","9":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21669,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21666\/revisions\/21669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}