{"id":1079,"date":"2017-03-22T07:16:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2017-03-22T07:16:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:16:42","slug":"legislative-update-thank-you-for-your-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2017\/03\/22\/legislative-update-thank-you-for-your-input\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Update: Thank you for your input"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey divider\" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/WALEGSDCSALDANA\/2017\/03\/1254615\/light-dotted-divider_original.jpg\" alt=\"Grey divider\" width=\"861\" height=\"16\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Town Hall Update\" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/WALEGSDCSALDANA\/2017\/03\/1270743\/town-hall-update_original.png\" alt=\"Town Hall Update\" width=\"370\" height=\"55\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy lives to participate in the 37th Legislative District town hall. It was a huge success! The discussion was robust and civil &#8211; a true testament to the democratic process. I am honored to represent such a well-informed and engaged group of people.<\/p>\n<p>We discussed a wide range of topics, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Broken tax system and the need for new revenue from fair sources<\/li>\n<li>Education funding<\/li>\n<li>Caring for foster kids<\/li>\n<li>Gun safety<\/li>\n<li>Health care<\/li>\n<li>Damaging effects of Republican and Trump policies coming out of Washington D.C.<\/li>\n<li>Federal immigration policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also want to thank the wonderful panelists who came to share with us about the work they do for the 37th District, and the advocacy they take on in Olympia. The panelists were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sue Cary, Grandmothers Against Gun Violence<\/li>\n<li>Robert Beiser, Seattle Against Slavery<\/li>\n<li>Sameth Mell, Coalition of Immigrants, Refugees, and Communities of Color<\/li>\n<li>Cash Carlos, Washington Care Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you were unable to make it to the town hall or did not get your question answered, please feel free to contact my office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Town hall 2017\" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/WALEGSDCSALDANA\/2017\/03\/1270740\/saldana-town-hall-cropped-with-frame_original.png\" alt=\"Town hall 2017\" width=\"813\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey divider\" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/WALEGSDCSALDANA\/2017\/03\/1254615\/light-dotted-divider_original.jpg\" alt=\"Grey divider\" width=\"861\" height=\"16\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Saldana \" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/WALEGSDCSALDANA\/2017\/03\/1270757\/saldana-cropped_original.png\" alt=\"Saldana \" width=\"219\" height=\"281\" align=\"left\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stay in Touch\" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/WALEGSDCSALDANA\/2017\/03\/1270761\/stay-in-touch_original.png\" alt=\"Stay in Touch\" width=\"255\" height=\"48\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times\">Olympia Office<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times\">230 John A. Cherberg Building<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times\"><strong>Phone:<\/strong> (360) 786-7688<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:Rebecca.Saldana@leg.wa.gov\">Rebecca.Saldana@leg.wa.gov<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times\"><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana\">www.sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy lives to participate in the 37th Legislative District town hall. It was a huge success! The discussion was robust and civil &#8211; a true testament to the democratic process. I am honored to represent such a well-informed and engaged group of people. We discussed a wide range of topics, including: Broken tax system and the need for new revenue from fair sources Education funding Caring for foster kids Gun safety Health care Damaging effects of Republican and Trump policies coming out of Washington D.C. Federal immigration policy I also&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Legislative Update: Thank you for your input - Sen.Alpha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2017\/03\/22\/legislative-update-thank-you-for-your-input\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legislative Update: Thank you for your input - Sen.Alpha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy lives to participate in the 37th Legislative District town hall. 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