{"id":28650,"date":"2018-01-02T15:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T21:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=28650"},"modified":"2018-01-02T15:15:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T21:15:38","slug":"dfl-environmental-caucus-endorsed-rebecca-otto-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/02\/dfl-environmental-caucus-endorsed-rebecca-otto-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"The DFL Environmental Caucus has Endorsed Rebecca Otto for Governor!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This just in:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ww.dfl.org\/environment\/\">The DFL Environmental Caucus<\/a> today announced its endorsement of State Auditor Rebecca Otto for Governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca Otto is a powerful voice for the environment and for a better Minnesota economy,\u201d said caucus chair Veda Kanitz. \u201cWe wholeheartedly endorse her candidacy for Governor of Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kanitz highlighted Otto\u2019s position on climate change as one important factor in the caucus decision. \u201cOtto\u2019s visionary Minnesota Powered Plan provides a clear pathway to address climate change, create good-paying jobs in communities across the state, and make Minnesota a leader in clean energy technologies,\u201d Kanitz said. \u201cIt is an agenda for a new kind of prosperity, one where the economy and the environment work together.\u201d Kanitz also noted the candidate\u2019s broad appeal among caucus members: \u201cOne candidate, Rebecca Otto, rose to the top in our assessment. Candidate Otto distinguished herself with an in-depth understanding of the complex environmental threats Minnesota faces and what we must do to address them. Her long-standing commitment to living her environmental values gave added substance to her words, as did the fact that she put forward a concrete agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Otto expressed her appreciation to the caucus for its endorsement: \u201cThe impact of climate change is hitting far sooner and much closer to home than many of us ever imagined and we have a moral obligation to act quickly and decisively to protect our children. I look forward to working with the DFL environmental caucus and all Minnesotans to take on these major challenges in a way that benefits everyone should I have the privilege of serving as our next Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Caucus endorsement process involved several steps, including the evaluation of candidate positions on transportation, social justice, climate change, clean water, agriculture, mining, and citizen engagement; and a review of voting records and websites. Candidates Rebecca Otto, Tim Walz, Chris Coleman, Paul Thissen, Erin Murphy, and Tina Liebling were considered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccaotto.com\/index\">Rebecca Otto&#8217;s site is here.<\/a>  Go make a donation for this climate hawk!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This just in:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5049,5026],"tags":[1851,5095,1147,5094,977],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/State-Auditor-Rebecca-otto001seqn.jpg?fit=2400%2C1526&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-7s6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28652,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28650\/revisions\/28652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}