{"id":10726,"date":"2018-05-29T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10726"},"modified":"2018-05-28T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T14:34:45","slug":"friedson-ease-the-squeeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10726","title":{"rendered":"Friedson: Ease the Squeeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Council District 1 candidate Andrew Friedson has sent out a mailer discussing the need to &#8220;Ease the Squeeze&#8221; in Montgomery County.\u00a0 Friedson writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We\u2019ve all felt the Montgomery County Squeeze. It\u2019s the squeeze on families facing higher living and childcare costs despite stagnant wages, on commuters stuck in the second worst traffic congestion in the country, and on parents whose kids are squeezed in overcrowded schools. It\u2019s the squeeze on young workers and new families who can no longer afford to live here, and on seniors struggling to maintain a quality home and a dignified livelihood without the support they need to get by.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County is a special place, but we can\u2019t afford to ignore the change that\u2019s happening all around us because it\u2019s putting the squeeze on all of us.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m running for County Council to Ease the Montgomery County Squeeze with forward-focused leadership dedicated to growing a modern economy so we can make our community more attractive to move here and more affordable to stay here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is Friedson&#8217;s core campaign message.\u00a0 Will it work?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1465\" height=\"947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze.png 1465w, https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-1024x662.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1465px) 100vw, 1465px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1465\" height=\"947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-2.png 1465w, https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-2-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-2-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Friedson-Ease-the-Squeeze-2-1024x662.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1465px) 100vw, 1465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adam Pagnucco. Council District 1 candidate Andrew Friedson has sent out a mailer discussing the need to &#8220;Ease the Squeeze&#8221; in Montgomery County.\u00a0 Friedson writes: We\u2019ve all felt the Montgomery County Squeeze. It\u2019s the squeeze on families facing higher living and childcare costs despite stagnant wages, on commuters stuck in the second worst traffic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friedson: Ease the Squeeze<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[806,1547],"class_list":["post-10726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-council-district-1","tag-andrew-friedson","tag-council-district-1"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2N0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10729,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10726\/revisions\/10729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}