{"id":42603,"date":"2019-04-10T08:27:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42603"},"modified":"2019-04-10T08:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:27:41","slug":"letter-add-these-stars-to-your-list-of-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42603","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Add these \u2018Stars\u2019 to your list of friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To the Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Letters1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Letters1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>When you spend decades in the same community, you realize who your friends are.<\/p>\n<p>Not the friends in your social circle. The friends whose work makes your community work.<\/p>\n<p>There is a group of real \u2018Stars\u2019 &#8211; in every community \u2013 hundreds of them across the County. They\u2019re the elected and appointed officials who guide land use in every Township and Borough, backed up by dedicated professionals.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These \u2018Stars\u2019 aren\u2019t in it for the money \u2013 the majority of them are volunteers. And they sure aren\u2019t in it for the glory \u2013 it\u2019s a tough job they do, mostly unseen. At Chester County 2020, we call them The Citizen Planners.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it!<\/p>\n<p>If every tabloid celebrity vanished overnight, would anyone even notice? But if we didn\u2019t have our Citizen Planners, so much of what we need and what we take for granted here in Chester County would stop dead in its tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, land use isn\u2019t just about building permits. Land use is about transportation, public health and safety, and the financial stability of the place we call Home.<\/p>\n<p>During Chester County 2020\u2019s annual reception on April 25 this year\u2019s Stars, David Ward and Sarah Peck, will be honored for their decades of work making the County a better place to live. Let\u2019s all attend to recognize their important contributions to our community. For information and to register, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CC202.org\">www.CC202.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>John B. \u201cJock\u201d Hannum, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Chester County 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor, When you spend decades in the same community, you realize who your friends are. Not the friends in your social circle. The friends whose work makes your community work. There is a group of real \u2018Stars\u2019 &#8211; in every community \u2013 hundreds of them across the County. They\u2019re the elected and appointed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29,241,10148,3076],"class_list":["post-42603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","tag-chester-county","tag-chester-county-2020","tag-land-use","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42604,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42603\/revisions\/42604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}