{"id":3252,"date":"2008-05-20T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/mattiace-endorses-tinsley-in-cd2-race\/"},"modified":"2008-05-20T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T22:15:00","slug":"mattiace-endorses-tinsley-in-cd2-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/mattiace-endorses-tinsley-in-cd2-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattiace endorses Tinsley in CD2 race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDM_54yZu_I\/AAAAAAAAFzM\/H7lHe5ej3MA\/s1600-h\/Tinsley,+Ed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SDM_54yZu_I\/AAAAAAAAFzM\/H7lHe5ej3MA\/s200\/Tinsley,+Ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202572258271935474\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Former Las Cruces Mayor William \u201cBill\u201d Mattiace endorsed Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edtinsleyforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Tinsley<\/a> today.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Mattiace, in a news release from the Tinsley campaign, cited Tinsley\u2019s \u201cextensive knowledge of the issues affecting the citizens of <st1:city st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:city> and <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placename st=\"on\">Ana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>\u201d as the reason for his endorsement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cEd is a small-business owner like myself, and with that experience he understands that bringing economic growth to <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Ana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place> begins with decreasing the federal tax burden on the backs of individuals and businesses,\u201d Mattiace said. \u201cEd will fight for increased funding in <st1:state st=\"on\">Washington<\/st1:state>, which will go towards the recruitment, training and retention of members of the U.S. Border Patrol to help control our borders, and he\u2019ll work to maintain the beauty of the <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Organ<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placetype st=\"on\">Mountains<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>, which are a national treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI am happy to stand in support of a man who will work hard for the citizens of <st1:placename st=\"on\">Dona<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Ana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placename> and will represent <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state> with integrity in Congress,\u201d said Mattiace, who was <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las   Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> mayor from 2003 until his defeat last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Las Cruces Mayor William \u201cBill\u201d Mattiace endorsed Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Ed Tinsley today. Mattiace, in a news release from the Tinsley campaign, cited Tinsley\u2019s \u201cextensive knowledge of the issues affecting the citizens of Las Cruces and Do\u00f1a Ana County\u201d as the reason for his endorsement. \u201cEd is a small-business owner like myself, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}