{"id":33119,"date":"2013-01-31T21:53:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T01:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=33119"},"modified":"2013-01-31T21:53:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T01:53:16","slug":"gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/gop\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP unveils list of objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard focuses on competitiveness, public safety<!--more--><br \/>\nState Rep. Tom Leonard today took part in a Capitol news conference unveiling an action plan of goals and objectives for the current legislative session designed to encourage a healthy economy and improve the quality of life in Michigan.<br \/>\nLeonard, R-DeWitt Township, is a member of the new House Committee on Michigan Competitiveness, and said making our state more attractive for business growth will benefit everybody.<br \/>\n&#8220;We need to take a hard look at where Michigan stands in comparison to neighboring states and Canada and see what can be done to convince more job creators to expand or move here,&#8221; Leonard said. &#8220;Bringing good jobs to Michigan is vital to a healthy economy, and increasing competitiveness will in turn improve the quality of life in our state.&#8221;<br \/>\nLeonard said his role on the House Judiciary Committee goes hand-in-hand with job creation, as public safety is a key benchmark for anyone considering moving to Michigan.<br \/>\n&#8220;The first thing a family would look into is if the streets of their neighborhoods are safe,&#8221; Leonard said. &#8220;Businesses want to make sure the tools are in place to keep their investments safe. Maintaining safe neighborhoods and communities are an important part of being competitive.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe House GOP&#8217;s Guiding Principles document, unveiled in January 2011, became a blueprint for reform and responsible leadership during the historic 2011-2012 legislative session.<br \/>\nThe GOP\u2019s Action Plan for the new legislative session can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gophouse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.gophouse.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard focuses on competitiveness, public safety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}