{"id":7638,"date":"2013-10-29T08:38:05","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=7638"},"modified":"2013-10-29T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T13:00:16","slug":"larson-prieto-run-for-legislatures-district-12-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/larson-prieto-run-for-legislatures-district-12-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Larson, Prieto Run for Legislature&#8217;s District 12 Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7639\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LarsonPrieto.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7639\" data-attachment-id=\"7639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/larson-prieto-run-for-legislatures-district-12-seat\/larsonprieto\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LarsonPrieto.png?fit=400%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,217\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LarsonPrieto\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fred Larson (Left) and Bill Prieto &#8211; both of Jamestown &#8211; the 2013 candidates for Chautauqua County Legislature, District 12.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LarsonPrieto.png?fit=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LarsonPrieto.png?fit=400%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7639\" alt=\"Fred Larson (Left) and Bill Prieto - both of Jamestown - the 2013 candidates for Chautauqua County Legislature, District 12.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LarsonPrieto.png?resize=400%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LarsonPrieto.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/LarsonPrieto.png?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Larson (Left) and William Prieto &#8211; both of Jamestown &#8211; the 2013 candidates for Chautauqua County Legislature, District 12.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; A former representative in both city and county government is looking to get back into the political arena, but he\u2019ll have to defeat a local businessman in order to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Among the contested races for the <strong>Chautauqua County Legislature<\/strong> is the race for District 12, which is an open seat that covers the northeastern side of the city of Jamestown.\u00a0 The race will feature local attorney and Democrat <strong>Fred Larson<\/strong> against local businessman and Republican <strong>William Prieto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VoteChautauqua.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>VIEW ALL 2013 RACES AT VOTECHAUTAUQUA<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During last week\u2019s<strong> League of Women Voters&#8217;<\/strong> meet the candidates forum, both Larson and Prieto were present and offered their thoughts on why they felt they\u2019d be the best choice for residents in District 12.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the most serious issue facing Chautauqua County today, Larson said that contrary to popular belief, it isn\u2019t whether or not to sell the <strong>Chautauqua County Home<\/strong> (although he went on record saying that if it can be proven that it is operating with a true deficit, he would be in favor of selling it). Instead, Larson said the main issue is a lack of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The number one issue in this county is the lack of jobs. It&#8217;s not whether we sell the county home or not. If it&#8217;s sold tomorrow, what&#8217;s that mean to the 7,000 people that haven&#8217;t been working in this county the past seven years?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;It is an important issue within county government, but its not an important issue for whether or not your children and your grand children can find a living wage here in Chautauqua County and a decent job to stay here. The lack of these jobs has repercussions all over the place. If we don&#8217;t have enough people working, they can&#8217;t buy homes and they can&#8217;t spend money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prieto agreed with Larson. But he said that what\u2019s missing from the county legislature is the ability to tie various issues and concerns together, in order to have a multifaceted approach to economic development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s economic development as a whole. I think jobs are part of that, Chautauqua lake is part of that, Brownfield development is part of that and StartUp NY is part of that,&#8221; Prieto said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a comprehensive plan and we have to look at it in a comprehensive way. That&#8217;s what everybody is missing. They&#8217;re attacking these problems in a small format and we need to look at it in the big picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Larson is a former city councilman and county legislator. He also served as the county\u2019s attorney during Mark Thomas\u2019s run as county executive and currently sits on the <strong>Jamestown Board of Public Utilities<\/strong>.\u00a0 Prieto is a veteran of the U.S. army who previously owned his own business in Jamestown. He currently works as a Senior Digital Media Strategist for <strong>Hearst Media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; A former representative in both city and county government is looking to get back into the political arena, but he\u2019ll have to defeat a local businessman in order to do so. 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