Putting ‘Progressive Liberal’ In Context

In the comments section, Sara Meyer addresses that “progressive liberal” label that Coeur d’Alene City Council candidate Chris Fillios is trying to lay on opponent Amy Evans. She says someone secretly recorded Amy & a group of supporters at a dinner. Sara provides the context of Amy’s “progressive liberal” comment:

“I just finished launching an education partnership and now we are into our second year. It is a non-profit that advocates for quality public education. With that came a bit of controversy—and I’ve had the pleasure of serving as the founding president of that organization. And a lot of the comments in the letters to the editor were that we were a bunch of progressive liberals. I have to say that I took that as a compliment. Because I do want progress in our community and I do want to move our community forward on things such a new wonderful library and public art and the education corridor and the Kroc Center. So to answer that part of your question—I was actually proud of that criticism and wore it with pride. If that’s what I’m labeled as.”

• You can read Sara’s entire comment here.

Thoughts?