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October 20, 2006
Bill Warden is not a moderate
Two Letters to the editor in Todays Bozeman Chronicle:
JP is straight shooter
... Bill Warden said in his Oct. 8 letter to the Chronicle that he believes he accomplished his goal of being nonpartisan in his first term as the HD 63 representative.
I do not believe the record really reflects this assertion. He's voted along party lines repeatedly. A case in point was HB 560, the stream access bill, where in 2005 he and the other Republicans deadlocked the bill in committee. That is not crossing the aisle! It is important that the voters not let a candidate get away with making statements to appear moderate when in fact they have not been. Examples of Warden's party line voting run the gamut of issues. Please check his record for yourself, and then decide.
Supports stream access
The bill was deadlocked in committee and shot down by the bloc voting of Gallatin County's representatives, Scott Sales, Roger Koopman and Bill Warden. This is surprising since all three men identify themselves as interested in hunting and fishing rights.
None of these representatives would work in a bipartisan way to vote for a bill that would benefit sportsmen. Warden voted the straight party line in committee against the bill when a yes vote was vitally important.
Here's what Brady Wiseman, who has worked with Bill Warden, has to sayBut Bill is no moderate. He votes with his leadership time after time. And the men who lead the Montana House Republican caucus are some of the most extreme in the state. So don't you believe any campaign material that claims that Bill was reaching across the aisle, because he didn't
Posted by admin at October 20, 2006 09:52 AM