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October 26, 2006
Two Letters on Steve White
Birds of a feather
If you liked Jennifer Smith Mitchell as a county commissioner, you're going to love Steve White if he's elected for county commissioner this fall.
In 2004 the Bozeman Chronicle wrote, "...Mitchell has proven to be a consistently polarizing figure. And it's not just her politics that turn people off. Many of her opponents are also opposed to her blunt style and accuse her of voting along ideological lines without really knowing the issues." And while Steve says today he's "not running for any particular agenda," the 2004 article quotes him saying about Ms. Mitchell, "She really has stayed pretty on course..."
Steve's brother, Kerry White believes environmental groups are extreme, elite, wacko. He believes they want to "expunge humans from the countryside," that smart growth is a socialist idea, fails to see the benefit of open space, and believes that open space land will ultimately "become government land and result in more tax burden on the people."
Birds of a feather flock together. While Kerry has written that the United Nations wants to move "people out of rural areas," that Yellowstone National Park "is now controlled by the United Nations," and that the Forest Service has a hidden agenda, Steve wrote in 2000, regarding a study to identify the locations for wildlife crossings on Bozeman Pass, that promoting a "wildlife study would fit in with a larger agenda being promoted by the United Nation's biospheres project." In other words, their paranoia runs deep.
We don't need someone on the Gallatin County Commission engaging in paranoid conspiracy theories. We need someone who can deal with reality clearly and realistically. Lynea Seher will be a down-to-earth, clear-eyed county commissioner who will listen to all points of view non-judgmentally. She has what it takes to provide the leadership needed for Gallatin County in the 21st century.
Elaine Grimm
What is Steve White Hiding?
Steve White is a radical Republican running for the Gallatin County Commission. You don't know it because Steve is hiding his true nature. He has to. Reasonable voters wouldn't vote for him if they knew he's going to paralyze our county government with his misguided ideology. At campaign events and interviews he's consistently hedged his opinions on growth and development, the most important issues facing our overwhelmed County Commission.
Steve White is in favor of Initiative 154. I-154 will destroy our public planning process. He's hedged on the bipartisan consensus on growth development, and is against the open space bond. Wise growth development and open space are issues that that our fair citizens favor overwhelmingly. Opposing these issues are not the actions of a moderate. Growth development, open space and consensus are ideas that will give us a safer, cleaner, fiscally secure community. Good ideas that make our families, land and community stronger. Steve White is against all three of those ideas.
The historical record is also clear: Steve White has been a consistent enemy of prudent governance. Steve White stated in the Chronicle Aug. 7 about the city of Bozeman: " As long as I can still read, I'm going to continue to be a problem." County/city relations, rarely good, will erode, weakening the fabric of our beloved Gallatin Valley.
Thoughtful Republicans know this: that's why Bob Brekke received 40 percent of the vote in the primary. They saw this train wreck coming.
Luckily, we have a choice in this election. Lynea Seher is fiscally conservative, tough, and centrist. She'll listen to everyone. County government will serve its citizens better.
The choice we have is stark: ideology or competence. You get the government you deserve. It's your choice.
Billy McWilliams
Posted by admin at October 26, 2006 07:00 AM