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Tester no environmentalist

| August 1, 2017 4:00 AM

We 30,000 strong Montana environmentalists are looking for our champion, and it is not Sen. Jon Tester. He denies us our needs: Wildlife (especially grizzly bears and wolves) saved under the Endangered Species Act; more appropriate designated wilderness for wildlife habitat and their survival; and elimination of Montana “dirty coal” mining and the Keystone XL Canadian tar sands oil transmission pipeline causing severe climate change issues.

He refers to us as the “lunatic fringe” enviros. He is a DINO and behaves like a moderate Republican. We will abandon him on this next go-round, since we supported him the last two elections and he betrayed us. Do the math. We will organize ourselves. Without our support, he loses. So if he continues to ignore our needs, he loses.

For those of you who know me but disagree with me about not supporting Tester, I quote the following:

“Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter don’t mind... but those that mind don’t matter. So, here I stand, I can do no other.”

—Bill Baum

Martin City