Lackey’s fight against the establishment

by Rachel Bartlett, Stevensville

True Conservative Republicans have always been known to be true to the Constitution. Democrats are willing to break the laws of the Constitution to achieve their activist purpose no matter what the cost.  However, one has to admit in some cases there is a crossover in ideology between Republicans and Democrats.  This seems to happen when it is concerning the environment and conservation issues. However the one difference is the Democrats are extremists. Republicans try to strike a balance because people matter also. 

Democrats have always tried to paint Conservative Republicans as a group that takes the side of the economy over the environment. This is not true. The word Conservative (Republican) denotes that the true Republican holds conservation issues near and dear to his heart. He will fight to the death even those in his own party if it violates integrity and moral consciousness. 

Long story, short, the Bush Administration in the last four years of his presidency “promised an energy plan that would be environmentally sensitive and would protect our natural resources.” That never happened. 

In and about the year, 2004 Alan Lackey was living in New Mexico when he confronted a situation he couldn’t ignore.  His love for America and its wild lands prompted him to become involved in the fight of his life to save the land he loved. Consequently he, joined a coalition of New Mexican ranchers, hunters, environmentalist and Native American tribes to stop Bush and company from erecting hundreds of natural gas wells in Vale Vidal, a 40,000 acre basin of pristine grassland and meadows in New Mexico where thousands of elk graze in winter. According to Lackey this was done simply for profit. “What you find” said Lackey “is our government had become a government by the money and for the money.”

This concept was shared by countless Republican Sportsmen and conservationists who were and still are concerned about exploitation of our precious environment for nefarious purposes.  Bush and company broke every environmental law for personal profit and greed. 

However, what Alan Lackey’s opposition is asking you to believe is this: They are asking you to believe he is not a true Conservative Republican because of his fight against the George Bush Administration regarding their violations against good conservation practices. This is a lie perpetrated by the opposition trying to discredit Lackey’s fight against a Neo Con Republican Administration’s disregard for people and the environment. 

When Alan Lackey becomes our Representative to the Montana Legislature, he will represent us well. He will not only follow the Constitution; he will protect our public lands from being desecrated by those who are willing to sell off our beautiful Montana for profit.