A recent letter to the editor by the “left” leaning political activist Bill Baum, like most liberal proclamations, may not be what it seems. Mr. Baum suggested that his fellow Democrats join him in crossing over during the primary election and supporting the Republican incumbent running for re-election on the county commission, Cal Scott. Can it be that he has another motive for supporting commissioner Scott than his newly found conversion to “Republican” party principles?

Certainly, given some of the last minute personal baggage that surfaced during his last campaign, Baum might reasonably conclude that commissioner Scott would be far more vulnerable to his Democrat opponent during the general election than Scott’s Republican challenger, Phil Mitchell.

Mr. Baum has also been a strong proponent of the Whitefish “doughnut,” the disaster that disenfranchised thousands of county property owners living in the vicinity of Whitefish and continues to be a shining example of what is wrong with “planning” in the Flathead! Can it be also that his support for Mr. Scott may be influenced by the strong commitment demonstrated by Phil Mitchell to get the doughnut issue settled in the county property owners’ favor?

Before his untimely passing, Commissioner Jim Dupont had been working closely with Mitchell to get the doughnut issue resolved. It is a commitment that Phil has pledged to continue, much to the distress of those on the political left that find advantage in being able to silence their critics through any means possible, even disenfranchisement. It is after all, the way of the “left,” that Baum is now encouraging to vote for the Republican incumbent over his “Republican” challenger, Phil Mitchell.

Crowder is a resident of Marion