It seems he had contacted a few farmers growing for an investor with San Juan Bioenergy – the company I built but which failed after the recession did a bulls-eye on us. Brown asked them leading questions to support his pre-existing conclusions, and then cited them as references without their permission. In 2008, he was directly involved with a right-wing media group from the Front Range that published a fake newspaper demeaning former county commissioner Wally White. And as a “conservative,” he complains of government largesse, yet hypocritically pockets (and as county commissioner voted for) agricultural subsidies supporting his sheep ranching operation.

With a history of misdeeds and perversions like these, J. Paul has shown such a lack of integrity as to demonstrate himself incapable of representing anyone but himself, much less Southwest Colorado residents in a public capacity at the state Capitol. In stark contrast, Mike McLachlan has shown the highest levels of integrity in addressing the challenging questions before him at the State Legislature, and a genuine concern for his constituents. Vote for Mike McLachlan.

Jeff Berman

Durango