This letter is in response to Larry Dunham’s editorial last week. I know both Mike Hopkins and Larry Dunham and have had several interactions and conversations with them.
Over the years Mike has been a strong conservative and a stand up guy. Reading that editorial on how Larry feels he is more qualified than Mike bothered me.
Larry states Mike voted for the gas tax. NOT TRUE! The voting records are all posted online. Mike voted all three times against the gas tax. So did all three Republican legislators in Missoula County. Mike even went so far to speak against it on the floor. That also can be heard online.
Other statements made in Larry’s editorial are simply not true and not worth addressing. They can be fact checked online also. But what I will say is that Mike is part of the Republican party in Missoula and accountable to it. I haven’t seen Larry in a long time at any Republican meeting or function. I’ve never met Derek Smith at any event. So how is it that you both endorse each other and claim to be Conservative Republicans and are not involved with the greater area Republican Party?
I think we have witnessed enough cavalier politicians who make claims to be something that they are not. Mike has a track record and has fought for District 92 the short time he has been in the house. Larry, your style of politics is showing and we don’t need that in our state.
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