When I looked out the window this morning, the fog was partially concealing our valley. As the sun rose, the fog lifted and I was staring in awe at the brilliant reds, oranges and yellows that greet us most mornings in the fall when you live in this magnificent valley. Since I was a boy in the 50’s, I have always greatly valued waking up to the ever-changing beauty of our vista at Placid Lake. I always knew that Placid Lake would someday be my home.
Don’t we all value the beauty of the vistas we experience wherever we are in the Seeley-Swan valleys? But isn’t it just one of the values we all cherish living here? We cherish the majestic mountains and the clear clean streams. We value our rural schools, our children’s education and the camaraderie that usually surround their events. We value the peace and the freedom that we may each view differently, but together, we form a community. So many of our values bring us together, not drive us apart. It is those values that we need to strive for to keep our valleys “the last best place.”
It is those shared values that Tom Browder cares about. It is why he is running to be “your” legislator in Helena. He eats, lives and dreams it. He lives here. He has history here. He wants to work for you. It is why he truly listens to everyone. It is why he is so involved in our community.
His purpose in running for the legislature is to represent our entire community. All of us. With Tom, it is not about us versus them. It is not about ideologies. It is about representing each of us as individual citizens and finding common ground. It is about finding solutions that fairly represent the best interests of all his constituents up and down this district. Isn’t that what we want and need of our representative in Helena?
Tom never runs out of energy. We would be hard pressed to find anyone that has the skill set to fight for all of us; listening, weighing alternatives, negotiating and voting for “us.” Please give Tom the chance to prove his worth. You won’t regret it. Vote Tom Browder, Representative, House District 92.
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