Letter to the editor: ‘Hit piece’ was unfair to candidate Bextel

Dear Editor,

That article on Bextel was a hit piece!

I was there, and I loved her fight. To me, it showed she’s willing to come in fighting for the people of Wyoming.

If you want another good ol’ boy who votes with the liberal agenda more often than you’re comfortable with, then by all means, vote for more of the same.

But Rebecca Bextel is not more of the same. She’s talking about protecting Wyoming’s energy industry, defending parents’ rights to choose where their children go to school and rooting out government waste and corruption.

And yes, that means turning over every rock she’s legally allowed to turn over, even right here in Lovell.

Let’s get something straight. Just because someone was elected doesn’t automatically mean they’re above scrutiny or doing a wonderful job. That’s poppycock, and we all know it.

I have serious concerns about the influence of teachers’ unions across America, particularly when political agendas take priority over parents and their children. And I was thrilled to hear Bextel willing to challenge that influence.

She spoke about waste and misuse of taxpayer dollars she believes she’s identified in other areas. She also made it clear that she wasn’t going to share every detail until she had the legal authority and attorneys necessary to investigate properly.

That is what accountability should look like.

As for the gentleman at the meeting who became so upset, from where I was sitting, he came in swinging his bat from the moment he opened his mouth.

And I can promise you, not everyone in that room shared his outrage. Being a teacher, even a wonderful teacher, doesn’t mean every educator or every institution is beyond criticism. There are good and bad apples in every profession.

I hope when Wyoming voters head to the polls, they look beyond their own towns, personal disagreements and hurt feelings. We’re electing a Governor for the entire state.

And let me make something perfectly clear: I don’t have to personally like someone to recognize they may be exactly what this state needs. I’m not voting for a best friend. I’m voting for leadership.

I want a Governor with backbone -- someone willing to stand her ground, ruffle feathers, and get into a good old-fashioned, knock-down, drag-out political fight for the people she represents.

Does that mean I’ll agree with everything she says? Nope. But I’m looking at the bigger picture. I want someone willing to fight for Wyoming’s energy, our children, our freedoms and the conservative values that brought us here.

Rebecca Bextel will have our votes.

And that’s my two cents, and it’s worth just as much as the opinion of the person who wrote that hit piece.

Sheila Schroeder

Lovell