D O T Y B L O G      

So I encountered the first potential voter to challenge me on something as I walked today - and he was coming from a pretty strong position as regards his background to take on the words I used in my walking piece.

I have some language in my current handout concerning the Dept of Environmental Quality and the proposed particulate emissions plan for the Bear Creek Valley. This voter I visited during my canvas tonight works for DEQ.

So upon further reflection, I am going to temper my comments when I go to the printer with the next version of my walking piece. Air Quality is still near the top of my list (at #2) as far as issues go, and I can't say I am thrilled with a plan which raises limits in the valley, but asserting with certainty that we will be back in the potato chowder soup days of 1970s air quality is taking it too far.

Bottom line: I will need to be getting and understanding good science from the DEQ once I am elected and I may as well start hearing their side now. I think I'll be able to wrap my brain around it and challenge what needs challenging, while backing off on the exaggerated rhetoric.

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