Now that the Aryan Nations compound in Hayden Lake, ID. has been sold
(followers relocated to where Aryan Nations $bag, computer industry tycoon,
Vincent Bertolini, lives in Sandpoint, ID.) I hope that county starts to
recover from the damage that the Racist compound represented and symbolized.
But, the surrounding community, was not universally supportive, esp. when
the yearly conventions occurred and a March through downtown by the Skins
and Neo-Nazis and Christian Identity loons happened. Last # of years, in
fact, many locals joined along with anti-racists from elsewhere to protest.
Not that Idaho isn't full of old time conservatives and lotsa John Birch
Society members, but to say the whole county is one big Racist, Reactionary
Swamp I think is a bit of a slam. For a balanced view by a Idaho native see,
"In God's Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest " by David
Neiwert, Washington State University Press
Pub. Date: April 1999.
Michael Pugliese
P.S. http://www.nwchd.org/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:20 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:15537] Re: One Backwards County
> For those of you who live in more enlightened places, Butte County is the
most conservative county in the state. Its politics would fit in nicely
with
> those associated with Hayden Lake, Idaho. Tim did a bang-up job yesterday
describing the new reapportionment scheme.
>
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> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
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