To the Editor:

The message on our Blue Mountain Eagle Facebook page reads: “oh wise ones! it’s so very special how you get a kick out of deceiving your readers. coming soon to your town. me! i so look forward to meeting all of you. love, —–” This, friends and neighbors, was the first shot across the bow by a pair of recent arrivals from Idaho who have launched a “media war” (their words) with a website pretending to be our voice — yes, that is yours and mine.

Since when does someone arrive from Idaho one day and the next day declares (and thinks) they are our voice? Incredible! Ridiculous! Insulting! While leaving it to you to research them and connect the dots leading to the locals who have brought this invasion to our community, I ask the people of Grant County this: Are we not intelligent and capable enough to recognize truth, evaluate evidence, choose our leaders and craft our policies for ourselves? These impostors of “truth” are beyond arrogant and manipulative, and they are truly not the voice of Grant County. We know that; apparently they don’t.

As the self-styled media reporter (who sat front and center at the candidate meet last Saturday) said, “i so look forward to meeting all of you.” Should you have the opportunity to do so, you may want to ask her to respect your ability to be your own voice; we don’t need the “help” of outsiders. Be forewarned, their expressed mission is this: “my job in Grant County is to get in their face and take all their sling. I’m going to ask them to send all their arrows to me.” Now whom do you suppose he is going to be protecting? He was the embedded reporter with the Idaho III%ers militia during the refuge occupation and worked in tandem with the infamous Pete Santilli. There is absolutely no doubt, in my opinion, what their end game plan is: telling you what is “truth” and whom to vote for in the coming elections. This has to be one of the most shameful election year tactics to strike this county, ever.

Kay Steele

Ritter