Against Brenneman

Let's take a walk through history and list a few of the assaults Brenneman has launched on property owners along with his Las Vegas planner:

¥ They tried to force the East Valley Neighborhood Plan on more than 40,000 acres of land and thousands of land owners who did not want it.

¥ They tried to force a neighborhood plan on thousands of property owners in Evergreen that no one in Evergreen wanted except Brenneman, Harris and a bus driver.

¥ Brenneman disenfranchised thousands of property owners in the Whitefish doughnut area, and to this day is still trying to keep them in the clutches of the city of Whitefish.

¥ Brenneman launched an all-out assault on family transfers, trying to stop families from passing property to their children or parents.

¥ Brenneman gutted all meaningful property-rights provisions out of Flathead County's 2007 Growth Policy.

¥ Brenneman has gotten us into lawsuit after lawsuit on land issues, costing us taxpayers millions and millions of dollars.

¥ Brenneman has wasted taxpayers' dollars on expensive worthless studies, like the recent transportation plan that was rejected unanimously by the Road Advisory Committee and the Flathead County Planning Board.

¥ Brenneman has worked tirelessly to place more and more regulations and restrictions on property owners in order to appease his green supporters, like Citizens for a Better Flathead.

¥ Brenneman ballooned the planning office budget by hiring more and more planners to place more and more restrictions on property owners.

In November of this year, you have a chance to reject Joe Brenneman and allow all of us who believe in individual property rights to wake up from this terrible 5 1/2 year nightmare. Please reject Joe Brenneman — he is a threat to you and your right to own, control and possess your own property.

Dick Skees

Columbia Falls