AG Fox makes campaign swing through region

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox, who is running for the governor’s office, recently made a campaign swing through Northwest Montana.

Fox made stops in Superior, Plains, St. Regis, Thompson Falls and Kalispell as he works to convince voters of why he should be the state’s next governor.

According to Denley Loge, House District 14 Representative, Fox talked about his background working with law enforcement as Attorney General and attack on the drug problems within Montana during his stop in Superior.

“He also talked about the need to keep the timber industry sound for our local mills, the importance of rural hospitals like the ones in Sanders and Mineral counties both for the physical and mental health of Montana and its economy,” Loge said.

Loge said Fox took questions from the crowd in Superior before traveling to the Clark Fork Valley Hospital for a full tour which included the Physical therapy, ICU, meeting staff, and even included the boiler, which he was quite impressed with the utilization of wood products by heating with wood pellets.

Fox also stopped at the Idaho Forest Group mill in St. Regis on Feb. 22.

“The mill is currently shut down for renovations but Tim had filed a brief to stop some of the injunctions against some timber sales on Forest Service land and wanted to see the potential the St. Regis mill has and the show his support for the industry,” Loge said in an email to the Mineral Independent.

Fox also addressed issues and concerns as well as laying out his strategic plans, stressing that he and his team want to be able to hit the ground running when elected, rather than put things together last minute, Loge said.

The primary elections will be June 2 and the general election will be Nov. 3.