Most important issue: How divided people are

The most important issue facing Wyoming, according to John Holtz, is how divided people are.

Speaking at a debate for Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate earlier this week, Holtz said we have a government addicted to overregulation and power.

Holtz is one of 10 Republicans running for the seat vacated by the retirement of Senator Mike Enzi. Because of the number of candidates, the debate was broken into two groups, one of five candidates and one of four. The 10^th candidate, Devon Cade of Philadelphia, wasn’t present.

In addition to Holtz, other candidates featured in the second part of the debate were R. Mark Armstrong, Robert Shaw and Star Roselli, who hails from Arizona.

Roselli said she’s a strong supporter of President Trump, and on a question of whether the time has come to rein in the power of a U.S. President to issue executive orders, she said no, now isn’t the time. She also said it’s important to her that every person on Social Security get a cost of living increase.

Armstrong said government spending is out of control. He told those attending or listening to the debate that we need as a country to go back to our founding roots.

On a question on response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Short, who’s a Converse County commissioner, talked about his own experience in working with the county health officer to rule on shutdown exceptions for businesses faced with statewide closure orders.

Short said measures were put in place in Converse County to allow for a safe, operational scenario that continued to provide people the opportunity to make an income and contribute to the local economy.