Thanks for the great write-up on this topic.  https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/06/06/emotions-run-hot-as-gillette-city-council-bombarded-ahead-of-passing-anti-hate-crime-law/

Is Heidi Gross a gross liar?  If in fact the input she received was 50/50, she needs to prove that she was listening to only Campbell County input.

Heidi Gross is most likely on the city council as a result of violation of the Hatch Act, having run as a Republican for the position.  This is pretty serious in her case, due to her unique ability to pander to the big money on the left from her seat on the city council, to compensate them for funding the Gillette College.

My evidence:

https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/mayor-maintains-he-did-not-violate-little-hatch-act-in-seeking-office/article_f4b8889d-af27-58ef-b6ea-f3f42dcf191b.html

(2008) Bennett worked as director of operations for the Hamilton Center when he ran for office in both 2003 and 2007  The Hamilton Center receives federal funding for its Head Start program.  Last week, the Indiana Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision found that the Hatch Act did apply to Bennett and called for a special election to fill the office of Terre Haute mayor.

Heidi Gross reportedly makes $80,000 a year as executive director of the Gillette College Foundation.  In that position, she is involved with federal grants to a far greater extent than the Terre Haute mayor was.

At the end of the day, Gross may retain her seat on the City Council despite having violated the Hatch Act.  The important lesson here is that there is a reason the Hatch Act existed in the first place.  If we enforced existing laws, many of these anti-American plans could not be put into action.

Thanks for your article, Leo.  Keep up the good work.

--Sara Painter, Gillette WY