Though the recent election seemed so full of vitriol, controversy, “facts” with little factual basis, and just plain meanness, it might be a good time to remind our readers that though the opinion of many is that this was likely the worst such election cycle in our history, a little digging will show that this is debatable. I will leave that for another day. Instead, here is a story that absolutely runs contrary to what most folks expect in today’s politics. It is so refreshingly honest, it is startling. The subject of our story is Jeff Fowler, a Boone County transplant to Throckmorton County, Texas, who, at the urging of his wife, decided to run for County Attorney. NOTHING about this story fits our current experience in the wild and wooly politics of the 21st century. This story, by former BCHM writer David Holsted, originally ran in the Harrison Daily Times in July 2018.
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