The fellow with the name tag on his shirt and big iron on his hip is Dane Clark, candidate for the Democratic nomination for HD-8 in Kalispell. One might suppose he was among friends — after all, this was the Tea Party’s 15 April 2010 tax protest in downtown Kalispell — but Clark said that rumors of agent provocateurs bound on disrupting the festivities made packin’ heat prudent.
In his cardboard box, Clark, an affable fellow, was packing DVDs of a speech by Alaskan militia leader Schaeffer Cox and a forum for candidates for Flathead County Sheriff, and a one-third page card for Mark French, a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Congressional seat now held by Denny Rehberg.
Until recently, Clark was a precinct committeeman for the Flathead Republican central committee. He’s still listed as one, but a party official confirmed that Clark did resign, and that the party has been delinquent in updating the website.
Clark’s opponent in the 8 June 2010 Democratic primary for HD-8 is Kalispell architect and planning board chief Bryan Schutt.
