Jacob Bachmeier is the best candidate for HD 28

Editor,

Last week, I received a political mailer that caught my eye. On the front, a stock photo of a 20-something sitting in a dark basement, holding a videogame controller, sullen face illuminated only by a television. On the back, a grotesquely distorted picture of Jacob Bachmeier, and some key phrases designed to scare older folks away from voting for a Millennial.

But if Havre, Montana, and the United States are to prosper, we need the next generation of citizens to start stepping up and taking responsibility in our civic affairs. We need more people in their 30s and younger on local...