Brekke defends Barrows' vote on Whitefish proclamation

Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke came to the defense of fellow Council member Brian Barrows Friday for voting against a proclamation denouncing anti-Semitic activity in Whitefish.

Brekke made the comments Friday at the meeting of the Pachyderm Club in the Vineyard Room of the Duck Inn.

Brekke, who voted in support of the proclamation, said that just because someone votes against a proclamation does not mean they support those values being denounced.

He said that since the vote, Barrows has been the subject of criticism in letters to the editor printed in the Havre Daily News...