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Dear editor:
Wyoming politicians love to lean on the old “live and let live” cliché whenever they want to sound neighborly. But as a fourth generation Wyomingite who grew up just 60 miles …
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Dear editor:
Wyoming politicians love to lean on the old “live and let live” cliché whenever they want to sound neighborly. But as a fourth generation Wyomingite who grew up just 60 miles away, I know exactly how fast that window dressing shatters when progressive activists decide to run for local office.
Look no further than the race for Park County Attorney and the candidacy of Marina Tucker, formerly Marina Horsting. A look into her published legal record reveals a paper she authored for the “Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality” while in law school in 2018 that reads like a progressive manifesto against traditional Wyoming values. In it, Horsting, now Tucker, launches a direct assault on laws protecting biological sex at birth and traditional marriage, decreeing that they have “no secular purpose.” Worse yet, Horsting openly condemns the legal system for allowing everyday Americans to “hide behind the shield of religious freedom” so they can discriminate against LGBT persons.
Think about the immense, unchecked power a county attorney holds. They decide who to prosecute, how to enforce state laws, and how to represent the county.
How can the people of Park County trust Marina Tucker to fairly execute the duties of the chief law enforcement officer when her own written scholarship shows her contempt for our deeply held religious convictions as nothing more than a “shield” for bigotry?
There is an old saying in politics: “I don’t care what they say about me as long as they spell my name correctly.” Tucker might love the publicity, but voters shouldn’t fall for the trap. This isn’t an academic debate in a distant law school by a Louisiana Democrat; it is a question of who wields the power of the state right here at home. If you think “live and let live” means letting a radical activist run the prosecutor’s office while she holds your faith and values in absolute contempt, then by all means, spell her name correctly on the ballot. But if you want a county attorney who actually respects the Constitution and the people of Park County, Marina Tucker disqualified herself.
Becket Hinckley
Corona Del Mar, California (formerly of Basin)
I was disappointed to see that the Powell Tribune published yet another negative letter about me today written by another person I’ve never met.
This one is written by Becket Hinckley, a resident of California, who appears to be the same Becket Hinckley who was suspended from the practice of law in 2022 for numerous violations of the Rules of Processional Conduct as a prosecutor.
Suffice to say that Mr. Hinckley does not accurately portray this law school journal article. I believe in transparency and am happy to provide it to anyone who would like to judge for themselves.
Throughout this challenging campaign process I am doing my best to stay out of the mud and working to show how I can serve Park County. This letter needed a response however.