Conservative Web site publishes story about commissioner's past
by Chuck Slothower
Herald Staff Writer
Opponents of La Plata County Commissioner Wally White have launched an online campaign to tarnish the Democrat, who is running for re-election.
The campaign started with Face the State, a Denver-based political Web site that often publishes information damaging to Democrats.
Face the State used public court documents to write a report that it posted to its Web site that it says "detail an intriguing saga of soured divorce, bankruptcy and a new lover's betrayal fit for prime-time TV."
The online article specifies two court judgments, one in 1991 and another in 2000, ordering White to pay child support, his bankruptcy in 2000 and a property dispute involving an ex-fiancee.
White said the report was "disgusting" and merely drudged up old, settled issues.
"I paid all the child support, my bankruptcy is clear," he said. "All of these issues have been settled."
His divorce led to financial problems, White said. "I had some difficult times."
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