"Getting elected to make laws for other people is not like me," he said. "Apartments were going up fast and us tree huggers had to fight against inevitability."
For Vare, his compulsion to run for office came not from seeking attention, but to preserve the town he came to love via his travel across the country. His 1970 quote in The Aspen Times sounded like something that could be said today.
from:
Freak Power: Ned Vare reflects on a special time in American politics and culture
By: Eric Montgomery, Editor
05/08/2007
Clinton Recorder
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