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Campbell County Commission chairman claims group conspired to take him down

GILLETTE —Campbell County Commission Chairman Del Shelstad claimed that a fellow commissioner and a county resident are conspiring to take him down.

“Cancel culture has infiltrated this board, and that’s sad,” he said. “I’ve seen it in the last four and five years.”

Earlier this month, Commissioner Rusty Bell sent out an email with screenshots showing Shelstad and Commissioner Colleen Faber, along with two library board members, as members of the Wyoming MassResistance Facebook group.

Shelstad claimed he received threatening text messages from Tex McBride in late November.

He added that there...