A man who appeared before the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners Tuesday is the founder of an alt-right militia in Arizona with a history of making threats against government officials and others. Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer spoke to the commissioners Tuesday, saying he lives in the county and has been working with businesses and churches to enhance disaster relief. He urged the commissioners to plan for severe weather events and warned of the disaster that could occur in Green River if the Fontenelle Dam fails. He also promoted chemtrail conspiracy theory, claiming the military is “playing God with the weather” and alleged chemtrails spread various chemicals and biological materials. Meyer later spoke before the Green River City Council Tuesday evening, again regarding chemtrails and military conspiracy theories. His words to the commissioners earned support from Wyoming Rep. Marlene Brady, R-Green River. (…) There is no proof of his claims and the chemtrail conspiracy theory has been widely rejected by atmospheric scientists. Meyer is best known as the founder of Veterans on Patrol in Pima County, Arizona. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Veterans on Patrol is an antigovernment and anti-immigrant militia. The SPLC is a nonprofit organization involved in legal and community efforts to dismantle white supremacy and “unmask and defeat some of the nation’s most violent white supremacist groups.” “The group has also pushed anti-Indigenous, antisemitic, anti-Catholic and anti-Mormon falsehoods,” according to the SPLC.
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