Brown: Battle Ground has always drawn Christians

Brown: Battle Ground has always drawn Christians

Recent stories from The Columbian and Oregon Public Broadcasting have reported about the Christian owners of Maddox Industrial Transformer, their employees and their associates trying to assert more influence over Battle Ground and its civic institutions. Most recently they bought the weekly newspaper, The Reflector, to add it to a stable of businesses that include both their electrical manufacturing business and retailers such as Al & Ernie’s B…