Holliston Massachusetts— Although as of yesterday he was listed online as a member of a group that questions the validity of government and mainstream media accounts of the 9/11 attacks, state Rep. candidate Jonathan Loya says he is not a conspiracy theorist and joined the group because of his libertarian ideologies.

He was a listed member of the "Boston Change for Truth" group on meetup.com, a networking Web site for groups to coordinate meetings and events. According to the Boston Change for Truth page, the group is "for those concerned with issues from 9/11 truth, ending the Federal Reserve, vaccine resistance, big pharma - medical industrial complex, to banker bailouts and the erosion of civil liberties and the ongoing global wars of occupation."

Loya, a UMass-Lowell sophomore studying political science, said he decided to run because he is fed up with "business as usual in Washington" and wants to bring down taxes. He is running as an independent against Democratic incumbent Carolyn Dykema, D-Holliston, in the Nov. 2 election.

In a phone interview yesterday, Loya said he was not a "radical 9/11 truther (who doesn't believe the government's account), as some of the people in that group are." Loya said it was "ludicrous" to believe the U.S. government or any other outside force except for al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks. He said he had questioned traditional accounts of 9/11 on his membership page in order to be accepted into the group by the group's administrator. He also said he wasn't a believer of theories maintaining there is a group of elite political leaders trying to establish global governance. "I'm not a believer of any of those things, no," he said.

Loya is also a member of a Libertarian group on meetup.com, in which he said he is actively involved and regularly sets up an attends meetings.