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Will not be voting to override Governor's veto
The 2023 Legislature ended almost a year ago. However, a couple weeks ago, Judge Mike Menahan issued a decision directing the Montana Secretary of State to conduct a veto override poll on SB 442 to determine if the bill will become law. I will not be supporting the veto poll override.
Bringing the Electoral College into the 21st Century
The ability to have a say in government by voting is the bedrock principle of democracy. Because of that, every vote should be of equal value and carry the same weight. That is true for every political office in the United States except for the office of the presidency where some people’s votes carry more weight than others depending on which state they vote in.
Commissioners ask AG for meeting
The Lake County Commissioners sent the following letter to Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen on Tuesday: We are writing today to invite you to meet with the Lake County Commission for the purpose of discussing ways forward in light of Lake County's reluctant withdrawal of its consent to Public Law 280 enforcement on the Flathead Reservation.
County commissioners voice support for SB 442
County Commissioners from across Montana appreciate the widespread support that Senate Bill 442 enjoyed throughout its legislative process. Marijuana revenues are new to Montana, and the bill's thoughtful distribution of this higher-than-expected new revenue stream included some funding for county roads.
Yet another “reform” committee
God so loved the world, that He didn’t send a committee to save it. Unfortunately, this eternal truth is lost on the Legislature.
Democracy is a process, not a finished product
“Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely,” said conservative activist Jack Posobiec at the February 2024 meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). To which Steve Bannon, former Trump advisor said, “Amen.” (The New Republic, Feb. 23, 2024)
Ballot initiatives aim to give voters more choices
Most of us don’t need a poll or a survey to tell us our politics are broken. Montana voters deserve more freedom, better choices, and greater accountability from our elected leaders. That’s why we, alongside a broad coalition of Montanans from around the state, are working hard to qualify CI-126 and CI-127 for the ballot this November to put voters back in charge of our election system and our government.
Sorry. Climate science is not a plot to put computer chips in your brain.
It’s clear from recent letters-to-the-editor that some citizens are having trouble sorting facts from conspiracy theories, especially when it comes to climate science.
The story behind your new tax bill
By now most Montana homeowners and business owners have gotten a new and unexpected tax bill from their county treasurers. Here’s why.
The rube sits and smiles
After having unloaded all my farm equipment from the railcar that had brought it from my late father’s farm back east, I knew that I had come to the right part of the world when Dude and Shorty, who had helped me unload it, looked at the wheels on my hay wagon and pronounced them “high-speed” because they actually had ball bearings instead of old-fashioned babbitt bearings. A person with less class than Shorty and Dude might have rightly said, “What a bunch of wore-out junk.”
