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Water compact being conducted in secrecy

| August 6, 2020 10:52 AM

Amid all the controversy surrounding Senator Steve Daine’s “Montana Water Right Protection Act,” two facts have become abundantly clear: There will be no disclosure to taxpayers and the public as to the how the $1.9 billion dollar figure attached to the Act was arrived at, nor once the money is spent, will the public see the Expenditures Report prepared by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes detailing how the money was spent. ...

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