Category: Gov. Brian Schwei
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Sour Grapes
The Montana Stockgrowers Association has a <a href="http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=7092734&nav=menu227_5">little beef</a> with Gov. Schweitzer. How much of there problem with him is real and how much is sour grapes I'm not sure. It used to be members of the Montana Stockgrowers dominated the Livestock board but nowadays they don't so I think <u>some</u> sour grapes is involved.<br…
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Blame Game
When <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> announced a special session to pay for the fire fighting costs this year, the Montana Blogs started up. Depending on which blog you read, either the Republicans or the Democrats were to blame for this and that was the end of the story. As normal I didn't believe either side…
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Defense
I find <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/16/news/state/62-schweitzer.txt"><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s defense</a> of Republican criticism about the way he hired a new intern very interesting. Schweitzer never says what he did was right, he just points out, that in his opinion, a earlier Republican did the same thing so why should they criticize? So, two wrongs in this case…
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Buffer Zone
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/07/04/news/state/45-buffer.txt" >Officials discuss brucellosis buffer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Creating a brucellosis buffer zone around Yellowstone National Park is a possibility as state and federal officials look for ways to keep the disease from recurring in Montana.<br />n<br />nTeresa Howes, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said she and the…
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Regionalize
As you know, <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> wants to regionalize the Brucellosis problem in Montana and make a perimeter around Yellowstone National Park where Brucellosis would be monitored and treated differently than in the rest of the state. I was never very sure about the idea but I listened and wondered about the whole idea…
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Bad News
I read a couple of stories recently that sound a little bad for our fair haired Governor, Brian Schweitzer.<br />n<br />nFirst off, regional veterinary experts are <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/BUSINESS/706090325/1046/rss03">not very keen</a> on his "buffer plan" around Yellowstone National Park for Brucellosis. <br />n<br />n<strong>The veterinary officials said the buffer plan, or regionalization, would be expensive and…
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Doing Something
Maybe <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s idea about a buffer zone around Yellowstone National Park for brucellosis isn't the best idea in the world, but at least he is doing something. Our <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/01/news/state/50-buffer.txt">Congressional delegation is just spewing mealy mouth words</a> that mean nothing with no action behind them.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Rehberg said he is seeking more…
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Second Herd Negative for Brucellosis
Well, the second herd of cattle near Emigrant <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/24/news/state/25-brucellosis.txt">tested all negative for Brucellosis</a>. This allows me to breathe a small sigh of relief. Small I say. They are still testing cattle around the affected herds in Bridger so we could still see problems there so a big sigh of relief is not applicable. <br…
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Called Back
The <acronym title="Montana Legislators">children</acronym> have been <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/08/news/state/20-legislature_v.txt">called back into Special Session</a> by <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> to solve the budget mess they left and to vote on his pet project which failed the first time around. Reading the article it looks like he payed off some Republican <acronym title="Montana Legislators">children</acronym> to get what he…
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Weighing In
I see the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/20/news/state/30-epa.txt">EPA is weighing in</a> on the CBM issue here in Montana. They are telling our fair haired Governor that the proposed law, SB 407, that would allow the CBM water to be stored in unlined stock ponds might violate the Federal Clean Water Act.<br />n<br />nBoy, what a way to put…