Category: Gov. Schweitzer

<blockquote>Mercer took strong exception to Schweitzer's unswerving position that the school funding problem is an issue to be solved by the Legislature, not by the governor.<br />n<br />n"That's the opposite of leadership," Mercer told reporters. "That's abrogation.<br />n<br />n"Passing the buck to the Legislature will not bring about a comprehensive solution for the state of…

I wonder who is going to pay for <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&amp;display=rednews/2005/11/14/build/state/50-trees.inc">all these Christmas trees</a> your Governor is planning? <br />n<br />nOh, that's right, I will, whether I want to or not. Thanks a lot Schweitzer.<br />n<br />n<b>Sarcasm, parody, absurdism and irony are great ways to strip off stuff's mask and show the unpleasant reality behind it.…

I had a chuckle over this one.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>How much would you pay for dinner with <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> at the governor's mansion in Helena?</blockquote><br />n<br />nHow much would I pay? Even for such a cause as <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&amp;display=rednews/2005/11/06/build/state/45-auction.inc">this</a> the Governor would have to pay a large sum and I <u>might</u> grace his presence…

What good is <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/27/build/state/20-gastax.inc">repealing the gas tax</a> going to do? Put the state into debt? I know gas prices aren't as low as they were earlier but today when I was in Billings at 9:00 am the gas price was around $2.52. By 2:00 pm when I left town the price I paid was…

<blockquote>Some Democrats have been able to position themselves as libertarian-minded protectors of Western values. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> in Montana, for example, has built a coalition of ranchers, hunters and environmentalists who want to protect hunting and farming land from those who would develop the West's wide-open spaces.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI won't comment on…

<blockquote>As Montana's school-funding puzzle remains unsolved, observers are starting to ask: Where's the leadership from <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>?</blockquote><br />n<br />nI can tell you why <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/13/build/state/55-gov-schools.inc">isn't taking a leadership role</a> in school funding. There is way to big of chance he will find himself in a lose/lose situation and his…

I hate to appear on the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/12/build/state/30-polluter.inc">same side</a> as the Northern Plains Resource Council (<acronym title="Northern Plains Resource Council">NPRC</acronym>), but haven't I been saying all along that Schweitzer's fantasy about this coal to fuel scheme being non-polluting <b><u>can't be true</b></u>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Contrary to claims by <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>, a large coal-to-liquid fuels plant…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/08/build/state/20-fortharrison.inc">Montana officials asked to prepare for 500 Katrina evacuees</a><br />n<br />nI read this yesterday and was sure our state officials were working hard to get ready for these people and to show the world how us Montana's pitch in and help other people in the face of a disaster. Why <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>…