Category: Gov. Schweitzer

Every time I read a story about <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> talking about making fuel from coal, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050825/pl_nm/energy_montana_dc">like this newest one</a>, in Eastern Montana I ask the question, " what makes Schweitzer or anyone else think the Northern Plains Resource Council (<acronym title="Northern Plains Resource Council">NPRC</acronym>) and other environmental groups allow this to happen?"<br…

So, having all the big name energy companies in Montana <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/18/build/state/35-gov-energy-conf.inc">sponsor a large part of <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s upcoming energy conference</a> doesn't mean they won't get special consideration.<br />n<br />nBULLSHIT!!!!!<br />n<br />nThey wouldn't be footing the bill if they didn't think it would help them somehow. [sarcasm]Remember, these are the evil public companies…

Well, the Governor is flapping his jaws about turning <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/02/build/state/25-coal-fuel.inc">coal into fuel again</a>. I have nothing against the proposal but instead of flapping his jaw about it why doesn't he do something about it. To make this scheme work you need to be mining coal. This would be a very important first step to…

Since I have been so busy, I haven't had the time nor energy to comment on <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/31/build/business/40-gransbery.inc">this</a> issue so I will let Jim Gransbery's words speak for me. He states my opinion more eloquently than I could.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Like so many politicos nowadays, Schweitzer is pretending to do something that he is not. The…

Give credit where credit is due, good job <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/20/build/state/20-lastbestplace.inc">Governor Schweitzer</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> plans to fight a Nevada businessman's effort to trademark the phrase "The Last Best Place," a description of Montana that Schweitzer says "belongs to the people of Montana."<br />n <br />n"We'll defend that position vigorously," the governor said Tuesday.…

I see <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> is again on his high horse about how <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/06/10/build/state/50-fire-troops.inc">bad the fire season is going to be</a> and how he wants our National Guard troops back to fight it.<br />n<br />n a. How does he know it's going to be a bad fire season before hand?<br />n b. I…

So, is Governor Brian Schweitzer's campaign fund <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/06/09/build/state/50-gov-obligation.inc">in debt or not in debt</a>. It appears to be a real good question.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Schweitzer faces between $25,000 and $40,000 in debts to cover a "win bonus" owed to his 2004 campaign media consultant, Struble Eichenbaum of Washington, D.C., and any late bills, he and Eric…

So now the question is can the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/05/build/state/60-gov-rights.inc" target="_new">Governor legally</a> remove the accountability mandates in the budget bill. I don't have the law in front of me and usually I don't understand such gibberish so I can't comment on that but accountability for how you spend the taxpayer's money seems real easy to understand.…

I see the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/05/03/build/state/41-gov-bduget.inc" target="_new">Governor again</a> doesn't want the state to be accountable to the taxpayers. <br />n<br />n[sarcastic]Explain to the taxpayers how their money is being spent? We can't have that now, can we.[/sarcastic]<br />n<br />n"This is about separation of powers" is what they are saying. What power, the power of the Governor…

<blockquote>"I said after the election, 'I'll ride tall in the saddle for Montana,"' Schweitzer said. "And I think that's important to have an image for Montana that people can respect."</blockquote><br />n<br />nMaybe someday we will "respect" the image but it definitely isn't the person that is in their now. Snake in the grass is a…