Category: Legislature 2007
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Ridiculous
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/16/news/state/20-legihuman.txt">Children at play</a>. That's all this is. The Republicans are going to throw all the toys away to please one member of the Constitution party and the Democrats won't even look at the toys because all they can do is cry about HB2 not being part of the toy chest. What ever happened to…
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Noise
Don't you love it when politicians make noise to hear their own voice.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/04/news/state/67-budget.txt" >Schweitzer cautiously optimistic about budget</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> predicts that the Legislature will finish its work on time and leave Helena with a balanced budget, despite the flap created when House Republicans split the big budget bill,…
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Confusion
I'm a little confused, a normal state it seems like. There is a bill in the Montana Legislature to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/24/news/state/70-legifinance.txt">public finance legislative races</a>. The bill even talks about how the money is going to be raised for the idea. They would use $500,000 in State money to seed the project and then "fund the…
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Smarter Than I Thought
Well, the Montana Senate is <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/08/news/state/38-college.txt">smarter than I thought</a>. I'm glad to see this one go down to defeat as you undoubtedly all ready know if you read <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2430-Electoral-Mess.html">my thoughts on it</a>. Usually the Legislature doesn't show this much common sense. I applaud them.<br />n<br />n<strong>If that rampart collapsed your liberties would be…
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Electoral Mess
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/01/news/state/65-electoral.txt" >Bill would bypass Electoral College</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Montana should join a national movement to bypass the Electoral College and award the presidency to the winner of the popular vote, a Darby senator told lawmakers Wednesday.<br />n<br />nRepublican Sen. Rick Laible and other supporters said the change would make Montana and other sparsely populated states…
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Tax Breaks
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/01/news/state/60-breaks.txt" >Governor details range of clean-energy tax breaks</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> wants property tax breaks as big as 75 percent for "clean and green" energy development and transmission, part of his effort to develop energy resources in the state.<br />n<br />nSchweitzer unveiled details on the tax breaks Wednesday, which he hinted at…
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Real ID
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/31/news/state/23-legiids.txt" >House rejects federal ID card program</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The House gave bipartisan support Wednesday to a pair of bills that would make Montana one of the first states in the country to say ''no'' to federally approved national identification cards.<br />n<br />nThe measures by Reps. Diane Rice, R-Harrison, and Brady Wiseman, D-Bozeman, are nearly…
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Legislature Dealings
Just a little information on what the Legislature is up to from the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/" >Gazette</a>. I don't have time to do much else right now.<br />n<br />nWe have a push to allow more <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/31/news/state/56-legicabaret.txt" >licenses</a> to sell drinks at places that serve food. Not much opposition is seen for this for a change.<br…
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Sour Grapes
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/30/news/state/56-legiswitchers.txt" >GOP senator takes aim at party switchers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Republican state senator wants to let voters recall public officials who switch parties, a bill that follows a defection that cost the GOP power in the state Senate.<br />n<br />nSen. Dan McGee, R-Laurel, said his bill is not directed at former Republican Sen. Sam…
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Business Friendly, NOT
Can anyone tell me why the state of Montana is so unfriendly to businesses? They do provide jobs and services throughout the state so why no matter which way we turn does the Legislature take such aims to hurt them?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0213.htm">Here</a>, as reported by the <a href="http://montanamainstreetblog.typepad.com/montana_main_street_blog/2007/01/more_ways_to_su.html">Montana Main Street Blog</a>, we have a…