Category: Montana Politics
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Here It Comes
Montana's Legislature convenes today in it's biennial 90-day session. All I can say is <a href="http://www.acronymfinder.com/acronym.aspx?rec={0EA05764-8568-11D4-8351-00C04FC2C2BF}">BOHICA</a>. I guarantee you that is what is going to happen, the taxpayers is going to get screwed over. I'm sure glad they can only do this once every two years. I don't think I could stand a yearly reaming…
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Wishing
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/29/news/state/35-budget.txt" >Schweitzer: Budget plan works</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> said he thinks his budget proposals, which include double-digit spending increases, are sustainable for future years, contrary to warnings in a new legislative analysis.<br />n<br />nSchweitzer said much of the spending is "one-time" for such things as repairing buildings and fixing a troubled state…
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Children At Play
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/14/news/state/35-sales.txt" >Sales provides edge to GOP on House panel</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Majority Republicans in the state House of Representatives have given themselves extra weight on a key committee, mirroring an identical decision by majority Democrats in the state Senate.<br />n<br />nHouse Republicans, led by Speaker Scott Sales of Bozeman, assigned themselves a three-vote margin on…
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Let The Good Times Roll
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/12/news/state/30-speaker.txt" >House panel rejects plan to restrict GOP speaker</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Republican leaders of Montana's closely divided House of Representatives quashed a Democratic plan Monday to limit the amount of Republican power on committees that influence hundreds of would-be laws, including the state's budget.<br />n<br />nOn a 5-5 party line vote, the evenly divided House…
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More News On Walter Schweitzer
There was an article awhile ago on Walter Schweitzer and the role he played in state government which I <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2135-Access-Restrictions.html">talked about</a>. It was in a small paper and I have been waiting for the larger media to pick up on the story and see where it goes from there. I finally see the larger…
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Which Road Will They Take
It's been decided finally. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/29/news/state/25-republicans.txt">Republicans have gained control</a> of the Montana House after the Laurel recount. So which road will they take? Will they hold true to traditional Republican values of less government and lower taxes or will they just try to outspend the Democrats in an all out bid to win the elections…
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Be A Man
Sen. Burns needs to suck it up and act like a man, not a whining little baby.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/15/news/state/30-burns.txt" >Burns says media dishonest to him</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>He stopped only briefly to chastise Montana reporters, saying he was "taken advantage of."<br />n"Look you guys, I hate to tell you this, but I don't have anything…
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Election Thoughts
There seems to be a lot of celebration out there that the Democrats have taken control of the House and Senate. The going consensus I read is that this is going to turn the country around and great things are going to happen. I hate to rain on the parade, but I don't think so.…
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Much Ado About Nothing/Something
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/31/news/state/65-tester.txt">Unlicensed Tester butchered neighbor's animals, wasn't cited</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Tester never had a state-required license for the butchering business he ran at his Big Sandy-area farm, but state records show an inspector visited the shop, but did not cite Tester for breaking the law.<br />n<br />nTester cut meat on an…