Category: board of livestoc
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No Split State
I see the Board of Livestock has decided <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/11/07/news/state/19-panelists.txt">against split state status</a> for Brucellosis here in Montana. The Governor decided to let the ranching community decide and they let their feelings be known to the Board of Livestock yesterday.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>After hours of rancorous debate punctuated by yelling and boos from the audience, the…
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Partisan Politics Rule the Day
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/31/news/state/30-legiboone.txt" >Boone gets Senate panel endorsement</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Senate State Administration Committee on Friday sent the nomination of Ingomar rancher Stan Boone to the Board of Livestock to the full Senate with a "do confirm" recommendation.<br />n<br />nThe vote was along party lines, with six Democrats in favor and five Republicans opposed.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<a…
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A Better Person Needed
I had heard rumblings about the problems <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s appointment of Stan Boone to the Montana Board of Livestock and now these rumbles are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/28/news/state/30-livestock.txt">hitting the mainstream</a>. It appears that not only did Stan Boone flout Montana State Brand Laws, he threatened the life of a brand inspector serving him citations for…