Category: montana legislatu
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Fixing The Playground
There was a couple of interesting articles in the Gazette from the recent conference at the Burton K. Wheeler Center at Montana State University which looked at the recent Legislative session and how to avoid the problems faced.<br />n<br />nThe <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/02/news/state/20-rancor.txt">first article</a> started out by talking about term limits and annual Legislative Sessions and…
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Called Back
The <acronym title="Montana Legislators">children</acronym> have been <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/08/news/state/20-legislature_v.txt">called back into Special Session</a> by <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> to solve the budget mess they left and to vote on his pet project which failed the first time around. Reading the article it looks like he payed off some Republican <acronym title="Montana Legislators">children</acronym> to get what he…
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Divisions
The Montana Constitution requires a 90 day Legislative session every two years. The only purpose given in the Constitution for the Session is to draft a balanced budget that will run the State for the next two years. You know what, the <acronym title="Montana Legislators">children</acronym> <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/28/news/state/20-legislature_z.txt">couldn't handle this simple little thing</a> required of them…
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The Children Have Lost It
The <acronym title="Montana Legislators">children</acronym> are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/26/news/state/20-lange_v.txt">out of control this time</a>. Mainly one individual who used an obscenity laden tirade yesterday in the Republican party caucus. The only reason I say children is that there was quite a bit of applause from those present over his words. I guess something better to say would be…
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Weighing In
I see the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/20/news/state/30-epa.txt">EPA is weighing in</a> on the CBM issue here in Montana. They are telling our fair haired Governor that the proposed law, SB 407, that would allow the CBM water to be stored in unlined stock ponds might violate the Federal Clean Water Act.<br />n<br />nBoy, what a way to put…
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Different Viewpoint
I'm afraid I am going to have to take a little different viewpoint than most ranchers on <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/11/news/state/56-legiwolves.txt">this subject</a>. Why should we spend money on getting the wolf delisted when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has all ready <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/30/news/state/25-wolf.txt">announced that it has planned on doing it</a>? Admittedly it is still in the…
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Shoving It Down Our Throats
Two years ago when the Montana Legislature was in session I wrote very often about the stupidity of the ethanol mandate they were trying to put in and how if consumers wanted ethanol the market would support them and their would be no need for a mandate. As usual, nobody listened and they voted in…
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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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Destruction
It looks like the Montana House wants to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/24/news/state/23-cbm.txt">allow all the usable ground water</a> in South Eastern Montana to be pumped out of the ground to be gone forever. I really hate to tell these people but ponds and reservoirs go dry over time and then the ground water is needed to water the…