Government

As a candidate for Public Service Commission (PSC), one question I hear a lot is, “What does the Public Service Commission actually do?” As a primer, I am going to briefly explain how the PSC was created, how it is governed, and the minimum duties of the PSC. Regulation of public utilities in Montana has…

Local artist and film producer Travis Mateer released his 3-hour documentary Engen’s Missoula late Wednesday night. “So happy to finally be able to share this, it’s been a long time in the making,” Mateer said in a tweet. The film covers specific points in the administration of Missoula’s 5-term Mayor, John Engen, including the redirection…

Yesterday, local writer, artist, and videographer Travis Mateer released a trailer for a forthcoming documentary about Missoula called “Engen’s Missoula.” The trailer features Ward 4 City Council member Jesse Ramos explaining how a tax scheme called “tax increment financing” skims off the top of property tax-payers yearly tax bill and redirects funds to the Missoula…

In words that could only be appreciated from John Wayne as Sargent Striker in the movie Sands of Iwo Jima, “Life is tough, but it is tougher when you’re stupid.”  Most Montanans pride themselves on not being stupid.  However, it seems Missoulians do not understand that principle. Missoula voters have managed to elect and keep electing Marxists…

Stand Up Montana and 11 parents are the plaintiffs listed in a lawsuit filed yesterday against Missoula County Public Schools and Missoula County. Other defendants in the suit include Elementary District 1, High School District 1, Target Range School District, and Hellgate Elementary School District. In an interview with KGVO, the attorney representing the parents,…

Missoula City and County leaders look to secure the bag for further bureaucratic expansion citing “systemic racism.”

Missoula Councilwoman Stacie Anderson shares unfounded claim that Montana Legislature investigated 4,592 ballot discrepancy in Missoula County.

Ward 4 candidate Mike Nugent announced on his Facebook page that he was “honored” to have the endorsement of incumbent Ward 4 councilwoman, Amber Sherrill. Sherrill will not seek re-election this year and bears partial responsibility for mask mandates and other restrictions unlawfully imposed upon Missoula County residents and businesses over the past year. Sherrill…

The Missoula County Republicans are holding their monthly Central Committee meeting this Tuesday at Christian Life Center at 6pm, inviting candidates for Missoula City Council for a meet and greet and State representatives including Rep. Mike Hopkins (HD92), Rep. Kathy Whitman (HD96), Rep. Brad Tschida (HD97), and Rep. Denley Loge (HD 14) for a Legislative…