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Grumbling about Votes by Local Representatives

Dismayed voices are heard on line regarding votes cast on house bills concerning undocumented immigrants. Even the word RINO has been attached to Lake County representatives.

It is sometimes hard to understand why those we trust vote the way they do. Politics and legislating is complicated. Too many implications embedded in each bill? A concerned constituent asked a very pertinent question:

“The Gallatin Valley Sentinel says you voted against the HB 536 that blocks illegals from working in Montana.  I was wondering why? I’d rather hear your side before I make a decision. I think that it should be illegal to hire illegal aliens but maybe I am missing something?

I am also seeing you voted against blocking illegals from getting a driver’s license on HB 275. I am not sure what all this is because I thought we voted to stop all this.”
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Tracy Sharp and Linda Reksten explain:
From Tracy:
Fellow Patriots,
   Concerning House Bill 275, here is why I voted as I did:
  • When I presented my bill on not allowing illegals to drive in MT with licenses issued by the 20 States that provide them licenses willy-nilly, Democrat Representative Stafman, unbeknownst to me, had his ‘Driver Privilege Card’ moving forward in a separate committee.
  • When Rep Stafman heard my presentation, he asked about allowing Driver Privilege Cards, and I told him I would not be in favor of that unless the people who received them were proven to be in the United States legally.
  • Rep Stafman stated he would amend his bill accordingly and support my bill, and I needed his support to get my bill out of committee and across the floor–both of which happened, and I brief the Senate on my bill next Wednesday.
  • Stafman’s bill went from dealing ‘Privilege Cards’ out to everyone who wanted one to only issuing them to people who are in the United States legally, which is a huge movement from where he was towards my position.  There are still some amendments we will need to make to his bill for sure, and I discussed that with him yesterday–as did the Attorney General.  Those changes are coming or his bill will die in the Senate.  His bill still has a few errors in it that likely came from his rush to make it compatible, and I will continue working on that today.  This cake is not baked yet.

Linda: If you read the bill, it punishes companies by taking away their license at first offense for 6 months and punishments get progressively worse – the bill would shut down contractors and other companies – I agree with the premise of the bill but the penalties were way too harsh – we have non-citizens working at varying degrees of legality even in our schools – that is why I could not support this bill.

We see how important it is to follow the processes in the legislature. Read the bills and give your input in hearings to possibly affect changes in wordings before the bills are even put to the vote. We should not jump to conclusions that our representatives have abandoned us the way the Out of Line Nine did.

More grumbling about another bill. This time SB 473. This bill seems to be perpetuating the notion of climate change as a phenomenon that mankind is responsible for. The bill is titled “Prohibit weather modification”. Cloud seeding is known to be done particularly in China. Modifying weather where you may improve conditions in one area but likely affect others negatively cannot be a good thing. But should we actually have bills that help uphold narratives that portray natural developments as manmade? Does anyone have evidence that the condensation trails we see at 30,000 ft above Montana contain chemicals?

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Betrayed by the Nine – Again

SB 287 passed 3rd reading despite scathing words on Senate floor. See post by Theresa Manzella on Facebook, Ravalli County Constitutional Republicans HERE.

In addition to the Democrat Yay, there was support from those who are no longer actually considered Republicans by the Montana GOP. Sounds like lack of accountability will prevail. List of “Republican” votes below (Montana Free Press 2025 Capitol Tracker).

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Lunatics Amongst Us

The Last Chance Patriot airs thoughts that likely have many wondering:

Whatever happened to the Democrats as we used to know them? – Here’s an excerpt from the editor’s notes with the above headline in the April newsletter:

“They keep shouting that they “will not be stopped!” They continue to double-down again and again until their message has become one of such lunacy that it boggles the mind. One can imagine our founding fathers turning over in their graves when they see the types of people who now serve in our carefully constructed government. No more the patriotic, hard-working ordinary citizens of the U.S. as in the early years: we now have rude, crude, pandering, low-class hypocrites who somehow manage not only to get into office, but to stay there far beyond their expiration date.”

Read the full newsletter HERE. Great articles (for example, changes in President Trump’s approach between 2017 and 2025, and a water court update), and links to much more content included!

A point made that many may not be aware of:

“There is something that has had an enormous impact upon the passing of the Compact through our Montana legislature and also upon getting the Daines Bill (Montana Water Rights Protection Act – MWRPA) tucked into the multi-thousand page omnibus bill signed by President Trump in December 2020. It is something that probably most American citizens are not aware of: tribal governments are allowed to contribute unlimited funds to political candidates and political organizations with no reporting requirements. 

No other US government can financially contribute to the election process; not states, cities, municipalities. This gives tribal governments tremendous leverage with politicians. That leverage was wielded mightily to get the Water Compact through both the state and federal legislatures. Montana citizens, tribal and non-tribal alike, were betrayed by our state and federal governments in favor of tribal governments. CSKT tribal government unashamedly betrayed its tribal members in this unholy mess. I will elaborate more on this in an upcoming article.” (Linda Sauer)

Update on work done by Montana Citizens Action Group to get the attention of DOGE – new information looked into!

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Montana Superintendent Joins President for EO Signing

Susie Hedalen, Superintendent of Public Instruction, on returning control of education back to states and local communities:

“I want to thank President Trump and Secretary McMahon for their historic action today to return education back to the states and local communities. I want to make it clear that President Trump is working to return our education tax dollars to Montana’s parents, teachers, and local communities who know what’s best for their students. We don’t need top-down mandates from DC bureaucrats….”

Read the bulletin from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HERE.

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