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| Who are all the Bedfellows? |
Well it seems these ladies have had their fill of Commissioner Gallik not doing his job. Ironically Commissioner Gallik who has now been thrust into the limelight for allegations of unethical conduct is the very same person that is responsible for keeping Montana Political campaigns ethical and on the up and up. Kind of hard to pass judgment when your own hand is in the cookie jar wouldn’t you think. Incidentally, Will Deschamps, Chairman of the Montana Republican party was just in the news last week calling on Gallik to make a determination on a complaint filed the end of August 2009 against the Democrat party and Attorney General Steve Bullock who is now running for Governor. Apparently filing ethics complaints against Democrats to an entity controlled by an unethical Democrat Commissioner and a bully Governor aren’t going to get much traction. Read Deschamps letter to Commissioner Gallik at the Montana Republican Party website here.
It does stand to reason that no matter what the complaint 2 ½ years to make a determination is an inappropriate amount of time. How can any of the regular Montana citizens hold any respect for a government that lives in shadows and advocates protecting their political bedfellows? What happened to open transparent government?
Kudos to john Adams for this fabulous indepth report and we applaud the courage of these fine ladies. We will be watching to see if any of them should be mysteriously “down-sized” after coming forth with this information. Of course if that is the case perhaps we will see four more candidates join Jim Lynch in a run for the Governor's office. Read the whole story over at The Lowdown and give us your comments.
Cronyism has been going since the beginning of the State government.
ReplyDeleteIt is about time someone had the guts to raise a ruckus about the people getting paid for doing nothing. I hope more people follow suit
ReplyDeleteThat was a great article in the Tribune. It was well researched and obviously this is what investigative reporting is all about. The so called reporters at the HDN should take note of this reporter’s style and eye for accuracy
ReplyDeleteThe problem is this governor doesn’t look for his appointments and lets friends and people in the department look for the appointee’s. In this case it was not in the department. He is too [not sure what to call him on this issue] look at the qualifications and above all the character of the people brought forward. Stan Stephan’s and Marc Roscot looked for their appropriate people. Judy Martz was just as bad as this governor. These department appointee’s cost us way more money than the voting public realizes and a lot of the reason is they are putting power in the hands of elected officials and a lot of them don’t have the character to handle to power.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn’t the Havre Daily or any other paper in Montana cover this story? Are they all afraid of the governor or do they not think corruption in government is a newsworthy story?
ReplyDeleteSchweitzer has been a bully since he took office. Anyone daring to appose him would find themselves in his cross hairs. Dave Gallik is just one of the many people he has surrounded himself with to cover up many of the unethical things done by this administration.
ReplyDeleteSchweitzer has been a bully since he took office. Anyone daring to appose him would find themselves in his cross hairs. Dave Gallik is just one of the many people he has surrounded himself with to cover up many of the unethical things done by this administration.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect from a guy who can't even wear a suit to work and insists on having a dog along at all times?
ReplyDeleteMontana's Commissioner of Political Practices resigns:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120118/NEWS01/201180304/-1/NLETTER01/Montana-s-Commissioner-of-Political-Practices-resigns