Helena Independent Record – July 16, 2008 The Montana Republican Party complaint that Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer illegally made public service announcements after filing for re-election should be summarily dismissed, Schweitzer’s attorney said Tuesday. Mike Meloy, a Helena lawyer representing Schweitzer, urged Political Practices Commissioner Dennis Unsworth “to ignore the hyperbole” and toss out the [...]
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Helena Independent Record – July 16, 2008 In a tense public session marked by accusations of a “political hatchet job,” a divided state Public Service Commission Tuesday voted to seek a legal ruling on Commissioner Brad Molnar’s use of private donations to fund an energy-conservation event. The 3-0 vote, taken after Molnar and fellow Republican [...]
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Helena Independent Record – July 16, 2008 Campaign-finance and ethics complaints against Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar, R-Laurel, are proceeding at the Office of Political Practices, although no ruling on the merits has occurred. Commissioner of Political Practices Dennis Unsworth said the campaign-finance complaint is still under investigation, and that the ethics complaint will be [...]
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