Helena Independent Record – July 30, 2008
The Montana Public Service Commission is sticking with a decision to get a legal opinion about money that member Brad Molnar took from NorthWestern Energy.
Molnar and fellow Republican Doug Mood were stymied Tuesday in an attempt to tone down a legal request being sent to Attorney General Mike McGrath.
Earlier this month, the three Democrats on the panel voted to specifically ask McGrath whether a $1,000 donation Molnar took from the company for a public service campaign was illegal.
The Republicans said Tuesday that they wanted to replace that letter with a more general letter that asked for clarification on rules surrounding the use of so-called ‘‘constituency accounts’’ held by many elected officials in the state.
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