Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Montana Capitol, where U.S. Sen. Steve Daines was scheduled to address the Legislature.
When crowd learned that the Montana Republican had canceled Tuesday’s appearance, boos and cries of “Coward!” erupted.
His speech was re-sked to tomorrow.
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This is a first-person recounting of her experience with the tele-townhall.
Guest Post by Katie Clarke
Dear Senator Daines,
In the absence of an opportunity to meet with you face-to-face and have the opportunity to voice my concerns over trust and transparency related to your recent words and actions, I met with your representative Ron in your Kalispell office. He is really nice, and I appreciate Ron’s time. But, I want to ask you, can we, your constituents, set up a time to meet, face to face, with you? A lot of your constituents are looking for an opportunity to ask you a few questions face to face.
I am concerned you are not representing me, and I am concerned about issues of trust and transparency between you and your constituents who elected you to represent us and vote in our best interest. To illustrate this concern and highlight my questions, I’d like to use your recent (2.16.2017) broadcasted telephone call-in, which you call a “tele-townhall,” as an illustration of chasms between your words and behaviors, lack of transparency, and failure to use data or facts in arriving at your voting decisions.
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Naturally, Rep. Ryan Zinke is nowhere to be found as he awaits his confirmation hearing for Sec. of Interior.
About that,
One story the press has resolutely ignored is that our Congressman is being sued for his failure to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a D.C.-based church that was housing his mother.
E&E Daily reports that Congressman Zinke is being sued for $66,000 for violating a residential lease agreement involving his mother-in-law:
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