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| Chuck Baldwin, left, and gubernatorial candidate Bob Fanning listen to questions from the audience at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell. Fanning announced Baldwin as his running mate in the 2012 election. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
On Nov. 16 at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell, Republican governor candidate Bob Fanning told a camouflage-speckled audience, “I’m blessed, completely blessed, to have Chuck Baldwin as my lieutenant governor.”
Baldwin, a pastor who ran for president as a Constitution Party candidate in 2008 and moved from Florida to the Flathead Valley last year, took the stage and returned the respect.
“Bob is the one candidate in the race I can fully and whole-heartedly embrace,” Baldwin said, adding: “I look forward to accompanying Bob to the governor’s mansion after next year’s election, because we are in this to win.”
Baldwin, a pastor who ran for president as a Constitution Party candidate in 2008 and moved from Florida to the Flathead Valley last year, took the stage and returned the respect.
“Bob is the one candidate in the race I can fully and whole-heartedly embrace,” Baldwin said, adding: “I look forward to accompanying Bob to the governor’s mansion after next year’s election, because we are in this to win.”
Comments (35) TotalDENVER — An anti-abortion group that sponsored an unsuccessful constitutional amendment in Mississippi said Monday it will try again with a revised version next year in Colorado, Montana and Oregon.
Denver-based Personhood USA has campaigned for state constitutional amendments defining life as beginning at fertilization. While the amendments sought to ban abortion, many physicians said they could make some birth control illegal and deter in vitro fertilization.
Those personhood amendments failed twice in Colorado, and Mississippi voters rejected an amendment this year.
Denver-based Personhood USA has campaigned for state constitutional amendments defining life as beginning at fertilization. While the amendments sought to ban abortion, many physicians said they could make some birth control illegal and deter in vitro fertilization.
Those personhood amendments failed twice in Colorado, and Mississippi voters rejected an amendment this year.
Comments (0) TotalHELENA – A coalition that challenged Montana's public school funding system as inadequate in 2002 is now asking a judge to order the state to restore an $8 million funding cut that kicked in when the governor vetoed a bill backed by Republicans.
The Montana Quality Education Coalition filed its latest lawsuit in District Court in Helena on Friday, Lee Newspapers of Montana reported.
The Montana Quality Education Coalition filed its latest lawsuit in District Court in Helena on Friday, Lee Newspapers of Montana reported.
Comments (1) TotalWASHINGTON – A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to meet its assignment of saving taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade.
The panel is sputtering to a close after two months of talks in which the members were never able to get close to bridging a fundamental divide over how much to raise taxes to address a budget deficit that forced the government to borrow 36 cents of every dollar it spent last year.
The panel is sputtering to a close after two months of talks in which the members were never able to get close to bridging a fundamental divide over how much to raise taxes to address a budget deficit that forced the government to borrow 36 cents of every dollar it spent last year.
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| Kalispell City Manager Jane Howington, center, talks with representatives from the Kalispell firefighters union during a meeting in the City Council chambers earlier this year. - File photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
The search is underway for the next city manager in Kalispell, starting with the appointment of a selection committee and interviews with interim candidates.
Current City Manager Jane Howington recently announced she is resigning at the end of December after two years to take the same position in Newport, R.I.
Current City Manager Jane Howington recently announced she is resigning at the end of December after two years to take the same position in Newport, R.I.
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| The Post Office on Meridian Road. Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon |
It could take a little longer for a piece of mail to travel across the Flathead Valley if the U.S. Postal Service moves forward with plans to close the Kalispell mail processing center on Meridian Road.
The closure of the mail-sorting center is part of an initiative by the USPS to reduce spending across the board. The plans to close sorting facilities and retail offices across the country has gained even more urgency as the USPS announced last week that it ended the 2011 fiscal year with a net loss of $5.1 billion. Before any decision is made, the USPS is holding a public meeting on Dec. 1 to see how it may affect the public.
The closure of the mail-sorting center is part of an initiative by the USPS to reduce spending across the board. The plans to close sorting facilities and retail offices across the country has gained even more urgency as the USPS announced last week that it ended the 2011 fiscal year with a net loss of $5.1 billion. Before any decision is made, the USPS is holding a public meeting on Dec. 1 to see how it may affect the public.
Comments (9) TotalHELENA – The state Board of Investments said its new executive director in charge of pension and other investments will be state Budget Director David Ewer, best known for his fiery advocacy of the governor's agenda in front of the Legislature.
Ewer, 57, will take over the board that manages Montana's $13 billion investment portfolio, including $7 billion in pension funds for public employees. Ewer replaces Carroll South, who is retiring after 18 years on the job. His annual salary will be $160,000.
Ewer, 57, will take over the board that manages Montana's $13 billion investment portfolio, including $7 billion in pension funds for public employees. Ewer replaces Carroll South, who is retiring after 18 years on the job. His annual salary will be $160,000.
Comments (1) TotalBILLINGS — Federal officials on Thursday rejected a $5.3 million offer from a company seeking a lease to mine 35.5 million tons of coal that is in the path of a major underground mine in Montana.
The Bureau of Land Management said the coal is worth more than the 15 cents per ton that Signal Peak Energy offered. The federal coal leases are in the path of the company's 300-employee Bull Mountain mine. No other bids were submitted during a public auction of the leases that ended Wednesday.
Signal Peak had anticipated mining the coal as early as 2013, but it was uncertain how that date could be affected by Thursday's action. The mine's owners have plans to increase production in coming years and ship large volumes of coal to Asian and South American markets.
The Bureau of Land Management said the coal is worth more than the 15 cents per ton that Signal Peak Energy offered. The federal coal leases are in the path of the company's 300-employee Bull Mountain mine. No other bids were submitted during a public auction of the leases that ended Wednesday.
Signal Peak had anticipated mining the coal as early as 2013, but it was uncertain how that date could be affected by Thursday's action. The mine's owners have plans to increase production in coming years and ship large volumes of coal to Asian and South American markets.
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