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HELENA Ryan Osmundson said he didnt give the suggestion much of a chance when constituents groused to him that they didnt like changing the clocks because of daylight saving time and asked him to do something about it.
He said Friday he was a surprised as anyone to see his Montana Standard Time bill progress, making the state exempt from daylight saving time.
I didnt take a poll, he said, adding he thought he would run it by fellow lawmakers and see what happens.
It was a simple bill, the Buffalo Republican said. Surprisingly, Ive gotten a lot of feedback.
Read more: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2017/02/27/burning-daylight-bill-takes-sweet-time/98393048/
Initech
(100,068 posts)royable
(1,264 posts)and have not missed daylight savings time, not one iota.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)Up here in the Northwest, I like having the extra hour of daylight during our best months of the year, weather-wise. Without Daylight Saving Time, the sun would rise just after 4:00 a.m. in the summer.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)somewhere in the back of my attic. I'm planning to sell it on the internet someday
TexasTowelie
(112,162 posts)You can make a fortune!
LeftInTX
(25,305 posts)2naSalit
(86,586 posts)is north of the 45th parallel, it's kind of a pain up here. I have never lived in a state that didn't observe it but I wouldn't mind if it went away.