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In reply to the discussion: A pharma millionaire is suing four hunters for $7 million, and the results will have ahuge impact [View all]2naSalit
(86,569 posts)In Montana, spent years trying to keep people from gaining river access along our many world class fly-fishing rivers because he didn't want to look out his window and see poeple fishing near his property.
He lost, now river access is guaranteed. So then he started running for office and he became US House rep, now he's governor. He's been trying to change public access laws and sell off public lands and plans to continue.
So at this point, among all the claims about us having too many Senators and all that guff, I will point out that Montana was well on its way to becoming a bluish purple to mostly blue state until the last eight years. Many calls for assistance in campaigning for and electing more Democrats to the legislature and federal offices were ignored until the day before the election followed by all the wondering why it went to the crazies... along with the cries of too much representation for too few people when policy votes fail to produce the desired effect.
Flame on but we've been over here in the chasm screaming for help for a long time only to be told we don't matter. This case is evidence that chickens come home to roost.
Democracy exists everywhere in this country or it's not democracy.