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School Election Results
Only Trego, School District 53, had trustee elections – so Fortine and Eureka’s unopposed candidates were elected “by acclamation.” Eureka Elementary’s attempt to pass a bond for a new building failed with 1,021 no votes to 898 yes votes – 53% to 47%. Trego elected Leilani Swan, Kaitlyn Haugen, and Heather Brannan to the board, with both incumbents voted out. While the election website does not show the number of ballots cast, the total votes for the two-year term were 127 – so Trego’s school election wound up with over 25% turnout.
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The problem with meth exposure is it’s hard to ethically study. A good scientific study would be methodical. It would have a control- one group would be exposed to low levels the toxin, the others to baby powder or something equally inoffensive. Simple enough to lay out a study. So why not do it? Because…
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An emergency meeting of the Trego school board was called again on May 4 at 4 PM to update the community on the methamphetamine contamination of the school grounds.. Although the meeting was poorly noticed, there were nearly 40 community members in attendance, these included parents, teachers, former students and teachers and interested community members.…
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I caught this meme on Old NFO – I kind of understand the lady’s surprise.
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Spotted this on the Canadian blog Small Dead Animals: The analysis conclusion was that Trump would have won New Mexico had voting been restricted to US citizens. As I looked at the chart and the math, I was struck by the obvious – when a country is so evenly divided, it doesn’t take a lot…
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An emergency meeting of the Trego school board was called again on May 4 at 4 PM to update the community on the methamphetamine contamination of the school grounds.. Although the meeting was poorly noticed, there were nearly 40 community members in attendance, these included parents, teachers, former students and teachers and interested community members.…
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Earlier this week, a meeting was held to formalize the existing long-term relationship between the TFS Community Hall and the TFS Fire Department. Tables were set to form a circle, and the meeting began with introductions. It was a joint meeting meant to prevent future problems, without any reason to expect them. The issue: an…
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An emergency school board meeting was held at the TFS Community Hall, Saturday at noon (which coincidentally is the time the Rendezvous Parade in Eureka began). The board acknowledged that they failed to provide adequate (48 hours notice) on the meeting, and cited the requisite MCA code allowing it in the event of an unforseen…
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When I went to get some repair work done, the person I was consulting advised fixing the structural issues and then putting the same ancient dilapidated siding back on the building. The rational? Property taxes. Last summer, we joked about how much the nice flowers my mother had on their porch raised their taxes. They…
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I spent most of a year away from the school after I finished my term. I attended a couple of board meetings because I was asked – on one hand, there was, at the least, the appearance of an unlawful board meeting . . . unlawful because it appeared to violate Montana’s open meeting law.…
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Historically, independent voters, and voters for minor third parties, do not get a large percentage of votes. Often, they’re considered “spoiler” candidates, who lose the election for someone by dra4wing critical support away during a close race. Or their thought of as simply “protest candidates” with no chance of winning. In Montana, for the presidential…
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Not many years ago, if you were faced with a cluster of unacceptable clowns on your ballot, you could write a name in and cast a protest vote. Hell, I guess you still can – the thing is, your write-in protest vote won’t be counted or reported. With the elimination of subsection 7 last year,…
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I’m having trouble summarizing this one, not least because I lost my notes. In short: The meeting did discuss prayer, but did not discuss a four day week. About prayer: The discussion was specifically with regards to having prayer on the agenda as a part of each school board meeting. The result- no. Community presence…