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Montana GOP Invites Bohlinger To Meeting, A Push For Energy Policy

By Greg Lemon, 12-05-07

Montana GOP has invited Lieutenant Gov. John Bohlinger to their winter kick-off event. They want Bohlinger to answer questions about state spending, the lack of permanent property tax relief, and the openness of the Schweitzer administration.

In June, the state GOP told Bohlinger he wasn’t welcome at their annual convention. Now they want him to appear to answer questions. However, Bohlinger won’t be able to make the January meeting because he’ll be on his honeymoon.

In West Virginia, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal was joined by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and nine other governors from energy producing states at a meeting to discuss energy and push Congress to establish a national energy policy.

The day-long meeting was titled “Advancing Domestic Resources in an Era of Carbon Challenges,” and was held with energy industry executives and lobbyists. The focus was on new coal technologies, alternative energy and moving away from America’s dependence on foreign oil.

“It doesn’t seem that Congress is willing to move quickly enough, or at all,” said Gov.-elect Steve Beshear of Kentucky, according to an Associated Press article in the Casper Star Tribune.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney organizes his campaign in Montana and announces five men who will help him build grass roots support and with fundraising.

Jerome Anderson and Mark Baker of Helena, Todd Capser of Billings, Mark Lewis of Bozeman and state Rep. Bill Nooney, of Missoula will co-chair his Montana Finance Steering Committee, according to an article in the Billings Gazette.

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