Did Montana Model a Flash of Good Sense in the Public Lands Debate Last Week?

by Mark McGlothlin on March 19, 2015

in Inquiring Minds Want to Know

lpskpig11Yep. They did.

Not a little ironically last Friday, Friday the 13th, Montana House Bill 496 to establish a “Transfer of Public Land Feasibility Task Force’ to study the issue of public lands transfers failed to pass out of committee on a 9-9 vote.

It was later tabled on a 10-8 vote and is considered dead at this point, though the committee can revive it (zombies do rise from the grave occasionally) or a super-majority of the House can vote to bring it to the floor (politicians do dumbass things occasionally).

Keep an eye on the dead HB 409 here; may it RIP for the remainder of the session.

This clearly isn’t the end of the issue in Montana, but guess there wasn’t enough lipstick for that pig to squeak through last week.