Debo Powers, Public School Champion

School Levy Ballots arrived in mailboxes this week.  This is an important issue.  Debo attended a meeting at Columbia Falls High School about the School Levy which included a tour to see the roof that needs fixing.  If this levy does not pass, our students will suffer.  Please vote YES on this ballot.  If Debo is elected to the Montana Legislature, she will work to change the school funding formula to ensure quality public education that does not have to rely so heavily on local levies.  See her mailer on Public Education:

Mailers

Debo Powers admiring a 100% electric school bus on Earth Day

The Earth Day Expo at Flathead Valley Community College was well-attended and fun!  There were so many exhibits and booths and speakers hosted by so many organizations working to make the world a better place!  Debo is a strong supporter of conservation and wildlife and clean energy!

Richard Hildner, Former Deputy Mayor of Whitefish

Richard Hildner, former Deputy Mayor of Whitefish, published a Letter to the Editor in the Whitefish Pilot supporting Debo Powers for House District 3.  Read here:

Debo Powers speaking to Chamber of Commerce

Speaking at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum luncheon at the Red Lion Hotel.

Monica Trenel and Debo Powers

Monica Tranel spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at a fundraiser in Kalispell.  Hopefully, Monica will replace absentee Congressman Ryan Zinke who is best known for his numerous ethics violations and his attempts to eliminate National Monuments when he was Secretary of Interior.  He continues to lie about his support for public lands. We need Monica!

The Legislative Listening Tour arrived in Columbia Falls after meeting with citizens in towns all over Montana.  Many people spoke to Legislators about issues that concerned them:  Affordable Housing, Medicaid Expansion and Health Insurance, high Property Taxes, underfunded Public Schools, Mental Health services and Suicide rates, clean-up of the CFAC Super Fund Site, and Water Quality.

Debo Powers (HD3) and Dave Fern (SD2)

Dave Fern kicked off his campaign for Senate District 2 at a well-attended event at the Whitefish Community Center.

Two Public School Champions

Two public school champions–Shannon O’Brien and Debo Powers.  Shannon is running for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.  Public education in Montana is currently threatened by low teacher pay, budget cuts, teacher recruitment problems, and a poorly managed Office of Public Instruction. This needs to change!  Elect these two Champions of Public Education!

Debo Powers cheering with State Senator Mary Ann Dunwell

Democrats from all over Montana met in Helena last weekend for the annual Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner to cheer on Democratic candidates!

The Winter Interlocal was held this week in the Community Room at Glacier National Park.  Interlocal meetings are held twice a year for North Fork landowners to meet with representatives from all of the national and state agencies who manage the public lands in the North Fork. Flathead County also sends people mainly to talk about the North Fork Road.  Scientists who are conducting research in the North Fork report on their work.  Each group presents information regarding the North Fork and answers questions from landowners.  Landowner groups also give reports.  Debo gave the report from the North Fork Preservation Association.