Montanans need to vote and elect a senator in November we can be proud of. Gov. Steve Bullock is undoubtedly the right person for the job. Throughout Bullock’s career of service to Montanans, Bullock has been clear and steady in support of access to public lands, a strong public education system and affordable healthcare for all Montanans. Bullock has worked with Republicans and Democrats to expand Medicaid which provides health care to over 50,000 Montanans and has kept our rural hospitals open.
Bullock has protected our stream access laws for fishing. Bullock prevailed in his efforts to limit dark money in our elections. Thanks to Bullock, Montana has one of the lowest COVID-19 infection rates in the country thanks to his decisive early action to curtail the spread of the virus.
Bullock has been consistent in his positions on behalf of Montanans, never talked out of both sides of his mouth, as his opponent Daines has done on a regular basis. Bullock will be a senator we can be proud of. Strong on issues that matter to Montanans and strong on his positions. Montana already has one such senator in Jon Tester. We can now have two by electing Bullock.
Andrea Eastman
Bozeman
Candidates need to be asked about mail, character
On Saturday night, August 8, the Montana Television Network aired a debate between the Montana Senate candidates, Gov. Steve Bullock, and the incumbent Sen. Steve Daines. The journalists asked probing questions and tried to insure that the debaters actually provided answers to the questions asked. They were not always successful, but they tried. Kudos to them.
However, there were at least two areas in which they could have asked questions. The first is the candidate’s opinions about voting by mail, and the second, about the importance of character when
choosing whom to support in an election.
Due to the pandemic, county registrars successfully petitioned Gov. Bullock to conduct the November election completely by mail to provide a safe environment for both voters and election judges.
So what actions do the candidates support that would insure the voting by mail can be accomplished efficiently?
Character is important. If an individual has moral failings in their personal life, is it not likely that they would have these same failings as an elected official? What do the candidates think about supporting an individual with major moral failings?
Maybe, in the next senatorial and congressional debates, these questions can be asked? And the journalist asking the question should press each candidate until they provide an answer.
John Kozicki
Bozeman
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Letters to the Editor 8/27/20