All in for Trump, Fox an embarrassment to MT
What an embarrassment for this great state that Attorney General Tim Fox added Montana to the Texas lawsuit suing four other states over how they handled their elections. Yep, they changed their laws in response to COVID-19. Guess which other states did? Montana and Texas! I know Mr. Fox is in the all hail (or is it heil?) President Trump camp. But any critical thinking skills would seem to call for Montana (and Texas) to have to throw their elections away if the four accused states have to do the same. Find something better to do for Montanans instead of joining frivolous
lawsuits!
Stephen Eshbaugh
Bozeman
Fox wasting tax money, should be barred
Tim Fox, the Montana attorney general, has apparently used state resources, including his title, in a partisan law suit which has nothing to do with Montana. He has joined a suit out of Texas to hold up finalization of election results in several other states because the results were not to his liking. Mr. Fox is welcome to support the challenge as a private citizen, but he should not be using his state title or his or other staff members’ time, office space, equipment, or other state resources (shipping, costs, etc.) for partisan issues having nothing to do with Montana.
Mr. Fox should reimburse the state of Montana for all costs, including time, office usage, etc., plus the cost of opportunities lost, such as prosecuting and preventing scams which violate Montana residents, reforming criminal procedures to provide an integrated criminal justice system rather than a disjointed collection of domains, and other duties of a state attorney general, plus a fine (I suggest $50,000 — $100,000) and be barred from any state position for at least 10 years because of the poor judgment he has displayed.
I was both a state and federal employee for many years and, while not an attorney, I and my colleagues knew this was unacceptable and illegal activity.
Albert Banwart
Bozeman
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Letters to the Editor 12/15/20