Talk about "twisted thinking"...




Herein lies a tale of a trunk-twister's twisted thinking.
 
There are a few names that all Montanans need to write down, stick on your refrigerator door, and spray paint on your bedroom wall so you will see them when you awake every  morning!
 
Those names are: Montana Family Foundation;  Sarah Laszloffy (R) State Rep. Laurel, MT, chairwoman of House Education Committee;  Debra Lamm (R) State Rep. Livingston, MT, vice-chairwoman of House Education Committee;  Jeff Laszloffy (father of Sarah), former Republican Legislator and operator of the Montana Family Foundation;  Greg Gianforte, (Bozeman billionaire and friend of billionaire  Sen. Daines) a longtime contributor to the Republican Party  and his wife, Susan Gianforte, who sits on the board of directors for the MFF.
 
The Montana Family Foundation rallies against such things as abortion, same-sex marriage, and in favor of education that promotes a "biblical world-view."  They also are aggressive about using taxpayers' dollars to support their private schools. 
 
They have worked under the radar to place "their" people in influential positions in our State Legislature and are now ready to do serious harm to the public school systems in Montana.  We can expect to see legislation in the Republican-controlled Montana House and Senate by these folks.  Laszloffy tries to calm the suspicious by saying there is nothing to fear.  She consider herself a "best practice girl."  (Whatever the tarnation that might mean)
 
I am always suspicious of any single person or group of people who works beneath the radar of public scrutiny in order to feather their own nest at the expense of the majority who they were sent to Helena to represent.
 
These people are the hangers-on of the nearly defunct Tea Party terrorists.  They have enemies in both the Republican and Democrat Parties.  They have, however, managed to position two of their own as chairwoman and vice-chairwoman of the powerful House Education Committee.
 
Better make those spray-painted names on your bedroom wall a fluorescent, screamin' bright red!
 
 
 


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