Week 6 in the Legislature

The highlight of my week was that the Montana Association of Counties was in Helena for their annual meeting. Every session, county representatives come to Helena for their conference. I visited with commissioners, from both my district and some districts I had worked with in the past. Many hearings with bills that affect counties are scheduled the week MACo is in town. It gives the county folks the opportunity to weigh-in on whether to support the bill in question, which may benefit or hinder a county. I did have two commissioners come in to support a bill I carried.

Over the last 20-plus yea...