Letters to Editor

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

WRITTEN BY: Randy Pinocci

You Reap What You Sow – PDF

Every organization needs its leadership and the Montana Republican Party is certainly no exception to that rule. Very soon the Republican Party will pick a new chair and vice chairperson to lead Montana into the future. As a long-time Republican here in Montana I find myself very frustrated with our current leadership and like many other organizations across our great country problems usually occur over money.

Who controls the Republican Party has a great amount of control of where the money gets spent, which campaigns get it and which campaigns don’t. The abuse can extend past money. An example is leadership can decide who runs for office and those that shouldn’t bother to even file for office. This is mostly done either by withholding money or access to constituents (denying a candidate the opportunity to speak at an event, or have signage placed at an event; deny a candidate access to Campaign Sidekick, or the ability to have field representatives door-knock or handout candidate literature…).

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WRITTEN BY
Jerry Singleton, Custer County

RINOs Run Wild – PDF

Begin Letter–

Chairman Kaldschmidt,
In response to Executive Director Tyler Newcombe stating there is nothing the MT GOP can do about the Out of Line Nine, I want to reply there are things the MT GOP can do. First, the Montana Republican Party (MTGOP) is a private organization MCA 13-38-203(b)(4). As such it can accept or reject members and also ban people from the republican party as was the case in the Arkansas Republican Party (ARP) where in December of 2024, the ARP Executive Committee met and voted to expel Republican Jennifer Lancaster from the Arkansas Republican Party for 20 years.

I also want to note what Texas has proposed. The Republican Party of Texas implied it would censure any GOP Texas House member who does not vote for Rep. David Cook as speaker. Under new party rules, any Republicans who do not vote for the Republican Party’s chosen speaker, the TX GOP would bar those lawmakers from running in Republican primaries for two years. As you may now know, enough “self-proclaimed” Republican house members voted with the democrats to elect their Texas House Speaker.
See article on it here:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/texas-republican-party-house-speaker-primary-censure/

I, Bob Phalen, propose that the MT GOP expel, for life, the Out of Line Nine from the Republican Party. They can join another party or become independents, but they shall be barred for life from running as a Republican for any office in the State of Montana. This is what I sent to the Chair Don and the executive board and I would appreciate it if other republicans in Montana would do the same, God bless you all and thank you.
Senator Bob Phalen SD17

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Montana Sen. Phalen’s letter to MT GOP Chairman, Don Kaldschmidt, reflects a profound recognition of the weakness of the current leadership of the MT GOP which does not enforce its platform, or rebuke or expel republicans who do not advocate for republican ideals. For too long now the MTGOP has refused to confront the fact that politicians within the republican party are violating the rule and the platform. They even conceal their true colors by “identifying” as conservative republican. But all they do as politicians is make Montana more dependent on federal funding while abusing the principles in the U.S. Constitution that protect American’s freedoms
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Sen. Phalen’s steadfast dedication to our state, our nation and his unwavering commitment to safeguarding the principles and platform of the Republican Party in Montana, as well as, his commitment to supporting the hard working American people, deserves praise and recognition. His constituents should be proud of his service and I laud the courage of his convictions and the efforts of others like him.

It’s a shame Don K. hasn’t stepped up to the plate to deal with the deception within our party. We need real leadership who isn’t afraid to confront the truth and dish out discipline as needed. I ask that the State Central Committee members of the State of Montana remain steadfast in their convictions and vote their Biblical faith, come this June, at the MTGOP Convention and support Tanner Smith for State Chair of the Montana Republican Party.

In God we trust,
Jerry Singleton
Custer County

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

WRITTEN BY
Bob Wagner, Harrison, MT

Government, when diseased by corruption, waste, and abuse, consumes its own body. This is how a country living in a credit-driven economy meets its ultimate death. The economic model that allows unlimited credit for individuals and government to live today on the promise of tomorrow’s productivity has to have a reasonable expectation of that productivity to satisfy the debt. Add interest payments to the debt, a demographic implosion, moral decline, and it’s a perfect storm for the disaster that is facing the U.S. and its people.
Efforts to downsize the government and raise taxes will not work without the majority of citizens acknowledging the problem for what it is…MASSIVE.

In terms of business sense, prosperity of human existence consists of three basic elements: natural resources, energy to turn resources into consumable products, and human labor and ingenuity to dream into existence consumable and useable products. Without labor and ingenuity, natural resources and energy are useless and cannot be consumed. Taxing human labor and ingenuity, simply put, is a tax on private property (the person). This is how slavery is born. Credit serves to indenture the person to debt. How’s that working out for the next generation since we are currently spending their future also?

While there are no laws preventing a person from voluntary servitude to debt, the U.S. supposedly outlawed involuntary servitude long ago. It’s time to consider funding government with natural resources and energy source revenue from which the public already owns.