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29 April 2015

Gov. Bullock should deep-six the MDC shutdown bill

Over at Intelligent Discontent, Don Pogreba has a persuasive post arguing that Gov. Bullock should veto the bill, SB-411, that shuts down the Montana Development Center. The more I learn about this institution and its troubles, the more I become leery of shuttering the institution instead of reforming it. There’s a whiff of union busting about the bill, and the Democratic sponsor is a bit too close to entities that could profit from the shutdown. This should have been a interim study. But it’s not, and therefore it should be vetoed.