Corporate personhood ruling disheartening
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Editor,
Polls show that an overwhelming number of U.S. and Montana citizens oppose the recent Supreme Court decision granting corporate personhood. This decision, which allows unlimited and mostly unaccountable contributions to political campaigns, was also judged by the Montana Supreme Court as going contrary to the Montana constitution. In view of that, one wonders why the Lake County Republican Central Committee recently joined forces with the Virginia-based American Tradition Partnership and several other groups to try and overturn the Montana Supreme Court decision.
In the 2010 election cycle, The American Tradition Partnership, formerly known as the Western Tradition Partnership, financed cynical and misleading ads against Democratic candidates running in Lake County. I think it’s fair to assume they plan similar action in 2012.
It is disheartening to think that Lake County Republicans cannot conduct local campaigns without imploring the assistance of out-of-state money and influence. If you resent these actions and their impact on our local politics, you might want to let your Republican representatives know about it.
Kirwin Werner
Ronan
