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James “Jim” Brown was
campaigning northeast Montana
last week and and made a stop here
in Glasgow on Friday.
Strongly endorsed by the
statewide radio show Montana
Talks, Brown is running for Montana
Supreme Court Justice #2 against
Ingrid Gustafson, the incumbent
from Billings, and vows to restore
faith in the rule of law.
“I’ve been humbled by the wide
support from Montanans who have
asked me to run for and to represent
our shared Montana values on the
Supreme Court,” Brown said.
He is a 4th generation Montanan
who grew up in Dillon. He has been
a private practice attorney for over
17 years representing Montana’s
farmers, ranchers, and small
business owners.­­He graduated
with a double major in History
and Political Science from the
University of Montana – Missoula.
Brown earned his law degree from
the Seattle University School of Law
and his Masters in Tax Law from the
University of Washington.­­
Brown has practiced before the
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the
Federal District Court of Montana,
the Montana Supreme Court and in
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Cracking Down on “Pay-To-
Play” in Montana Courtrooms
by Aaron Flint, Montana Talks
A controversy involving the state Supreme Court
race in the 2022 Montana elections is renewing calls
for campaign finance reform involving judges receiving
campaign contributions from the lawyers appearing
before their court.
State Senator Brad Molnar (R-Laurel), who is
known for a fierce independent streak in the state
legislature, says he is drafting legislation for the
upcoming session that would prevent lawyers and their
law firms from pouring money into the campaigns of
judges and justices who would be deciding their case. If
the lawyers donate to a campaign, the judge would have
to recuse themselves from a case.
In a prepared statement sent to multiple Montana
media outlets, Sen. Molnar says his bill would expand
upon HB 255 which was sponsored by Rep. Matthew
Monforton in the 2015 legislative session.
State Sen. Molnar: Unfortunately, the most raucous
match up this campaign season is for a Montana Supreme
Court seat. The job should be about the plain wording
of the law as applied to plain worded constitutional
limitations on, and obligations of, government especially
as regards the rights of the people. If the job were there that
ho-hum there would not be over a million dollars poured
into this race by left and right of center organizations. So
today I have drafted a bill that separates the Judge from
donor influence.
According to an outline of the draft legislation
sent to us by Sen. Molnar, the bill “says that if a party,
a party’s attorney, or the attorney’s law firm put money,
directly or indirectly, into a judge’s campaign they must
declare and the judge must recuse. It also clarifies that
the Judicial Standards Commission cannot subvert open
government requirements enshrined in the Montana
Constitution with in-house rules.”
What do you think? Should judges be able to take
campaign cash from the lawyers and law firms appearing
before their court? Should the judges and justices have
to recuse themselves?
Montana Supreme Court candidate James Brown
told me LIVE on the radio last week that he has already
supported legislation that would do just that. His
opponent Ingrid Gustafson is facing multiple ethics
complaints alleging that she illegally filmed a campaign
commercial in a public building in Gallatin County, and
two judicial standards complaints that she took money
from lawyers appearing before her court.
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Region 6 Havre check station results after opening weekend
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Havre hunter check
station was active over the weekend of general deer and
elk opener (Oct. 22-23), with the number of hunters
checked above the long-term average, despite the cool,
wet weather. The youth deer season also coincided with
the general season opener, which tends to increase hunter
participation. This was the third weekend that the check
station has been open, as the station began collecting data
Oct. 8 and 9 for the opening weekend of pheasant and
general antelope.
“Hunter access to many areas was limited by muddy
roads, particularly on Sunday,” said Havre-area biologist
Scott Hemmer, who manages the check station. “We saw a
lot of muddy, wet hunters.”
There were 248 hunters in 108 parties checked, which
was down from 2021 but still 7% above the long-term
average. During the three weekends the check station has
been open, overall hunter numbers (715) are slightly lower
than last year and 11% above the long-term average.
The weather and fewer antlerless elk and mule deer
licenses than the last few years also likely lowered harvest
success. The 53 mule deer checked was less than half of
last year’s opening weekend, and just below the long-term
average.
White-tailed deer harvest over the weekend (6) was
below last year and the long-term average.
“Hunters reported they are seeing good numbers of
mule deer, but white-tailed deer reports were mixed,” adds
Hemmer. “The epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD)
outbreak in 2021, especially in the eastern half of Region
6 along the Milk and Missouri Rivers and their associated
drainages, seems to have increased mortality and thus
lowered numbers in some areas.”
Antelope harvest is down from last year, with 163
antelope checked in since general antelope season opened.
This is still 25% below long-term average.
“Hunters have reported seeing good numbers of
mature antelope bucks,” says Hemmer. “Overall antelope
populations and license quotas are still below the long-
term average in several districts which may explain why
overall harvest is below the long-term average.
There have been five elk brought by the check station
this year, which is below the long-term average of seven.
“Elk hunters reported difficulty finding elk during
the archery season this year and drought conditions may
have affected elk distribution” adds Hemmer. “Very few
elk hunters were checked during the opening weekend of
rifle season.”
For the first three weeks that the check station has been
open, the pheasant harvest of 393 birds is above last year’s
numbers but 26% below the long-term average. Sharp-
tailed grouse (28 birds) are well below last year and slightly
below the long-term average. Gray (Hungarian) partridge
(58) are above both last year and the long-term average.
“Hunters have had mixed reports on upland birds,
which we expected due to the drought conditions this year,”
said Hemmer. “Reports indicate upland birds in the western
half of the region may have been negatively impacted by
these drought conditions with patchy bird numbers in
many areas and generally improving going east.”
Please remember that all hunters are required by law
to stop as directed at all designated check stations on their
way to and from hunting, even if they have no game to
be checked. There is an option to have animals sampled
for CWD if desired. Please follow all directions and signs
from FWP staff as they work diligently to check game,
answer questions, and get you on your way.
Biologists gather a lot of valuable information and
biological data on game animals brought through check
stations, and FWP wildlife staff appreciate all hunters’
cooperation in this effort. Note that the harvest data
described above includes only animals that were brought
through the Havre check station and is only a partial
representation of the region-wide harvest.
Thank You
The family of Autumn Long, (Cooper, Zander, and Kira), and Jamie
and Robert Esaias, offer our heartfelt thanks to a very caring community.
Your overwhelming demonstrations of love, prayers, hugs, and meals
during a tragic time will not be quickly forgotten. We thank you for being
our extended family.
Autumn was provided the utmost in medical care and compassion
by Dr Ross, the EMTs and Staff of Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital,
as well as the STAT Air Ambulance Crew; and we are very grateful to
all of them for being available 24/7 to offer such medically necessary
assistance.
Knowing Cooper and Autumn were parents to two small children,
many businesses and individuals quickly responded to a family in
need. Huge shoutout to Adrianna Mix for being the best and putting
everything together! Stepping up to help her, this extended family of
people provided donations of floor space, music, food, and auction
items, making a highly successful fundraising dinner event possible.
We are indebted to you all for your generosity.
Thank You to Bell Mortuary Staff for helping plan and direct a very
respectful, meaningful, and memorable service and for opening your
chapel on Sunday, Autumn's birthday.
We also thank you, her many friends, for sharing your stories,
photos, and personal experiences at the family gatherings. To anyone
and everyone who offered help saying, "If you need anything, all you
have to do is ask"; we appreciate your sincerity.
Autumn loved people and people loved Autumn as well; that is all
anyone could ask for.
Once again Thank You!
Scotties knock off Malta to go because that’s a lot to come off of, emotionally and
By Mike Brandt physically. It was a hard fought match with Malta and
It’s always nice when a team can beat their rival, they were tired. When Wolf Point played us the first time
whether its on the basketball court, football field or they took a game from us. They didn’t have one of their
volleyball court. Glasgow athletes know how thrilling it good hitters. They had both of their big hitters and we
is to beat any Malta team. And, Malta also knows how beat them three to nothing. That’s how far our girls have
exciting and rewarding it is to beat a Glasgow squad. come.”
In volleyball it has been Glasgow getting the upper The Scotties open the District 2B tournament at 1
hand on the M-ettes. Last year the Scotties defeated p.m. against the winner of the Harlem-Poplar contest at
Malta four or five times before losing to the Mettes in a 10 a.m. Second seeded Malta takes on third seed Wolf
loser out match at the state tournament. Point at 11:30. A win for the Scotties wound advance
This year the teams have sp.it with Malta winning on them into a 4:30 against the winner of the Malta-Wolf
Glasgow’s court and now the Scotties won on the M-ettes Point match. The championship is set for 7 p.m. Saturday.
floor. The latest victory came a week ago on Wednesday The tournament will be held at Poplar, starting Friday.
night. It took the Scotties on;y four games, 25-16, 25-17, Glasgow more than likely will meet up with Malta once
16-25 and 25-20, to down the M-ettes. The first meeting or even twice this weekend. The Scotties have their sights
on Sept. 9 also went four sets. on that championship.
Just what was the difference in the two matches? “It would be amazing. That is a huge goal for us,”
First-year Glasgow coach Brooke Martin explained that. Martin said. “There are no weak teams. I want the girls
“There’s a few things. Probably the two things that to win the championship, that would be awesome for
made a difference was our passing,” Martin said. “We them.”
had only one serve/receive error that whole match. That Glasgow would like to be on the opposite side of
was very impressive passing on their part. We were able the bracket with Choteau at the divisional tournament a
to set up our offense. The other thing was our blocking week from now. But, the Scotties will have to win games
has gotten so much better. And, the other thing was their there, so it doesn’t matter where they finish this weekend.
mental toughness. They never panic. They just did what
they were doing. They have that confidence now to know
if they just keep following through that they’re going to
come out on top. They just kept working towards it. It
was awesome, they played fantastically well.”
Glasgow (9-4, 7-1) also swept Wolf Point, 25-15,
26-24 and 25-21 to lock up the top seed of the district
tournament.
“They came at us pretty good in that second game,
then we played better in that third game,” said Martin.
Martin was a little worried going into the match
with the Wolves after the girls played so well the night
before.
“You come off of a match with Malta, which was such
great volleyball, it’s almost hard to have expectations,”
Martin said. “So I wasn’t sure how Wolf Point was going
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A sweet little boy surprised his grandmother one
morning and brought her a cup of coffee. He made it Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream
himself and he was so proud. Anxiously, he waited to straight from the carton how she’s doing.
hear the verdict. The grandmother in all her life had
never had such a bad cup of coffee. As she forced down
the last sip, his grandmother noticed three of those little
green army guys were in the bottom of the cup.
She asked, “Honey, why would three of your little army
men be in the bottom of my cup?”
Her grandson replied, “You know grandma, it’s like
what it says on the TV. ‘The best part of waking up is
soldiers in your cup’!”
James Brown
continued
various state district courts
around Montana – ranging
from Lincoln County to
Daniels County.­­ Brown
is currently the President
of the Montana Public
Service Commission
(PSC). In that position,
Brown serves the same
role as a judge in deciding
legal matters and cases
that come before the
Commission, as well
as managing 31 state
employees and a nearly $5
million budget.
Brown is the only
constitutional conservative
in the race committed to
following the Constitution
and the law as it is written
– and never legislating
from the bench. He
says Gustafson has been
routinely criticized for
making law from the
bench, including by her
own colleagues.
“She claims to be
independent but she is
openly backed by liberal
trial lawyers who are
spending over a half
million dollars to influence
the outcome of this race.
The National Planned
Parenthood is spending
$150,000 to defeat me.
You have to pay attention
to who is spending money
in this race. Watch who is
paying for the stuff that
comes in the mail,” he said.
“As a member of the
Montana Supreme Court,
I will work to bring
consistency to the Court,
to avoid the appearance
of conflicts of interest,
Introducing himself to us as “Jim”, James Brown is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys
camping, fishing, hiking in the backcountry, and mountain climbing. Brown summited
Montana’s highest point, Granite Peak. Here he is atop of Uhuru Peak, the highest
free-standing peak in Africa. A real down-to-earth guy, he was admiring our Lewis &
Clark collector bottles when he was in BS Central and says he won a Lewis & Clark
bottle — and the next time he gets back into this neck of the woods, he’s going to
try to remember to drop it off here to add to our collection.
to avoid legislating from Brown serves as a board Council on Economic
the bench, and to be an member on the Montana Education. ­
impartial judge,” he says.
“As I have strived to do
every day of my legal
career, should I be elected
to serve, I will protect
and defend the freedoms,
liberties, and livelihoods
of every Montanan. At
a time when confidence
in the judiciary is being
shaken, I will work to
restore faith in the rule
of law.”
Brown is a member
of the Leadership
Montana program, the
Montana Wool Growers
Association, the Montana
Stockgrowers Association,
Montana Historical
Society, the University
of Montana Alumni
Association, the Montana
Bar Association, and
the Beaverhead County
Chamber of Commerce.