Watch what Senator Tester does in Washington
Polson | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 3 months AGO
Senator Tester won a close race with Senator Conrad Burns back in 2006 with the typical left-wing election ethics — not about issues but distortion, distractions, and out right lies.
Tester and the Democrats accused Senator Burns of being involved with Jack Abramoff in an Indian lobbying scandal, only to be found of no wrong doing shortly after the election.
Senator Tester has been a no-show on ENERGY until he recently did a photo-op in eastern Montana to make the people of our state think he has been backing natural energy production in Montana.
I am an owner of a small company doing business in eastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota, working directly in the oil extraction process and I talk with oil company officials on a daily basis.
They know who’s in the game and who is not and Senator Tester and President Obama definitely are NOT.
“WHERE ARE YOU, Sen. Tester?
There are some very defining numbers available from our neighbors to the east. North Dakota passed a $400 million tax relief bill in 2009, and another in 2011 for $500 million.
In August, Gov. Jack Dalrymple unveiled a $545 million package that would cut the average school tax levy by half.
The railway system of BNSF is investing $197 million in North Dakota and eastern Montana and hiring 560 new employees. North Dakota has increased their rail capacity some “7000” percent from 2008 to 2012. North Dakota has increased their daily oil output to 662,000 barrels and has a pipeline capacity of approximately 450,000 barrels.
Why wouldn’t Tester be out front leading the charge promoting natural energy and benefits to all Montanans?
It is not all about the oil, but the trickle down effects that make the difference.
WE need to watch what Senator Tester does in Washington rather than what he says in Montana. Could it be that he is still taking his directions from President Obama?
Really Senator Tester...where are you? Certainly not in Montana.
Larry Ashcraft,
Polson
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