Montana Taxpayer Watchdog

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We've looked at Rep. Sprunger and her $9 million contract with MDT.

This time we have Senator Ellsworth attempting to pay his friend.

What is going on with Montana politics? We're just following the money.

#followthemoney #mtpol #mtleg #mtgov #mtgop

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

MEIC has blocked gas, nuclear, and coal in Montana. Their solution? Renewables.

The DOE says that plan could leave Americans without power 34 days a year.

Great backup plan. 👍

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

George Soros connected Dark Money networks are supporting the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC).

We followed the money and exposed the leftist environmental lobby. 👇
#mtleg #mtgov #mtpol #mtnews

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

Montana House Rep. Courtenay Sprunger's $9 million contract with Montana Department of Transportation has us scratching our head.🤔🤔🤔

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

What is going on with money in Montana politics?

We followed the money and it led us to House Rep. Courtenay Sprunger.

#FollowTheMoney #mtleg #montana

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

4/THE LOOP

Montana taxpayers fund the state budget. The state budget funds MDT. MDT pays Big Sky Public Relations $9 million. Big Sky PR supplies staff to Sprunger's campaign. Sprunger wins re-election. Sprunger returns and carries MDT related legislation.

The contract keeps running. Your tax dollars are the fuel. You can decide what to call it.

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

Money in Montana politics is getting out of control:

Follow the money behind House Rep. Courtenay Sprunger's Montana Department of Transportation contact and see where it leads...

A @MTTPWatchdog 🧵on the $9 Million “Sprunger Cycle”

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

3/THE CAMPAIGN

In September 2024, Big Sky Public Relations employees began showing up in Sprunger's campaign finance filings. COPP records show Big Sky PR staff logging campaign hours at $25 per hour, reported as in-kind contributions. In-kind contributions are legal and common, but this isn't a friend printing yard signs.

This is a company holding a $9 million state contract directing its staff toward re-electing its own CEO. Sprunger won re-election. She returned to the House Transportation Committee.

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

@SamUSOH Water rights and fire funding are going to be the sleeper issues in several HD races this cycle

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

$273 million.

That's an all time record amount of outside money flooding into Montana's 2024 U.S. Senate races.

In 2006, it was $2 million. Then the monumental Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, opened the floodgates, and the number exploded: $48M… $69M… and now a 137x increase that works out to a record $487 for every registered voter in Montana.

Shouldn't Montana voters be the ones deciding what's best for Montana? Instead, corporate interests, DC lobbyists, Silicon Valley, and billionaires from who knows where are having their way. And most of that money is undisclosed. They don't even have to tell you they're influencing our government.

The question isn't left or right. It's: whose state is this?

🔗 Sources in graphic. Follow @mttaxpayerwatchdog for more.

#FollowtheMoney #DarkMoney #mtleg #mtleg #mtgov

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

@MTFreedomCaucus We've been following money flowing into MEIC! https://t.co/swOfnRkc27

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

George Soros connected Dark Money networks are supporting the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC).

We followed the money and exposed the leftist environmental lobby. 👇
#mtleg #mtgov #mtpol #mtnews

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

@libsofmontana @mt4ltdgov @MTFreedomCaucus @gvsentinel @bozchron @lemmiwinkster @SamUSOH @LizaOrloff @MTGOP @the_posts @RepLeeDeming @ShannonManess1 @My_Freedom_USA @BobPhalen2 @ChrisTheRed6669 we did some digging into MEIC as well
https://t.co/swOfnRkc27

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

George Soros connected Dark Money networks are supporting the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC).

We followed the money and exposed the leftist environmental lobby. 👇
#mtleg #mtgov #mtpol #mtnews

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

George Soros connected Dark Money networks are supporting the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC).

We followed the money and exposed the leftist environmental lobby. 👇
#mtleg #mtgov #mtpol #mtnews

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

Full story here: https://t.co/piXN2lBn3L

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

🚨 Breaking | Montana Property Tax Cap Push
Sen. Wylie Galt (R-Martinsdale) just launched a constitutional initiative to cap local property tax increases at 2% per year in Montana.

Key details:
→ Applies to all property classes (residential, commercial, ag, timber)
→ School levies are excluded — voters can still pass mill levies
→ Baseline is set at 2024 or 2025, whichever is lower

For context: Montana county property taxes grew at an average of 6.19% per year between 2001 and 2022.

To make the November ballot, the initiative needs 60,000+ signatures after clearing the AG's office.
Similar caps exist in California (Prop 13), Colorado (TABOR), and Florida.

Worth watching closely 👀

[Montana Taxpayer Watchdog @MTTPWatchdog]

What is going on with money in Montana politics?

We followed the money and it led us to House Rep. Courtenay Sprunger.

#FollowTheMoney #mtleg #montana