I read in Lee Newspapers this morning, “Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer did not violate state law by taping public service announcements shortly after filing as a candidate for re-election in 2008, a state District Court judge ruled Monday.”
You are probably thinking the same thing I did, “Is that still going on?”
The answer is yes. Maybe it’s over now. Maybe not.
From reading the story, Schweitzer apparently found a judge that was ignorant enough to accept his side of things. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock of Helena said in his decision that “There is no evidence that the PSAs were ever in a newspaper, on the radio or on television.” He added, “Since there is no evidence that the PSAs were ever broadcast on the radio, it cannot be held that the governor violated (that section of law).”
Oh boy…Sherlock should have consulted with Dr. Watson on this one (yes, I went there).
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