News flash! Howie Rich's 3-headed monster is dead!

Oct. 27, 2006: The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the three nasty initiatives, CI-97, I-154, and CI-98, are INVALID due to pervasive fraud and deception in the signature gathering process.

This is an enormous victory for all Montanans, and MEA-MFT played the lead role in this victory.

Read more at the Not In Montana: Citizens Against CI-97 web site: www.notinmontana.org.

About the initiatives
MEA-MFT's elected MEA-MFT COPE committee carefully reviewed the following three ballot initiatives and voted to recommend AGAINST them.

All three are pushed and funded by New York City real estate tycoon Howie Rich and his group, Americans for Limited Government.

The front group for all three is Montanans In Action, a group that seems to have a lot of money (funneled from Howie Rich) but only a couple of members. Any one of these initiatives would turn Montana into a third-world banana republic.

These guys don't like public employees or public services. Read more about them.

CI-97: So-called "SOS" or "budget cap"
CI-97 would gut funding for schools, firefighters, public health, seniors, and more. That's what happened in Colorado, the only state to pass a measure like CI-97. Read more.

I-154: So-called "eminent domain"
I-154 allows irresponsible developers to skirt laws that protect our homes, children, and neighborhoods. Read more.

CI-98: So-called "judicial recall"
Allows a handful of citizens to petition to remove a judge for "any reason" whatsoever. Read more.

Why Howie Rich doesn't like you.

Why Howie Rich's Montana front group doesn't like you either.

How Howie Rich and his front group used fraud and deception to get these three bad initiatives on Montana's ballot.

Why Howie's cronies used attack ads against MEA-MFT members and other Montana public employees.