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November 01, 2006
Reasons to vote Vincent
Here are a few common sense reasons to vote for John Vincent:
1) John Vincent is the only candidate for HD 70 representative that lives in HD 70 (Gallatin Gateway). Roger Koopman lives in HD 66 in Bozeman.
2) John Vincent is tough on meth. Roger Koopman compiled the Legislature’s lowest and worst voting record on this dangerous drug.
3) John Vincent was a classroom teacher for 30 years. Committed to quality public education. Roger Koopman had the second lowest legislative voting record on education, teachers and kids in the 2005 Legislature (6 percent).
4) John Vincent is a strong supporter of public access to public lands and streams. Co-sponsor of Montana's landmark Stream Access Law. Roger Koopman voted three times to kill "public access to public streams" legislation in the 2005 Legislature.
5) Tough on crime. Roger Koopman voted against requiring convicted felons (including felons convicted of violent sexual assaults) to provide a DNA sample to help solve "cold case file"crimes.
6) John Vincent is a moderate and bipartisan candidate and has been endorsed both by Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Republican Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger.
7) John Vincent is effective. In 1981 John was selected as one of the most effective legislators in the House (10th). Quite an accomplishment when a majority of the votes cast were by Republicans! In the 2005 Legislature, Roger Koopman failed to pass any of the bills he had drafted and introduced out of the House (zero for 14).
8) John Vincent has an eight-point U.S. Highway 191 safety plan ready to be introduced in the 2007 Legislature. Roger Koopman failed to lead the Legislature to provide adequate funding for Highway 191 safety.
There are many more reasons, but I am out of space.
Al Jaeger
Bozeman
Posted by admin at November 1, 2006 09:09 PM