tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post6662658247474185683..comments2023-05-25T03:08:18.166-06:00Comments on Montana Headlines: PSC Commissioner Brad Molnar -- Montana Headlines interview (Part 2 of 2)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-58630777644170938762008-09-30T22:50:00.000-06:002008-09-30T22:50:00.000-06:00chazm -- thanks for being the first person ever on...chazm -- thanks for being the first person ever on this forum to cite chapter and verse. Those who are interested can look it up.<BR/><BR/>Moses -- glad to see you've dropped your "anonymous" and taken up a new handle. As you may have suspected, the reason I don't go down to the library to look these things up is that I am too fat to get out my front door, and besides my pajamas don't look all that good in public. <BR/><BR/>Sitting in front of my computer all day doing nothing particularly productive is one of my few joys in life (that and Twinkies,) so don't knock it. <BR/><BR/>And as I've pointed out before, I am a blogger, not a reporter. And one of the rules of blogging is that if you want to make an accusation, you need to come up with a link to a reputable source. Which is all I ever asked you to do.<BR/><BR/>The Gazette online archives go back to Molnar's last PSC race, and it seemed as though if there was something negative about a Republican candidate worth reporting, we would find it in those pages.<BR/><BR/>It seems that the only reports are more than 12 years old. They may very well be true, and exactly as "anonymous" describes above, which would not make Mr. Molnar look pretty. Or they could be as Molnar depicts it. Absent a trial, it will be outside the bounds of the provable one way or another.<BR/><BR/>It will be up to Tussing to decide whether he wants to bring this up as an official part of his campaign (so far it seems to be delegated to on-line surrogates) and up to the voters to decide if they care more about a 12 year old charge over a domestic dispute that was dropped than they care about Tussing reneging on his quarter-million dollar payoff agreement to get out of the hair of the City of Billings or his central role in getting the City of Billings sued for millions of dollars.Montana Headlineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149094528547382638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-69781608899285719402008-09-30T19:18:00.000-06:002008-09-30T19:18:00.000-06:00MH would never embellish or negatively comment abo...MH would never embellish or negatively comment about anyone he dislikes or disagrees with. That would be hypocritical, no? And any research that would require an intrepid reporter to step away from the computer screen and seek it elsewhere must not be worth the delving? Just asking.Moseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496868022628255199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-19713044170046498662008-09-30T17:42:00.000-06:002008-09-30T17:42:00.000-06:00Check out the Billings Gazette archives from Janua...Check out the Billings Gazette archives from January 20th and <BR/>30th, 1996. The assault stories on Molnar are available at any public library that has the Billings Gazette archives--probably on microfiche. The photo of Molnar is noteworthy. County Attorney Dennis Paxinos (Republican) might also have some recollection of the formal charges filed against Molnar. The affidavit may also be available still for public review.ChazMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437124463610025801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-89606443875805549992008-09-29T01:45:00.000-06:002008-09-29T01:45:00.000-06:00Josh, I notice that unlike other members of the ma...Josh, I notice that unlike other members of the mainstream press who frequently post comments on MH (such as Ed Kemmick of the Gazette, David Crisp of the Outpost, and Dave Rye of Northern Broadcasting,) you do not identify yourself fully.<BR/><BR/>I think you will get a better response from "anonymous" if you identify exactly what your role in the press is, and who you are working for. For all we know, you could be working for Molnar and doing damage control -- or working for Tussing and doing opposition research.<BR/><BR/>Anonymity has its downsides (as we well know here at anonymous MH,) and one of them is that the trust factor goes down.Montana Headlineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149094528547382638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-64878930809222150552008-09-28T16:07:00.000-06:002008-09-28T16:07:00.000-06:00This is a comment for "anonymous." I am a member o...This is a comment for "anonymous." I am a member of the press and would be interested to learn more about this assault issue, if it did indeed occur. If you have any more information, you should e-mail me as soon as you can at xul63@hotmail.com. Thanks.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760561587482350718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-40151928074468823022008-09-24T13:00:00.000-06:002008-09-24T13:00:00.000-06:00Ed, I understand and share your distaste for Cyphe...Ed, I understand and share your distaste for Cyphers, and yes, I do cheer when a movie star pops a member of the paparazzi who is harrassing him.<BR/><BR/>But don't those movie stars generally get charged, arrested, or the like, even if those charges end up getting dropped? <BR/><BR/>Can a public figure always "push aside" a photographer or reporter who is deliberately standing in his way without worry that misdemeanor assault or other charges might be brought against him? Just asking.<BR/><BR/>As I recall, it was the commenter on that thread who stated that Molnar was guilty of assault and battery. So, I asked how a convicted felon could vote, let alone run for office.<BR/><BR/>That commenter then said that Molnaer could vote and run because it was a state offense, not a federal one.<BR/><BR/>Now, we are all the way down to a misdemeanor assault charge that was dropped, for whatever reason.<BR/><BR/>Not saying there isn't anything there -- only that Mr. Molnar's detractors need to decide exactly which version of their story they want to put out here on the web and maybe try to refrain from embellishing it.<BR/><BR/>I asked Molnar about this because it might as well be hashed out here (and because it would get brought up in comments if I didn't.)<BR/><BR/>Also on this question, I asked the obvious question of why this hadn't hit the press. I couldn't find anything in the Gazette archives or anywhere else in the on-line Montana press. If I understand the timing, he has been up for election at least once since that time. So I asked why such a serious matter hadn't been raised by his last opponent.<BR/><BR/>I went ahead and published the comment by anonymous, who claims to know the details of the case -- but it still remains unsourced, so readers can take that into consideration. <BR/><BR/>And I'm still trying to figure out what any of this has to do with utilities and the PSC. Since Tussing losing this race, we'll probably be hearing more of this negative campaigning, and voters will have to decide if it matters to them.Montana Headlineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149094528547382638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-34262041735191501032008-09-24T11:10:00.000-06:002008-09-24T11:10:00.000-06:00James: You don't have to curtail electricity from ...James: You don't have to curtail electricity from the Colstrip complex under the current contracts because of wind from Judith Gap. Northwestern buys about 30% if its power on the open market, so the wind displaces that when it is blowing. Since the price is high for what is being replaced, wind is a good deal. Again Molnar either doesn't know or he doesn't care to get it right in his representations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-29860195963690011452008-09-23T21:24:00.000-06:002008-09-23T21:24:00.000-06:00Only MH has described the alleged assault as a fel...Only MH has described the alleged assault as a felony. Looking back at March posts, I saw only MH setting up a false premise of a "felony," thereby giving Molnar plausible deniability. MH appears to want to hype the accusation to render them impossible, when actually Mr. Molnar was charged with misdemeanor assault by Yellowstone County Attorney Dennis Paxinos, who also happens to be a Republican. So much for the "political hatchet job" claimed by Molnar when he described the county attorney's charges at the time. The affidavit says Molnar went to the home of the young man's aunt. He called the kid out and proceeded to kick him in the groin and beat him up. He then promised to keep coming back to beat him up until he got money for a bill he decided that the kid owed him. The kid was in the military and left town. The county attorney couldn't subpoena the kid to come back and testify for a misdemeanor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-91068086680472093032008-09-23T15:47:00.000-06:002008-09-23T15:47:00.000-06:00Good interview and thanks MH and Mr. Molnar. BTW B...Good interview and thanks MH and Mr. Molnar. BTW Brad, why is MH wrong when answering 'Demand' when you stated then asked why we 'cannot curtail one megawatt of electricity from Colstrip since we built Judith Gap with its 135MW capacity.'??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-75121684175032594722008-09-23T08:31:00.000-06:002008-09-23T08:31:00.000-06:00I don't know who the anonymous sniper is, but coul...I don't know who the anonymous sniper is, but could I ask Mr. Molnar to elaborate on those felony assault rumors? OK, maybe he never went before a judge (is that true?) but he was charged with assault, was he not? If so, why can't we hear details from the horse's mouth? He said it was self-defense. Where did the incident take place?<BR/><BR/>As for Tussing, I won't defend him on other charges, but when it comes to Don Cyphers, I will. He didn't assault the gentleman, he pushed him aside because Cyphers was doing what he had done at least half a dozen times before, and that was intentionally getting in Tussing's way, hoping to provoke him. When the movie stars get fed up with the bottom-feeding paparazzi and finally throw a punch, don't we all cheer? In this case, Tussing didn't throw a punch, but he was clearly fed up with Cyphers' harassment.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry to go on about this, but there is no political race so important that giving Don Cyphers a break is worth it. I dare say Molnar, if subjected to the same treatment, would have indulged in a little "self-defense" a lot sooner than Tussing did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com