The message from Republican sweep

The Seeley-Swan, and Montana generally, stayed red this past election cycle. What are the messages in this continued move to the right?

Voters are apparently demanding less government, less in-your-face regulation and permitting, lower taxes and, presumably, fewer government “services.” That might even go as far as reduced funding for public education, welfare assistance and environmental protection programs.

So, now that we have a Republican governor, a republican legislature and we have re-elected Republican Mike Hopkins to represent us up here, there should be no impediment to achieving tho...