Vote for Toole for PSC
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Editor,
We have the opportunity to choose our next public service commissioner on election day, and yet many people don’t know about the candidates or even what the Public Service Commission does for us in the State of Montana. We are in the fifth PSC district and Ken Toole is asking for your vote again for this position. Ken and the PSC watch over all of our utilities in Montana, negotiating with the big corporations to get the best electric service, gas and telecommunications services, working to get the cleanest, most affordable energy sources for us to run our homes and businesses.
Ken Toole works daily as a current PSC commissioner to ensure Montanans have the most cost effective, clean energy sources available. Ken Toole fought against the disastrous deregulation of Montana Power in 1997, trying to prevent rate hikes for us. Ken led the fight to buy back our dams, and to recover local control of our hydroelectric power. Ken came up with the idea to tax big box stores to eventually help reduce property taxes. Ken led the successful fight to make Qwest telecommunications pay back money they overcharged Montana customers. Ken Toole is against the special interest groups and dedicates himself to us, the consumers.
Ken Toole understands the issues that affect the lives of everyday Montanans. He is a native Montanan whose family goes back generations. He has taught our students at the university. He served for 6 years in the Montana State Senate as Chair of the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee. He currently serves on the PSC and we need Ken to remain on the PSC. Please cast your vote for Ken Toole for PSC Commissioner on election day.
Sheila M. Bell
Polson
