More Montana Media Follies

Governor Brian Schweitzer demanded the resignation of Montana Dept. of Transportation (MDOT) Director Jim Lynch recently.  The controlled media wishes you to think it was due to Nepotism: Lynch's daughter was hired in 2008 by MDOT.

Brian Schweitzer was in office in 2008.

More likely the source is MDOT's sanction of a corrupt official in Hamilton, Montana named Dennis Stranger who put together a "transportation plan" for our 4300 residents of the unincorporated "city" of Hamilton, MT for the cost of $40,000.00 US when most streets in the village of Hamilton are not painted, nor even have traffic control devices (signs).

Here is our blogpost for MDOT's protecting Dennis Stranger:

http://www.bitterrootvalleynews.com/2011/06/why-is-mdot-protecting-stranger.html

Here is our blogpost exposing Dennis Stranger:

http://www.ethicscomplaint.com/2011/06/dennis-stranger-exposed.html

Dennis Stranger, Hamilton Montana City Planner

building in a floodplain

Video shows edge of floodplain, house built below high mark.

To paraphrase Director Lynch: he was not involved in the hiring process, his daughter is in a different department, and it is strange that four years have gone by before Schweitzer has said anything.

Here is the Missoulian article from Lee Enterprises trying to reassure us idiots that it was the Nepotism issue of Lynch's daughter (the comments mostly don't buy it):
http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_80a3b3ae-c509-11e0-a327-001cc4c002e0.html

Here is the probable reason Lynch was axed from the MDOT directorship: Montana wants oil money for their oversized loads, AND someone at MDOT, probably Lynch decided it was ok to try and prop Dennis Stranger in Hamilton who has very questionable public expenditures, and legal exposure.