Episode 14: Knights, Pride, and slush funds

In this episode of the Mad About Montana Podcast, Erik Nylund and Bill Foley discuss how great it is to see the pride flag flying high above the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse. While hatemongers like Greg Gianforte and Braxton Mitchell call the flag “divisive,” Erik and Bill talk about the true meaning of the flag that stands for inclusivity. They talk about how they are extremely disappointed to see some members of the public and commission show that they do not get that when they spoke out against raising that flag at Wednesday’s meeting of the Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners.They also talk about how the flag would have been raised last week — if not earlier — if the chief executive was strong enough to stand up to the bigots. Two years ago, he hid behind the county attorney. This year, he hid behind the Council of Commissioners.Erik dives into a personal story in response to officials with Butte-Silver Bow trying to paint us as bigots against the LGBTQ+ community, illustrating that nothing could be further from the truth. It is just another example of people getting attacked for asking questions. They discuss some of those previous attacks, mostly on scientists who reported inconvenient truths.Finally, Sir Mick Ringsak joins the show to talk about the Natural Resource Damage Program and how some money might not exactly be being spent in the right way. He talks about the lack of transparency that is behind it all. Listen in, and let’s get mad about Montana.