Former Billings Mayor Chuck Tooley has been elected chairman of the board of the Burton K. Wheeler Center for Public Policy. (more…) Continue Reading →
Tooley to head board for Wheeler center in Bozeman
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Chuck Tooley
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Opinion: Forward Montana works to rekindle democracy
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In a national survey of 4,000 high school and college students and 100 in-depth interviews conducted by political science professors Jennifer Lawless and Richard Fox, young Americans were found to feel completely alienated from politics. In their book “Running from Office,” Lawless and Fox report that the mean-spirited, dysfunctional political system that now characterizes American politics has wrought long-term, deeply-embedded damage on U.S. democracy and its youngest citizens. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Chuck Tooley, Forward Montana, Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court
5 Democrats in running for county commissioner
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Five seasoned Democrats who have applied to replace Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy will face the public on Aug. 3. The candidates are Robyn Driscoll, David Wanzenried, Lynda Bourque Moss, Chuck Tooley and Jennifer Merecki. Nominations also will be taken from the floor at the public forum. Kennedy, also a Democrat, has resigned from District 3 of the commission to become chief executive officer of the Montana State University Billings Foundation on Aug. Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Bill Kennedy, Chuck Tooley, David Wanzenried, Jennifer Merecki, Lynda Bourque Moss, Robyn Driscoll, Yellowstone County
Most of the pieces are in place for downtown co-op bookstore
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Step by step, plans for a cooperative bookstore in downtown Billings are moving forward. Last week, the project got a certificate of filing from the Montana secretary of state, which allows it to begin selling stock for the venture. Organizers have commitments for more than $24,000 worth of stock and can now begin invoicing to collect on those pledges, said Carrie La Seur, one of three initial board members selected at a recent general meeting of the Billings Bookstore Cooperative. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Andy Wildenberg, Billings Cooperative Bookstore, Carrie La Seur, Chuck Tooley, Craig Lancaster, Emily Stark, Randy Hafer
Montana Ethic Project: Our history, heroes and character
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This is the seventh chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features Chuck Tooley speaking on “The Montana Character.” Tooley is a former mayor of Billings—the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, in fact—and now the owner of Tooley Communications. You can watch the whole video below. After reading the preamble to the Montana Constitution, Tooley begins his presentation by saying: (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, Charlie Russell, Chuck Tooley, Jeannette Rankin, Montana Ethic Project, PERC
Friends, admirers honor memory of Joan Hurdle
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Friends and family members who gathered to dedicate two park benches in honor of Joan Hurdle may all have known her, but they did not all know her in the same way, former Mayor Chuck Tooley said Saturday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Carol Gibson, Chuck Tooley, Connie Wardell, Dolores Colburg, Helen Schoonmaker, Jim Sindelar, Joan Hurdle
Bison sculpture honors former airport director
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Mark Kennedy says the new bison sculpture near the entrance to Billings Logan International Airport is a fitting monument to Bruce Putnam. “Bruce was larger than life, and that piece is larger than life,” Kennedy said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Angela Babby, Billings Logan International Airport, Bruce Putnam, Charles Ringer, Chuck Tooley, Fergus County High School, Mark Kennedy
Exhibit, gathering mark city’s response to hate
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A new display at the Western Heritage Center and a three-day “Not In Our Town National Leadership Gathering” are two ways Billings residents are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the town’s stand against prejudice and hate. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, Brian Schnitzer, Chuck Tooley, Dawn Fasthorse, Isaac Schnitzer, Margie MacDonald, Montana Association of Churches
Rocky president stands by speaker, debate continues
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Greg Gianforte, the Bozeman entrepreneur whose planned commencement speech at Montana Tech in Butte sparked talk of a boycott, offered to “step down” from giving a similar speech at Rocky Mountain College next month. But Robert Wilmouth, president of the private college in Billings, insisted that Gianforte give the commencement address as planned. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, ACLU, Caitlin Copple, Chuck Tooley, Greg Gianforte, Gregory Smith, Jamee Greer
Revisionists can’t change history of hate, or Billings’ response
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Opponents of a non-discrimination ordinance are so eager to continue discriminating against certain people that they couldn’t even wait for the proposed ordinance to be drafted. That’s why they showed up last week when the City Council heard a request for a $25,000 donation to help fund a national conference that will be held in Billings this summer to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Not In Our Town movement. (more…) Continue Reading →
