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Being elected to represent the interest of the people of District 2 before the Montana Public Service Commission is a serious job. Tony O’Donnell, the incumbent representative, prefers to “phone it in” rather than put in the time and effort for effective representation. Although he started his term in 2017 with attendance at PSC meetings slightly over 80% he apparently lost interest in the position, attending only 66% of the meetings in 2018, 52% in 2019, and with an abysmal attendance rate of 25% in pre-COVID-19 2020. It a puzzle as to why Mr. O’Donnell even chose to run for re-election as it is clear by his attendance record that he feels no obligation to do the job for which he was elected.

Andy and Nancy Pehl attended the graveside service for their closest neighbor Helmut Hintz on Saturday morning.