Your Stupidity is Not Proof of Someone Else's Harassment

by: Matt Singer

Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 13:59:19 PM MST

Trevis Butcher, Montanans in Action's treasurer and chief spokesperson, called Unsworth's findings "spurious" and "absurd." He said the investigation was part of a political vendetta stemming from Butcher's past support of term limits for Montana politicians.

"The Commissioner's office uses what are supposed to be the people's courts," Butcher said in a statement Monday, "to say, 'We'll ignore you and the signatures of 125,609 registered Montana voters. We'll make you waste hundreds of thousands dollars in legal fees. And we'll continue to do things just the way we want. Welcome to Helena, your state Capitol. Oh, and if you happen to get one by us, like term limits, we will punish you by any other means at our disposal then, now, and in the future.'"

Here's the good news for Montanans:

"I honestly see this as a witch hunt, and we're going to stand up to it. Our legal team is right now reviewing this, and we'll obviously be prepared for whatever is ahead," Butcher said. "We really believe a citizen's right to free speech is fundamental to our form of government. This form of harassment is a real abuse to our constitutional rights."

The full 105 page PDF is available for review online. If anyone finds time to read it, let us know: unfair harassment or Dennis Unsworth doing his job.