BILLINGS MAYOR RON TUSSING, PSC CANDIDATE IN DEBATE AGAINST BRAD MOLNAR SHOWS HIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 25, 2008 -- Billings Mt., Sept 28, 2008--/MNA PRESS/--The more Billings Mayor Ron Tussing, PSC2 candidate, opens his mouth about energy, the more he shows he should keep it shut. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool…

Ron Tussing said, in his closing statement at Wednesday’s debate with District 2 Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar: “The question to ask yourselves…who’s going to do right by me? Not who can quote facts and figures – all that stuff can be learned.”

Let’s deal with the quoting facts and figures part of Ron Tussing’s assertion, first: Exactly when would Ron Tussing like to learn about “all that stuff”, as he so succinctly and eloquently put it? After he’s been elected and starts collecting his $80,000 annual salary? More to the point, Ron Tussing apparently thinks being a Public Service Commissioner just means having the ability to parrot facts and figures, without understanding “all that stuff”, he is grossly mistaken.

Greg Jergeson, Chairman of the Montana Public Service Commission, in a phone interview with the Montana News, when asked about the ideal background for a candidate, responded, “A person who can work through – plow through – the excruciating details of budgets, as well as financial and economic information; someone who has the capability and ability to understand the significance of the numbers.” Jergeson went on to specify that a Public Service Commissioner needs to be patient, thorough, and have a good understanding of both the big picture and the details that go into that picture. “You gotta be able to meld the big picture and the details,” stressed Jergeson.

According to Greg Jergeson, a Montana Public Service Commissioner needs to be able to “understand the significance of the numbers.” According to Ron Tussing, a Montana Public Service Commissioner only needs to be able to “quote facts and figures”, which “stuff” can be learned…apparently after getting the job.

Ron Tussing – amazingly – ended by telling voters to ask themselves, “who’s going to do right by me?”

A short sampling of Ron Tussing’s notorious history of NOT doing right by people follows:

Did Ron Tussing “do right” by the citizens of Billings, when he, as a former dirty Chief of Police, allowed – and quite potentially encouraged – the use of excessive force on the part of some his dirty underlings?

Did Ron Tussing “do right” by Officer Sandra Leonard, when, as Chief of Police, he referred to her as a “bitch” in an e-mail to a subordinate, simply because Officer Leonard had objected to the Billings Police Department’s breach of its duties under the Human Rights Act.

Did Ron Tussing “do right” by Officer Steve Feuerstein, when he (Tussing) e-mailed command staff, “Okay, let’s play hardball. The Unit is out of control. I think Joe [Bryce] has a plan to get Steve [Feuerstein] out…”

Did Ron Tussing “do right”, when with sweating face, twitching cheeks, and darting eyes that blinked repeatedly, he lied on the stand – over and over – during the Feuerstein trial?

Did Ron Tussing “do right” by the citizens of Billings, when he bilked them out of a $160,000 settlement to leave his position as a dirty Chief of Police and then turned around and ran for Mayor?

Based on Ron Tussing’s history with Billings citizens, who could possibly think that in the future, Ron Tussing would “do right”, by anyone?

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