Influential Missoula attorney Mae Nan Ellingson retires

A Missoula attorney who has had an impact on hundreds of projects around Montana retired Friday.

Mae Nan Ellingson says she first left her mark as the youngest delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in 1972 as a 24-year-old.

"We really made some profound changes in 1972 in the way people viewed government, the way government is supposed to act, and the things that government can do. The open meetings laws, citizens right to know, the right to participate. Those are just givens now. They were not givens then."

by Mike Powers (KPAX News)

Full Story: http://www.kpax.com/news/influential-missoula-attorney-retires/

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Thank you Mae Nan

Constitution of Montana — PREAMBLE

We the people of Montana grateful to God for the quiet beauty of our state, the grandeur of our mountains, the vastness of our rolling plains, and desiring to improve the quality of life, equality of opportunity and to secure the blessings of liberty for this and future generations do ordain and establish this constitution.

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