Guest column: The quiet sound of government functioning well -

September 19, 2007

In politics, good news is no news.

The Montana Legislature met in special session earlier this month, and almost no one noticed. The reason: Legislators completed a simple task in a single day. They did so amicably, intelligently and without partisan rancor, and so they made no news. I suppose it follows, then, that it's good news.

By BOB BROWN

Full Opinion: http://missoulian.com/articles/2007/09/19/opinion/opinion3.txt

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