Today we, as a country, are at a rough patch. I don’t agree with those who dismiss violence and chaos as “just politics.” Politics set the rules we live by.
Over the last two election cycles, you walked with me on the campaign to take Montana’s voice to Washington. We knocked on thousands of doors, debated the future of our democracy, and built a movement based on the idea that government should actually work for the people.
Map of Montana HD 92
I learned a lot from you. I learned the needs of our home, here in Montana. We need housing that works for us all, jobs that sustain us, childcare for the benefit of us all, hospitals in rural communities, and healthcare we can afford.
Over the last year, I have seen your incredible commitment to pitch in and do the work needed to clean up our front yard – wherever that may be for you.
Here in Montana, the work includes repairing the Sunset Hill Bridge closed to traffic and the Boy Scout Bridge facing total failure.
Property taxes have shifted the burden onto families while the state sits on a surplus, uniquely impacting homeowners in HD 92 and legacy Montana family cabins in the beautiful Seeley and Swan valleys.
You have all inspired me. I know this to be true: We cannot build a strong country if we don’t fix our own front yard first.
Good government requires big ideas in the halls of Congress; it also requires making sure the bridges in Greenough and Seeley Lake are safe. It’s about making sure our schools in Potomac and the Rattlesnake are funded and that our neighbors aren’t priced out of the homes they’ve lived in for decades.
I am bringing the energy, the network, and the experience we built together to build solutions for the Rattlesnake, the Blackfoot, and the Swan. To work with you on solving high prices that led to closing Pyramid Lumber.
The foundation for good government starts with us, focusing on our neighbors, our infrastructure, and our public lands. I’m asking for your support again. This time, not to send me away to Washington, but to keep me here, fighting for you.
Let’s get to work fixing our front yard.
All together.
Monica Tranel
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