Governor Brian Schweitzer

A request by the Northwest Montana Association of Realtors calling for a special session of the state Legislature to address “current inadequacies” in the property tax reappraisal carried out in the 2009 regular session was immediately swatted down by Gov. Brian Schweitzer last week. The letter, written by NMAR President Barb Funk, notes that 11 counties, including Flathead and Lake, will be “disproportionally affected by higher than...