Article published Nov 15, 2007

Anti-coal plant vote

If Mary Jolley received one vote from every voter, she would have received 10,344 votes, and that would have been 100 percent of the vote

she could have possibly received. She received 5,148 votes, 50 percent of the total votes. This is important because she emphatically opposed the city of Great Falls being involved in building the power plant.

Dona Stebbins received 41 percent of the total 10,344 votes. She emphatically backed the City of Great Falls being involved in the building of the plant. Fifty percent to forty one percent in an election is considered a landslide.

The voters have spoken. No matter how they feel about the plant itself, they do not want our city to be involved in its construction.

The mayor can practice self-delusion if she wants. She might consider that if rules for electing the mayor hadn't been changed, not so long ago, she would have been third and the ex-mayor.

— Brent Bliss, Great Falls