Tagged: Roland Horst

Posted: October 1, 2012 at 12:29 pm

TEA Party Meltdown

TEA Party activists wearing Derek Skees t-shirts disrupted a fraud prevention even State Auditor Monica Lindeen held in the Flathead last week. The culprits were malcontents Annie Bukacek and her husband Roland Horst. Left in the West‘s Carla Augustad, who was at the event, has the story. It’s a must-read.

Apparently, the Skees supporters (Skees is Lindeen’s GOP-TEA Party challenger in the state auditor’s race) were angry that Lindeen’s office is protecting consumers from right-wing Pastor Harris Himes. Himes has been accused of defrauding a member of his congregation of his life savings by the Auditor’s office and Ravalli County.

According to Augustad, when the lights went down to show a documentary on how to protect yourself from fraud, Bukacek snuck out and changed into a Derek Skees shirt. Then, when the lights came back up for a discussion after the film, Bukacek apparently stood and “made some inference about corruption in the Auditor’s office. The name Harris Himes erupted and inferences may have transgressed to accusations.”

Buckacek even brought her own camera crew to film the moment for posterity. Bukacek’s husband Roland was apparently filming the entire outburst. (Bonus points for whomever can get a hold of this video.)

You can read the whole story at Left in the West.

Posted: June 14, 2011 at 5:24 pm

Conservatives Outraged at Rehberg, Hill

Social/TEA Party conservatives are outraged at Dennis Rehberg’s dismissal of conservative Republican candidates and the GOP’s support for Rick Hill. In an open letter posted on the TEA Party Blog PolyMontana.com, conservative movement leaders Roland Horst and Annie Bukacek explained their anger over the GOP’s treatment of conservative issues and candidates.

No matter how bad the Democrat Party opposition candidate against Rick Hill and Jim Shockley, if they win the primaries, we will not vote for these two Republicans. We will encourage others to not vote for them. After listening to him recently, we’re not sure we’ll vote for Denny Rehberg this time around.

What’s more, Horst and Bukacek were none too happy to be told by Senate Republican leadership in the Montana Legislature that abortion “doesn’t poll well for Republicans.” Montana has long been a state that values privacy and freedom from government interference. The entire letter can be read here.

Posted: April 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Fringe Political Element’s Election Plot Uncovered

The Missoulian is reporting that a cabal of far right wingers that are part of a “fringe political element” has launched a campaign to take over the board of trustees at Flathead Valley Community College.

I can understand why local community leaders are afraid. School board races are often the starting points of future political careers, and the slate of far-right extremists will only end up dragging area schools into senseless and divisive “culture war” battles on issues that have nothing to do with public education, solely to promote their far-right views.

What’s worse, the move comes on the heels of Chuck Baldwin’s tirade in favor of making Montana into a right-wing mecca and that his machinations are in preparation for “a coming battle.” (Baldwin is the father of sect member Tim Baldwin.)

As the Missoulian reports, in addition to Ed Berry, the founder of Montana’s most extreme online forums Edberry.com and PolyMontana.com, the challengers running for three of four open college trustee positions are:

“Tim Baldwin, an attorney and the son of Chuck Baldwin, the 2008 presidential nominee for the national Constitution Party;”

“Roland Horst of Bigfork, where he is a board member of the Prolife Coalition” - the group whose leader was raided for Medicaid fraud; and,

“Glenn Wehe of Columbia Falls, a board member on the Evergreen School District and an active supporter of Senate Bill 114, which would have given county sheriffs authority trumping that of the federal government” – one of the nuttiest bills of the Legislative Session.

The candidates are so far to the right that even local conservatives are coming out in opposition to the extremists.

No doubt the extremists will pull the old “they’re lying about me!” response, but I don’t see where the wiggle room is. You lead these movements, you live with the consequences. You start a forum for the most far-right commentary in the state, you own it (like Obama owning Jeremiah Wright. Remember that, Ed?). You join a board of directors led by a woman suspected of defrauding the taxpayers of Montana, you own that too.