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Cynthia Marble's avatar

It would have been a newsworthy inclusion in this piece to state why Mary Horman was not in attendance: two of the people promoting this event, effectively serving as significant faces of this event, were a couple the Horman's have had to procure a police protective order against due to their incessant harassment of the Hormans. It would have been like walking into a hornet's nest for Mary to have agreed to attend. Better to get trustworthy faces promoting an event than to ask candidates to join in a forum where they would immediately hold suspect, the promoters' motives.

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Montana Independent News's avatar

Mary told me about her accusations of harassment and her claim that she has a "police protective order" against her neighbors. There is no record of a protection order or of any complaint filed in City Court, Justice Court or District Court involving the parties. I have found no one involved in the justice system that has heard of a "police protection order". Because Mary told me that in an unrecorded phone conversation and I found no evidence to support her claims, I did not include the information.

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David Lehnherr's avatar

Was Kim Gillan there?

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Montana Independent News's avatar

She was out of town, but told me she looks forward to the forum for the general election.

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David Lehnherr's avatar

Thank you for the information.

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