Experience and Smart Voting for a Healthy Community

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Always voted for Treasure State Endowment (TSEP)

(These funds come from Coal Severance Tax)

  • City of Roundup Water Project 2015 $500,000
  • Musselshell County W&S Project in 2013 $450,000
    Roundup Water Project in 2011 $500,000 Supports Law Enforcement
  • Carried Legislation to curb prescription drug abuse and doctor shopping
  • Carried Legislation to curb dangerous synthetic drugs
  • Revised 911 call center funding for immediate access Supports Roundup and the Entire Musselshell County:
  • Got Musselshell County’s Tim Schaff on the Montana Coal Board
  • Carried legislation increasing coal board funding, resulting in:
  • City of Roundup receiving a $500,000 grant
  • Roundup Schools receiving a $500,000 grant
  • Signal Peak Mine tax break for coal washing, thus increasing their competitiveness in the global market

Voted to Reduce Tax

  • Reduced State Income Tax
  • Reduced Business Equipment Tax
  • Reduced Workers Compensation rates
  • Stop Increase of Employment Tax due to Natural Declared Flood Disaster that helped Busy Bee Café.

Voted for a Balanced and Smart Budget

  • For a Balanced state budget in 2015, leaving $450 Million in reserves
  • For a Balanced state budget in 2013, leaving $300 Million in reserves
  • For an Infrastructure Bill which would have allowed Roundup and Musselshell county to apply for grants

Other Smart Votes for our Community

  • For a Grant to Repair Deadman’s Basin Dam Spillway in 2011
  • For a Grant to Repair the Musselshell Diversion Dam for Deadman’s Basin water source in 2013
  • To Protect Property Rights, preventing property corner crossings

Tom Berry files to run for Musselshell County Commissioner in 2016

Musselshell County Commissioner Candidate Tom Berry

Tom Berry filed to run for Your Musselshell County Commissioner office, for the 2016 elections.

“Our Musselshell County needs a Montanan Native, an experienced Leader and County-Wide Dependability in the office” says Berry.

Also running are John Dallas Teini for County Commissioner (Republican), and Wendy Beye for County Commissioner (Republican).

Learn more about the Musselshell County Election announcements and voting information on the Your Musselshell County Website.

At Least Tell Us the Truth, Ray Gorham

Ray Gorham Lies to MontanaGorham Lie #1
“Tom Berry is anti-gun”
Absolutely False: I am for the right to bear arms, am an NRA Member, own a concealed weapons permit, and voted for 4 important gun Bills including Castle Doctrine.

Gorham Lie #2
“Tom Berry voted for only onetax cut”
Absolutely False: I voted for SB96 to Eliminate Business Tax for small businesses. I also co-sponsored HB 334 for a 20% reduction in Workers Compensation rates. I sponsored HB 261 that Reduced Unemployment Insurance for businesses hit with a natural disaster such as the Busy Bee Cafe.

Gorham Lie #3
“Tom Berry only voted for increased regulation”
Absolutely False: I sponsored HB363 giving Real Estate Less Oversight from the Dept. of Labor. I also sponsored HB432 giving State Charter Banks Less Regulation. I sponsored HB533 for less regulation on Otter Creek Coal permitting process.

Gorham Lie #4
“Tom Berry voted to fundabortion providers”
Absolutely False: I voted for HB2, the Appropriation Bill (vote was 100 to 0 “for” theBill). The Bill included funding for title X which explicitly states funds cannot be usedfor abortion.

Gorham lie #5
“Tom Berry voted forObamaCare”
Absolutely False: The Bill introducing ObamaCare (Medicaid Funding) Died in the House of Representatives, so ObamaCare (Medicaid Funding) was never voted on.

Gorham Lie#6
“Tom Berry voted for allowing Sheriff’s Depts. to use armed drones (SB150)”
Absolutely False: This was a Senate Bill that Died in the Senate for lack of votes. I serve in the House of Representatives, so I never voted on that Bill at all.

Gorham Lie #7
“Tom Berry stole myCampaign signs”
Absolutely False:  Ray Gorham put his signs in a Montana “Right of Way”, so the State Dept. of Transportation took them down. Ray Gorham also put signs on Private Property (Trespassing) without permission, resulting in Landowners pulling the signs.
I could go on and on …

 

Want more of Gorham’s Lies?

Is Ray Gorham who you want representing you in Helena—a desperate, first-time and misleading candidate who will do anything to get into Office, including lying about his opponent’s voting record?

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Montanans aren’t putting up with Ray Goram’s Misleading Propaganda

Michelle Weilan and Ryan BerryTo Whom It May Concern:

Our dad, Tom Berry, is running as the incumbent for House District 40. This is our dad’s fourth campaign, and my brother, Ryan, and I have never before written a letter to any paper on his behalf. However we now feel obligated to write due to the misleading propaganda being put out by Ray Gorham and his campaign against our dad. Mr. Gorham has brought our family’s tragedy into his campaign and is exploiting it to make political hay that our dad is anti-gun. Our father is extremely pro-2nd Amendment. He, we, and our families, are avid gun sportsmen and hunters, and we believe in the right to self-defense. Tom Berry taught my brother and I about gun safety and had us target shooting when were just waist-high. In fact just yesterday, May 11th, he took my husband and our little boys shooting for the afternoon. To say he is anti-gun is just plain wacky.

So where does Mr. Gorham fit into all of this? He is trying to tie the murder of our dad’s son, and our 17 yr old half-brother, Steve Berry, to Tom Berry’s supposed anti-gun stance. I was shocked last night to read these statements on Mr. Gorham’s website, “I’m truly sorry for his [Tom Berry] loss, but that doesn’t justify having a bad record on gun control…” That is just mind-numbing, but furthermore what the heck is he even talking about? It appears that Mr. Gorham is using the loss of Steve to gun violence (he was killed by a drug dealer in Glendive in 2000) as some weird evidence that our dad is an anti-gun zealot. Ryan and I take insult to this ridiculous leap of twisted logic, and we are disgusted that Mr. Gorham would bring this family tragedy into the campaign to try and support his outright lies. It is shameless, classless, and not something I would expect from a true Montanan. But then again Mr. Gorham isn’t from Montana, is he? According to his website, he has spent most of his life in his native Canada, other countries around the world, and the state of California. I guess this latest tactic shouldn’t surprise me.   Why don’t you try to keep it honest and clean, Mr. Gorham? This is politics at its lowest.

 

Michelle Weiland, Billings, MT

Ryan Berry, Lewistown, MT

Voter Notice: Beware of the Dark Money Extremists

Tom Berry Notice to Voters in MontanaDear Voters, Between now and June 3rd, you may receive a flyer from Dark Money Groups, Extremists who do not want me re-elected.
Please disregard the distorted and inaccurate information contained in the flyer about me and my voting record.
If you want the truth, please call me at 698-3940 or email me at tom@tomberrymt.com.
Thank You
—Tom Berry

Tom Berry Gets it Done for Montanans

Tom Berry Gets in done for Montana•  Sponsored a prescription drug registry Bill to eliminate “doctor shopping” by prescription drug abusers who illegally-obtained multiple prescriptions for addictive drugs such as Oxycontin and Fentanyl (HB 83)
•  Sponsored a Bill banning synthetic marijuana and Spice drugs which caused hallucinations, threatening the safety of our youth (HB 185)
•  Sponsored a Bill revising coal leasing laws on state-owned lands for a more flexible, productive and pro economy process (HB 533)
•  Sponsored a bill to revise the 911 Call Center Law to unclog critical funding that small communities like Shepherd and Roundup depend (HB 575)
•  Served on a committee to rein in out-of-control medical use of marijuana (SB 423)
•  Sponsored Bill giving Community Banks more latitude in banking, less regulation (HB 432)
•  Voted on Bill eliminating tax on office equipment for small businesses, less regulation (SB 96)
•  Sponsored legislation helping small businesses affected by federally- declared disasters, so unemployment insurance does not increase, such as the Busy Bee Cafe (HB 261)
Chairman of the powerful house business and labor committee in 2013 legislative session

Attorney General Tim Fox, thanks Tom Berry’s success in fighting illegal drugs

Tim Fox Attorney GeneralThree-term legislator Tom Berry brings a wealth of experience as a small businessman to the Legislature, and is widely regarded as invaluable in insurance law related discussions due to his experience on the issue. This extraordinary man also turned the loss of his beloved son 14 years ago into a powerful voice at the Legislature for important criminal justice issues.   As the scourge of designer drugs like bath salts and spice hit Montana, we were reminded of just how twisted the criminal mind can be. Using chemistry to change the characteristics of substances to mimic dangerous drugs, criminals thrust upon us seemingly innocuous products marketed in tempting packages and sold in convenience stores, head shops, and other stores. The results are devastating, as these substances ruined, and even ended, the lives of countless thousands of young Montanans.

“With Tom’s help, we can now protect our kids from these designer drugs.”

tom-berry-cares-for-kidsObviously these dangerous designer drugs needed to be outlawed, but that wouldn’t be easy. You see, to make a substance illegal, you must first define that substance chemically in a way that can be tested and analyzed to confirm that it is illegal. Once you’ve done that, the criminal chemists just change the chemical properties of the substance by cooking it longer, or adding something to the recipe, thereby making it slightly different than what we’ve made illegal in the law. Working with our State’s Forensic Crime Lab professionals and with Representative Tom Berry, my office was able to define in the law the basic chemical building blocks of these substances in a way that, no matter how the criminal chemists cook them up, they will still be illegal. With Tom’s help, we can now protect our kids from these designer drugs. Thank you Tom for turning your loss and grief into a life-long mission to protect our Montana kids. I am blessed to call you my friend, and Montana is blessed to have you as one of our leaders.

—Tim Fox, Attorney General, Montana
Commencement Speech at Yellowstone Christian College
May 10, 2014

Roundup Storm damage criples small business, Tom Berry Stepped in

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Dear Editor,

During the flood of 2011, our Busy Bee Cafe was full of water we had to shut down, layoff all of our employees and rebuild our restaurant. As a result, our employees filed for unemployment insurance (and rightly so). With most of the employees filing for unemployment, the cost of our unemployment insurance skyrocketed, costing our Busy Bee Cafe business thousands of dollars in an increased premium. We asked Representative Tom Berry for help and he personally crafted legislation which stated if a small business has to shut down as the result of a federally-declared disaster and layoff their employees, the cost of the unemployment insurance will not go up. Tom Berry got this legislation through the legislature and it was signed by the Governor. This action saved our business and many other businesses thousands of dollars. Tom Berry is a good man and the kind of legislator we need in Helena, someone who lives here and will stand up for his constituents. We can’t trust some out-of-towner who bashes his opponent and misleads our community. We are supporting and voting for Tom Berry, and hope you do too.

Very Sincerely

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Mark Petrie
Maryann Petrie
Busy Bee Cafe

Tom Berry’s Goals reflect his Community

tom-berry-shepherd-roundup• Smaller Government
• Reducing state spending
• Less regulation for small businesses
• Preserving Property Owner’s rights
• Protecting Child education and safety
• Promoting job growth & better wages
• Properly utilizing State energy sources
• Preserving Montana Lifestyles
• Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse