22% of all Montanans don’t have healthcare coverage. 25% of employed Montanans don’t have healthcare coverage. 50% of all Montanan personal bankruptcies are a result of healthcare related events and personal bankruptcies are at an all time high.

It is broke and we must fix it.

Peter Rosten announces bid for Legislature
by JENNY HARRIS - Ravalli Republic
12/07/2007

Retired Hollywood producer, high school media mogul and local rancher Peter Rosten is throwing his hat in the political ring. Director of the national award winning program, Media Arts in Public Schools and a Democrat, Rosten decided to run for the Montana State Legislature representing House District 87 and can file with the Montana Secretary of State’s office after Jan. 22.

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“Old Wounds Won’t Heal Without New Ideas”, Ravalli Republic

Several nights ago I attended the travel plan meeting in Darby. There was a huge turnout estimated at more than 170 people. It was quite clear many of the citizens were angry, upset and frustrated. Two reasons: angry because the majority felt strongly that forest access was being compromised and frustrated because they feel the government (aka the Forest Service) doesn’t listen and that citizens aren’t being heard. Now I don’t pretend to know all the answers to these issues. Heck, I don’t even know all the questions. But one thing I do feel strongly about is that business-as-usual politics is not going to solve the problem and as long as we keep yelling at each other this thing isn’t going to get fixed.

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Helena, MT. MAPS founder and Darby resident, Peter Rosten, has big ideas for Montana and he traveled to Helena to formally file his papers as a candidate for Ravalli County’s House District 87.

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