HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-07-25 Public Comment - C. Gruetter - Blatant Overstep by Bozeman Commissioners on Property RightsFrom:carol gruetter
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Blatant Overstep by Bozeman Commissioners on Property Rights
Date:Monday, October 6, 2025 5:49:35 PM
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Once again! Bozeman City Commissioners are voting on a blatant overstep
that abuses our tax dollars and erodes private property rights. KNOWING
FULL WELL that the majority of conservatives will be attending TPUSA's
Tour at Montana State University at the SAME DATE AND TIME as the
Bozeman City Commission meeting!
King Arthur Trailer Court and Mountain Meadows Estates lie outside city
limits in Gallatin County, placing them squarely beyond the Commission's
legal authority. Yet, all of you are using public offices, staff time, and city
platforms to lobby a private county landowner—pressuring them to sell at an
unfair, below-market price to Tenants United. Tenants United is a KNOWN
partisan LEFT activist group working with the City of Bozeman.
This isn't governance; it's taxpayer-funded interference in a private real
estate deal, breaching local self-governance and risking legal liability for the
city. As Commissioners you are misusing public resources for political
advocacy, blurring the lines between impartial governance and
activism. This intrudes on a private contractual relationship, undermining
free exchange and due process that every property owner relies on.
Bozeman voters didn't elect officials to champion external causes—
especially while ignoring pressing city issues like rising property taxes,
strained infrastructure, and housing affordability within our boundaries.
Aligning with Tenants United compromises the city's neutrality, distracts
from core duties like fiscal accountability and essential services, and sets a
dangerous precedent for future meddling in county affairs.
REJECT this overreach! Every Bozeman Commissioner should be
ASHAMED of your unprecedented actions and RESIGN!
ANY SUPPORT FOR TENANTS UNITED SHOULD BE RESCINDED AND
REJECTED!
All City resources for activist lobbying should be prohibited!
Public office isn't a platform for activism and apparently all of you need to be
reminded of that.
As a property owner in Gallatin County I demand reaffirmation of neutrality
in private transactions.
Bozeman City Commissioners need to refocus on core responsibilities like
infrastructure, over development and destruction of our historical homes and
unique architecture, ingress and egress and fair representation.
Shame on ALL of you!