Montana Conservative coalition leaders joining up with national group

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Conservative coalition leaders joining up with national group

By ALLISON FARRELL - IR State Bureau - 2/02/04

HELENA — Several former board members of the Montana Family Coalition have left the conservative lobbying group to head a new Montana non-profit affiliated with the powerful national organization, Focus on the Family.

Rep. Jeff Laszloffy, R-Laurel, plans to retire from state politics when his term expires in early 2005 to serve as the full-time executive director of this new group, called the Montana Family Foundation.

The Montana Family Coalition, which lost three board members to the foundation, is restructuring its board, said coalition executive director Julie Millam of Helena.

‘‘This is not the same organization (as the Montana Family Coalition),'' Laszloffy said during a phone interview last week. ‘‘The Legislature is not our sole focus. It is part of what we do, but we are not here on the ground strictly trying to influence public policy.''

More at the Helena Independant-Record

The MFC is a funny organization. Wacky, even for Republicans. Their vitriolic press-releases are usually riddled with typos and are regularly ridiculed in a tongue-in-cheek way by the somewhat conservative media in Montana.