Marc Greendorfer

Civil Rights

I was born and raised in the San Francisco/Bay Area and then lived in New York City for many years. I grew up, went to school and worked with many LGBTQ individuals and reject any attempt to diminish their rights to full, equal and robust participation in all areas of life. This means that I support same sex marriage, I support the application of anti-discrimination laws to LGBTQ Montanans and I will oppose any efforts to deny LGBTQ Montanans of equal rights. Learn more

Criminal Justice / Public Safety

Of course there are some bad apples in law enforcement, just as there are bad apples in every field. This does not overshadow the daily benefits we receive from those who put their lives on the line for us. While I support rigorous investigations and punishment of those who betray their badges, I will never support calls to inhibit law enforcement personnel from doing their jobs. I reject any call to defund or eliminate law enforcement, whether it is overt or through policies that expose law enforcement personnel to added risks for simply doing their jobs. Learn more

In fact, I support allocating additional amounts in our state's budget for both law enforcement and emergency services personnel and will work to enact legislation, such as sentencing enhancements for violence against law enforcement and emergency services personnel, that provides additional protections and benefits for those who serve in these critical fields. Learn more

Education

Schools should be places where children learn to be loving, accepting and patriotic Americans, not where they are taught to loathe themselves and their communities. We do not need to, and our schools must not, counter past discrimination with current and future discrimination. Learn more

Every penny of Montana's education budget should be devoted to making our students the most well-educated and capable students in the nation, focused on the basics of science, math, reading and writing, with no place for the destructive teachings of Critical Race Theory and Ethnic Studies that turn children into bigots. In fact, these teachings often constitute a form of "soft bigotry of low expectations" that do exactly the opposite of what they are claimed to do. Learn more

Environment / Energy

As a hunter and angler, I prioritize clean air, pure water, healthy forests, abundant wildlife, and thriving ecosystems. Responsible stewardship—whether through voluntary conservation, private land trusts, innovative restoration projects, or targeted protection of truly irreplaceable natural areas—deserves broad support and encouragement. Learn more

However, I reject environmental policies and initiatives that use ecological concerns as a pretext to infringe on private property rights, erode individual liberty, or expand government power and control. When regulations, zoning restrictions, land-use mandates, or climate-related schemes effectively strip owners of the ability to use or manage their own property, when they impose top-down dictates that limit personal freedom and economic opportunity, or when they concentrate more authority in bureaucracies rather than local communities and individuals, they cross a dangerous line. Learn more

Guns

Whether it is outright bans or indirect bans through regulation (e.g., limitations on magazines, onerous fees or insurance requirements, waiting periods on or registration of components or ammunition, or regulation based on cosmetic elements), I simply will not support any legislation that infringes the most important right protected by our federal and state Constitutions. Learn more

If we truly wanted to reduce "gun violence" in this country, we'd ban gangs, communications among gang members and all rights of association for gang members. You may say "why would we infringe First Amendment rights of people simply because they may be in a gang"? The same can be said about gun ownership, especially for semi-automatic weapons with detachable magazines. 99.9% of all such weapons are never used in criminal activity, yet many politicians want to ban them outright. Learn more

Housing

The easy, but wrong, answer to the soaring cost of housing, and lack of attainable housing, is to simply build more. While this is, indeed, part of the answer, it must be balanced with the need to preserve the character of Bozeman and the importance of not developing agricultural land and open space simply to provide more housing. Infill of existing developed areas, such as the 7th and 19th Avenue areas, relaxing restrictions on the number of residents allowed in dwellings and incentives for higher density housing development in the center of the city are all potential answers. Learn more

We can not allow Bozeman to become a city filled with encampments of tents or recreational vehicles, as that will destroy quality of life for all. Rather, I support initiatives like Habitat for Humanity or the development of tiny houses on city owned land, where people can live comfortably, safely and with dignity, while avoiding the blight of feel-good homeless policies. Learn more

Taxes / Budget

What is needed is a new property tax system that limits the assessed value on primary residences. The way this would work is a baseline property valuation will be set, likely based on the purchase price of the residence for the current owner, with increases in that valuation capped at a certain percentage per year, like 1%. Learn more

Safe roads, law enforcement, fire and emergency medical, services for the truly needy (rather than for everyone) and preservation of the natural environment are all areas where the state certainly should operate and taxes to provide for these services are appropriate. Taking over the role of parents, turning schools into breeding grounds for extremist thought and becoming the provider of all that a person wants or needs is not the role of the state, and taxes should absolutely not be raised or allocated for such things. Learn more