Missoula builder, remodeler picked as newest MCPS trustee - Missoulian article from October 6th, 2010

Click on the link below to read an October, 2010 Missoulian article on the appointment of Michael Smith to the MCPS Board replacing Nancy Pickhardt.

Missoula builder, remodeler picked as newest MCPS trustee


Prescott School Missoula's thinking on this appointment:


Michael Smith is one of the trustees that voted for the MIS/Prescott School lease extension in 2011. It seems that Chairwoman Toni Rehbein held Smith in high regard.

Prescott School Missoula has read in Missoulian comments that Smith's wife works for ALPS. If this is correct there may be problems with conflict of interest issues.

Why is this? Chairwoman Toni Rehbein's husband has worked for ALPS in the past and may still work there (?). This would indicate that a board member has a spouse whom has worked with Toni Rehbein's husband.

Have either Michael Smith or Chairwoman Rehbein made this fact known to the public as in a public comment to the community. Was this information known to all the Board members during the interview process?

There needs to be a public discussion regarding this relationship to
determine if everything is on the up and up.

Was Michael chosen for his vote to extend the MIS/Prescott lease and did the Rehbein's influence his vote? This is an important question.