Commissioner Shane Fox Receives Award

On November 14, when Commissioner Shane Fox read an email from the Local Government Center, suggesting that he was a Local Impact Award Recipient, he doubted the message's authenticity. A follow-up phone call confirmed the award's legitimacy, although the specifics of the award would remain a surprise until its presentation. During the Montana State University Local Government Center's (LGC) 40th Anniversary Gala held on December 11 at the Delta Colonial Hotel in Helena, Fox received the Public Leadership Award.

In her email, Program Manager for the LGC, Schuyler Germann wrote to Fox: "On beha...