Mayor of Kalispell reports on D.C. trip

Kalispell Mayor Tammi Fisher said her trip to Washington, D.C., last week was “very interesting.”

Fisher went with a group of 13 city leaders from across the United States to lobby for federal funding.

Fisher said she represented the smallest city in the group, which was chosen for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

Among others, Fisher met with Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester. She gave them a list of the city’s needs and was encouraged by their feedback.

“I think it was a successful trip and good for the community,” Fisher said.

“It was a new approach,” Fisher said. “With all new approaches comes risk. However, to try and fail is respectable. To fail to try is unconscionable.”

The city spent $1,846 on Fisher’s trip, City Manager Jane Howington said.

Fisher said she paid for her food and travel expenses while in the nation’s capital.