Montana was awash in O&G money 2-3 years ago, but the bottom's dropped out of that until the next boom, as it always does. They haven't run through the tax profits yet, but aren't running a deficit either.
I worked in the eastern Montana oil patch during the last boom before the Bakken, back in the early 1980's. It was great while it lasted too.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
