Hanging Out With Some Incredible Leaders in Lodge Grass

I tell you what, there are some incredible leaders and incredible people in Lodge Grass, Montana. I chatted with Lodge Grass Basketball Coach Josh Stewart and NFL great Tuff Harris for a Christmas special back in 2020, and I finally got to meet Mayor Quincy on Monday.

Crow Nation Energy Director CJ Stewart and other distinguished guests also joined us Monday.

First off, big thanks to the Dosson family (photo below) for hosting us at the Little Horn Market, previously known by many as the Lodge Grass IGA. They're the new owners of the grocery store, and their family has Lodge Grass ties going back to when Dillon Dosson's grandpa was a cowboy on some neighboring ranches. His dad also pastors the Baptist church in Lodge Grass.

Mayor Quincy, the Lodge Grass Mayor, is in the center of the photo below. Lodge Grass Coach Josh Stewart is on the left in the below photo. I caught up with both of them Monday morning.

Mayor Quincy Dabney talked about how Lodge Grass used to have a very vibrant business community and was a very safe place, but it changed in recent years. He talked about how the drug cartels moved in, and he started concealed carry to defend himself. He started by organizing community cleanups- picking up the trash, and cleaning up abandoned properties.

Mayor Quincy: I wouldn't be here if it wasn't God. I was coal mining. I was very good at what I did, but one day I said this is my prayer- I said God, I don't want to be a number anymore. I want to work for you.

That's when he started the cleanup. He described his first year as mayor as a battle, as "war."

Stacy Zinn recently retired as the head of the DEA here in Montana. Before she retired, we talked about the Mexican drug cartels running rampant in the Lodge Grass area. Since that time, arrests have been made and prosecutions are moving forward.

She heard we were going to be in Lodge Grass on Monday and drove down to join us for the radio show, and says she specifically wanted to credit Mayor Quincy for his work.

 

Stacy Zinn: I applaud the mayor here for his efforts to clean up this area and to also push us- push the Drug Enforcement Administration, push the BIA and FBI to actually come down here and start taking care of business. He said enough is enough. And you know it, Quincy is just a, he is a diamond here and I want to applaud his efforts for what he did.

(Full audio further below)

Here's the full audio of our conversations Monday morning: