Letters to the editor April 11

America has gone mad

This upcoming presidential election is going to be the most consequential in our history. Why? Because the survival of this nation as a representative republic will be determined by its result. 

Our nation is under assault from outside its borders and sadly from within. The full-court press is on to dismantle everything this nation holds dear: Destroy the nuclear family, bankrupt our entitlement programs, erase God everywhere, sexualize children in the classroom, mock our flag, our founding and our national anthem, fill our universities with Marxist professors that turn out graduates who revile America and all it stands for. Fling wide the gates of this nation’s borders and allow anyone and everyone to enter. Exhault criminals to victim status and persecute the person trying to defend themselves. Allow squatters to wallow in and destroy a rightful owners private property, no cash bail, call the air we breathe racist, remove meritocracy in all things, divide by race, no more two sexes (male and female) change and pervert our language (i.e). child molesters are just “minor attracted,” ruin a person’s livelihood if they misgender someone. Make an official presidential proclamation that Transgender Visibility Day will share the spotlight with the holiest day of the year for Christians — Easter. 

All of this and so much more because when this insanity first began no one stood up and said no. No, I will not be memorizing your pronouns. No, a man will not compete in women’s sports. No, you won’t be given a safe space outside the dean’s office at college because you are constantly being triggered by something. No to drag performers using publicly funded libraries to read to innocent preschoolers. 

“Social justice” is the banner under which they have enacted many of their malignant policies. Let’s reverse the madness and save America.

— Jill Williams, Kalispell

Do-nothing governor

Gov. Greg Gianforte shows Montana where his priorities are. Our do-nothing governor finally cares about something enough to act decisively on, using your taxpayer dollars to send Montana National Guard soldiers to the Texas border.  

He’s hoping that Montanans will forget that he has done nothing to address sky rocketing housing costs (he actually likes higher home values. He feels more comfortable with people who can pay a million dollars for a home or a second home). 

He’s hoping Montanans will forget that he has done nothing about the huge property tax increase (that his rich corporate buddies benefited from, they pay less taxes). He is hoping that Montanans will forget our unsustainable defunded public education system (the people who matter send their kids to private schools). He’s hoping Montanans don’t care about the large number of children and families who lost their health coverage through the purge of medicaid roles (he does not care about these people anyway they cannot buy expensive homes).

I could go on, but you get the drift. The governor is hoping that you are stupid enough to vote him back in for four more years because he’s playing politics by sending Guard soldiers to the Texas border.  

Besides, he is just getting started trying to take away your constitutional rights and making Montana a place where only the rich can afford to live and play and shoot anything they want.

— Steve Martinez, Kalispell

Supports Bowen

As a former district court judge, I know how vitally important clerks of court are. They keep the machinery of justice moving forward, they’re the public face of the court system, and in many cases, they can be desperately-needed help for people who need access to justice.

That’s why I’m so proud to endorse my friend Bowen Greenwood for clerk of the Montana Supreme Court.

Bowen is running for re-election after a highly successful first term as clerk. He’s digitizing old case files so the public can access them online, he’s increasing the public’s access to information about what the court is doing, and he’s increasing transparency in the judicial branch of government.

Bowen is also a fundamentally good man. He’s a man of faith, he’s a servant leader in his church, he’s a conservative, he’s pro-life and pro-Second Amendment.

I’m voting for Bowen Greenwood for clerk of the Montana Supreme Court, and I hope you will too.

— Russ Fagg, Billings