Letters to the editor Jan. 13

Snow load

I say this every year, please remove the snow load from your vehicles before hitting the road.

Seriously folks. Brooming the inches of snow off the top your cars and trucks is not only a safety issue, it is also a courteous driver (what on earth is that these days?) action. I’m sure you’ve all experienced a vehicle ahead of you or passing you on the road, that dumps a few inches of snow into your direction. It can be scary and dangerous especially if your vision is obscured.

Safe driving, being aware of speed and road conditions is paramount. Please practice all aspects of safe driving in Montana, especially with winter driving conditions.

— Skeeter Johnston, Whitefish

Responsible growth

To those residents concerned about the recent approval of large subdivisions consisting of hundreds of new houses, there are only two solutions.  

First, our farmers and large land owners should be encouraged to put their land in a preservation trust.  This allows them to remain on their land, prohibits development and provides land for our wildlife.  

The second solution is political.

We need to identify, promote and vote for candidates to the Kalispell City Council, the Planning Board and Flathead County Commissioners who run on a platform advocating slow, responsible growth. If we continue to elect the same candidates that keep approving these huge developments, we will suffer from gridlock on our roads, overcrowded schools, and watch our Montana way of life disappear.

— Jim Swab, Kalispell