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Assault on local planning hurts local residents

by Terry N. Trieweiler
| April 21, 2026 12:00 AM

Senate Bill 243 is a clumsy and ineffective pretense to make housing more affordable, with potentially disastrous consequences for the future of Whitefish as we’ve come to know it.

The ability of communities to make decisions affecting their local infrastructure and sustaining the quality of life for their residents has been a bedrock of American government since the turn of the 20th century. It’s imbedded in the Montana Constitution for good reason. 

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