Letters to the Editor
Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.
OPINION: We aren’t mad enough about PFAS in Montana’s rivers
For many Montanans, rivers and lakes are more than scenic landscapes.
Rural Montana deserves a Montana voice in Congress
I was born and raised in Cut Bank where I learned that nothing gets done without hard work.
Billings report on Quist taxes called laughably wrong
As a lawyer who practices property-rights and real-estate law in Kalispell, I was shocked to read a Billings Gazette article that overtly implies wrongdoing by a Flathead County resident who actually did nothing wr…
Agriculture is key to Montana jobs
By Steve Daines
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This is a reply to Bill Hensleigh’s guest opinion “Can we now have a national debate about abortion?”
Post-mortem on 65th session
By Steve Bullock
Creative problem-solving needed in Glacier Park
So Glacier National Park is considering a “one car in, one car out” policy at venues on dead-end roads such as Bowman Lake due to overcrowded parking causing a “safety issue.” I wonder how often emergency vehicles …
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On May 8 a full-page ad stated SHAME ON YOU and listed the names of 10 elected officials. These officials legally followed procedures, and a valid vote determined the voting process for the congressional election.
Can we take a closer look at FDR? How about taxes?
I read with great interest Pat Williams’ recent guest opinion piece in the Daily Inter Lake. I was particularly interested in his recollection of a number of historical facts. My recollection of some of those histo…
Republican lawmakers say they delivered
As the 2017 legislative session has come to an end, we want to make sure that Montanans have a clear view of what’s happened the past few months in Helena. The mission of the Senate and House Republicans from Day O…
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What phobia is this?
Help us try to limit water-bottling plant
By Steven Harvey
Gianforte vs. Quist vs. Wicks
Relative to the House of Representatives race, the election pot is boiling, but, as usual, with way too much of the “emotional” ingredients that cloud the real…
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Last week the Republican-led Montana legislators defeated a badly needed infrastructure bill by holding it hostage and demanding Gov. Bullock capitulate on wom…
One view of how Whitefish conflict started
I am writing in response to your April 19 article entitled “Whitefish woman sues neo-Nazi for online assault.” The purpose of this missive is to factually correct some of the events as they have been described. I h…
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I have Gianforte fatigue. When the last election ended, I was greatly relieved to see the end of the incessant, negative, misleading Gianforte ads. He is back again, dragging out the Nancy Pelosi boogeyman and tryi…