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.
OPINION: Tester, Daines, Zinke taking down state
The constitutional republic is founded upon a balance of power between the federal government and the collective 50 states, but our governmental system has gone upside down. We now have a behemoth federal governmen…
LETTERS: Thursday, August 18, 2016
LETTERS: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
LETTER: Rising costs of Whitefish city hall raise doubts
Well, I read in the paper that here we go again with needing more money for “unexpected” construction costs for the new Whitefish city hall. Really? I have to think that all the extras are from a plan to allow it t…
LETTER: Cyclists must be respectful of drivers, too
At this time of year especially I have noticed more and more runners, walkers, four-wheelers, golf carts and bicycle riders on our highways and two lane roads.
LETTER: Holding on to the last best place
How many times have you and I heard that phrase: Montana, the last best place. I moved here to Montana about 10 years ago to escape the hassle that is the entire state of California.
LETTER: Meagher County
We, the county commissioners of Lincoln County, were delighted to learn that John Shanahan will become the new president and CEO of Tintina Resources and will be back in Montana to move the development of the Black…
LETTER: End of an era for Flathead Bank
In 1971, an entrepreneurial independent banker from Wolf Point, Montana, A.R. Appelgren, organized a group of Bigfork residents and raised the required capital to establish the Flathead Bank of Bigfork. The bank ha…
LETTER: It's time to preserve water worldwide
Read “To the Last Drop” in the August National Geographic. If you don’t have a copy, go to the library.
LETTER: Remember all who allowed bottling plant
I attended the meeting held at Creston School concerning the proposed water-bottling plant. The Inter Lake reported on this meeting, counting more than 300 people present. We were there to protest the establishment…
LETTER: America needs to go forward with Clinton
Part of my personal therapy is writing letters to the editor. I thoroughly enjoy writing. While walking the high school track the other day these thoughts came to me. One thing I have learned in life is that life i…
LETTER: Take the long view of effects of bottling plant
The Creston bottling plant proposes to ship 231 million gallons of water out of Montana. Using — or exploiting — a precious state resource such as this sets an important precedent. How and under what circumstances …
EDITORIAL: Park's dark skies a vital resource
We dare say there are few things as spectacular as gazing upward at a sky full of stars shining brightly against the night sky. We’re fortunate to live in an area where the splendor of the night sky still exists, g…
LETTER: Montana can't afford refugees
Well, another out-of-state liberal is again at the forefront of trying to bring refugees into Montana. Just thinking of the logistics involved in bringing people from a Third World country to Missoula is mind-boggl…
LETTER: Will Flathead learn same lesson as Owens Valley, California?
Much of the “discussion” surrounding the proposed Montana Artesian Water Company has been characterized by valley residents’ challenges to the proposal’s approval and DNRC’s response that these challenges are witho…