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.
LETTER: Compact required only a majority vote
In reply to letter by Jerry Laskody (DIL 7/28/2016):
OPINION: Gianforte, not Bullock, has Montanan values
Oftentimes the first casualty in politics is the truth. Currently, the Democrats are using out-of-state dark money to bastardize the truth relating to Greg Gianforte and stream access issues. In reality, Gianforte’…
LETTER: Protect valuable water resources
The Flathead Valley is encircled by mountain ranges. As residents, we are both acutely aware of these mountains and what they mean: recreation, jobs, beauty; but they can also be easy to ignore as they stand there,…
LETTER: Banning guns is not the solution
Steve Wheat, in a letter to the editor, says there is no record of an armed citizen stopping a shooting.
LETTER: Water really belongs to all of us
In the Sunday letters to the editor, there again were a couple about the proposed bottling plant.
OPINION: Support transfer of bison range to tribes
One of the core principles of Montana Conservation Voters is the protection of our public lands as well as access to those public lands. At the state and federal level, MCV has vehemently opposed efforts to transfe…
OPINION: Bullock's public lands agenda gets thumbs-up from wilderness group
Last month, two anti-public lands bills came up for vote in the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington, D.C.
OPINION: For youngsters, cellphones are not harmless
I recently purchased a cat toy that was basically a stick with a string attached to a toy mouse. On the packaging were a series of warnings instructing me how to use the toy so that my cat wouldn’t be harmed. This …
LETTER: Look for better days with Donald Trump
The U.S. has got the finest forest service in the world — best trained in the science of timber management, soil and water disease, insects, etc. These are dedicated people.
LETTER: Governor blocks efforts to help infrastructure
There has been a lot of talk about infrastructure since the last Montana legislative session.
OPINION: Fault the speechwriter, not speaker
If I am interpreting the Inter Lake’s July 22 editorial correctly, Melania Trump’s plagiarism from Michelle Obama is a mortal sin. She took such unique Michelle Obama thoughts as, “you work hard for what you want i…
LETTER: Keep up the good work, readers say
I am an 86-year-old resident of a care home, and another resident, age 83, and I look forward every Sunday to Frank Miele’s column “Editor’s 2 Cents,” which is well-written and informative.
LETTER: A real leader would accept climate change
Recently Sen. Daines claimed two power plants in Colstrip will be shut down, blaming it on “fringe extreme environmentalist groups” etc.
LETTER: Water compact vote unconstitutional
In April 2015, the Flathead Joint Board of Control filed a complaint in Montana’s 20th Judicial District disputing the legality of the Montana Legislature’s vote passing SB262, the CSKT Water Compact Bill.
LETTER: Retaliation spawns continuing troubles
“As you sow, so shall you reap.”