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: We the People can restore United States
I am writing out of concern that America must be restored. It developed the strongest civilization in history but is approaching collapse from diversity, migrants and outsourcing. The methods keeping it strong have…
LETTER: Our county commissioners should be ashamed
Our county commissioners are wrong to reject resettlement of Syrian war refugees in our community. Far from providing moral and political leadership, they choose to echo the irrational fear and stinginess expressed…
LETTER: Zinke sounds like part of the political problem
In a recent op-ed by Rep. Ryan Zinke about the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, he opens with a tasteful tribute to the departed judge. Though I didn’t vote for Rep. Zinke, I thought how refres…
LETTER: About that anger, just who do you think is to blame?
Everywhere I turn these days, I am told how angry Americans are. Well, let us ask a few questions in trying to find wherein lies the blame for all of this hostility.
LETTER: What's worse? Medical marijuana or oxycodone?
I have recently been authorized to take medical marijuana. I have a neurological condition that has caused me agony for 40 years. This is a hereditary disease, which my mother had and my daughter currently has.
LETTER: Letting Lenio go is not justice
David Joseph Lenio threatened to kill schoolchildren and Jews on his Twitter postings. His stated reasons are his, but the reality as I understand it is that he made threats and started to prepare himself to carry …
LETTER: Help women with depression
The tragedy of the Bozeman Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ family greatly saddens me.
LETTER: Not happy with commissioners' letter on refugees
I read the article in the March 11 Daily Inter Lake reporting on the unanimous, cheering support for the commissioners’ letter banning all Syrian refugees to our Flathead Valley community.
LETTER: Churches should only get tax break on religious use
When does religion come in conflict with the business community and non-profit become a by-word for cheating?
LETTER: Governor didn't stop Arch Coal
I am afraid gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte doesn’t know what he is talking about. He recently accused Gov. Bullock and his administration of “refusing” to issue a permit to Arch Coal for the proposed Otter …
LETTER: Bottling plant is symptom of a larger issue
It has been quite an effort by the neighboring property owners to draw attention to the impacts of the bottling plant. While the effort is more than justified it might be for naught. As previously said unless there…
LETTER: Biased journalism?
Within the March 18 front page story about Mike Goguen’s money, “An ‘inspiring’ philanthropic commitment,” a text box referred readers to an opinion piece, “Remember all the good he does” on page A4.
LETTER: What would Jesus say?
I look around the valley and see many churches and signs supporting the Ten Commandments, and then I read the letter sent by the county commissioners announcing their opposition to bringing any refugees into our co…
LETTER: Crazy to gamble
In the March 17 story “Crosstown Craze is not too far away,” we find out that “Students can test their luck on rolling the dice in a casino...”
LETTER: Not farming but industrial use
For over 100 years people from the Southwest have coveted water from the Flathead Valley. Now, when glaciers are vanishing from high peaks across the Americas and summers on average are becoming hotter and dryer, a…