Letters to the Editor
Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.
Flathead Lake stewardship is a generational responsibility
It’s no accident that Flathead Lake is world class for clarity and water quality. It has been protected over time …
OPINION: What (or who) is holding down wages?
It appears that one of the major issues in the upcoming campaign for governor will be how to get high paying jobs for Montanans.
OPINION: Why I intervened in Kerr Dam license transfer
Many misconceptions about the interventions in the sale of Kerr Dam during the last year have been in the media. My interventions were not on the sale of Kerr Dam. I intervened in the license transfer proceedings t…
LETTER: Corporate elites declared war on America in '70s
Our conversations have changed in the last 40 years. There was a time of decency. Why has that disappeared? Honest discourse has been replaced by partisan ideology. Critical thinking is no longer sought to ascertai…
LETTER: America needs to wake up and elect leaders who will follow God
Can’t believe the attack on Glen Hook, of Kalispell, by Mark Suppelsa in his letter “Claims about Obama called lies.” What a joke! The problem we have with Mr. Obama is not what he is or what he says he is at the m…
LETTER: Was Obama's statement of faith more than a slip of tongue?
I am writing in response to Mark Suppelso’s letter to the editor in the Jan. 1 Daily Inter Lake, where he called Glen Hook a liar for saying President Obama was a Muslim.
OPINION: About that moose decline... What about wolves?
With all due respect, I found Sam Wilson’s article in the Jan. 4 issue (“Researchers track moose decline”) to be very vague, with few scientific facts and little research, data, or relevant information.
LETTER: Sizing up Gianforte's taxes
The probable Republican candidate for Montana governor, Greg Gianforte, published his taxes in an effort to be transparent. I commend him for that.
LETTER: Judge's sentence decision lauded
Let’s hear it for Judge Robert Allison for NOT believing in third, fourth, and subsequent chances, as so many other judges out there do, and for Prosecutor Travis Ahner for reminding the judge and standing up and b…
LETTER: Likes Obama's quiet strength
We are getting over and over again on our media from many and various sources this comment: “President Obama is simply weak on foreign policy. He does not show strength. Others walk all over him. He is not strong. …
LETTER: A tale from the dark side of VA
In reference to Bill Miles’ Jan. 1 letter, I am glad he has had good experience with the VA health-care system. However, my friend Danny, who served on a destroyer in WWII, wasn’t so fortunate.
LETTER: Monday profile about AuClaire was 'spot on'
The Daily Inter Lake paper is not usually among my favorite reads on Monday morning. This is not because of the people who produce the product. In my humble opinion they are among the best in the business. It is be…
The true cost of Medicaid expansion?
Taxpayers, gird your loins! Your burdens jumped on Jan. 1, the first day of Medicaid eligibility for a new population — childless adults who aren’t disabled and whose incomes are between 100 and 133 percent of the …
'Executive action' or lawless move?
“If the legislature doesn’t enact gun control because of our recent tragedies I will confer with my attorney general, Loretta Lynch, and then impose executive action... I get too many letters from teachers and kids…
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OPINION: What to do with the lieutenant governor?
If it’s broke, let’s fix it. That’s what Montanans need to do with our dysfunctional office of lieutenant governor.