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.
Ten Commandments park is a blight
My husband and I moved here about five years ago. He is retired, and while I am still working, I look forward to when we can spend most of our time together, outdoors, enjoying this beautiful valley.
Government officials or American royalty?
The last man to walk out of the White House without a retirement was Harry S. Truman. Eisenhower received the first retirement of $60,000 a year and his spread out at Gettysburg; his vice president received $30,000…
Is county getting moral government?
I have always been a civic-minded member of society. I have a great concern for a moral society. (I did NOT say “religious” society; I DID say “moral” society.) Please let me define my terms: concerning or relating…
What Republican voters want to see
I am 84 years old and have been a loyal supporter of the Republican party since I was first eligible to vote in 1952, when our party won with “Ike.”
Not a problem with Fox News, but with Fox followers
So, I will respond to Louis Wacker’s letter of July 27th about “Bashing Fox News.” I really don’t have a problem with Fox, since our Constitution affords us the right to free speech. My argument is that the “blind …
Whitefish should get its just deserts
In regard to a recent Daily Inter Lake editorial on the Montana Supreme Court’s Whitefish “doughnut” ruling, I was extremely amused by the following statement: “Understandably, city officials say they hope they wil…
Water meetings cannot be secret
On June 26, the compact commission laid out a proposed framework for reopening negotiations on the Flathead Water Compact. Their document indicated that the first negotiation session would be held during the first …
Administration fails transparency test
For the life of me, I simply can’t understand how any intelligent, rational voter can still support President Obama and his administration.
Don't be too hard on wolves
I wanted to write a letter concerning the hostility that so many here in Montana seem to display toward wolves. I find such an attitude somewhat distasteful.
States have role in border defense
The states have two articles in the Constitution they can use to protect our borders.
North Fork blocked by politics
My affiliation with the North Fork spans 35 years. As a North Fork landowner I’ve worked, hunted, fished, and cleared many miles of trails. For me, keeping the North Fork pristine is personal.
Dissatisfied with forest plan process
Compassionately, the Flathead National Forest Collaborative Management Planning sessions are over for a few months. I attended every one of them from their inception in September 2013 through the recess in late spr…
Military has lost confidence in the president
On June 3, for the National Review Online, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, U.S. Army, retired, wrote an article entitled, “Why Team Obama was blindsided by the Bergdahl backlash.”
Pipeline should go to MT refineries
I think that we have heard enough about the hazards of transporting the Bakken crude by rail and by truck. In my opinion, the solution to the problem: The XL pipeline. Why would it have to go all the way to Texas a…
Last Best Place?
I am writing this because I am concerned about the trash that is accumulating on the valley floor. Don’t people in this valley have any pride in how our surroundings look?