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.
The Park Service centennial, and the upside of crowds
Blame Forest Service for fire
If the Forest Service had auctioned off (not tried to sell to low-ball bidder, or tied it up in litigation, i.e., stymied sale by “abuse of the legal system” by environmental groups and the EPA itself) the 700 acre…
Tester, Daines, Zinke taking down state
By Elaine Willman
OPINION: Does America really have two political parties?
The Republican and Democratic parties say their political philosophies are different. But are they? This was true for the most part up to the 1930s.
OPINION: Time for Zinke to withdraw endorsement of Trump
Mr. Zinke, in our family safe rests a weathered, leather-bound pocket Bible, copyright 1836. A forefather of my wife picked this Bible up from a North Carolina battlefield and carried it for the remainder of the Ci…
OPINION: City needs to press for real solutions to hospital growth
I live on Sunnyview Lane, one house back from the corner of Sunnyview and Glacier View Drive. The hospital’s growth has had direct negative impact on me and I expect the glass front of the new hospital addition to …
OPINION: Where is America really going as a nation?
As somebody who has been on this planet for almost 77 years, I have never seen in my lifetime the chaotic mess that we have today in our political system.
OPINION: Why candidate is turning over salary to scholarships
It’s been less than a year since I first announced a potential run for governor of the great state of Montana. Since that time, I’ve driven over 46,000 miles across the state, meeting with Montanans in cafes from E…
LETTERS: Friday, August 19, 2016
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.