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: City airport vital to young pilots
Two years ago when I was 14, I went to the Kalispell City Airport and took a ride in a Travelair, an old seven-seat airliner from the 1920s. It was an event sponsored by the local Experimental Aircraft Association.…
LETTER: Thanks for help with Arts in Park
The Hockaday Museum of Art held its 48th “Arts in the Park” over the weekend of July 15-17. Nearly 100 artists exhibited their creations for sale. The weather was nearly perfect, with only a little rain, and the fo…
LETTER: Double standard?
Response to Susan Cahill letter of June 9 titled “Christian values and a ‘misleading’ letter.”
LETTER: Still time to impeach Obama
It’s time to bring articles of impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama for high crimes and misdemeanors.
OPINION: An opportunity to revitalize Kalispell City Airport
An old cowhand once lamented to me, “The trouble with opportunity is its name is wrote on its butt.” Sigh — so true.
OPINION: Still time to impeach Obama
It’s time to bring articles of impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama for high crimes and misdemeanors.
OPINION: Montana stream-access law is settled
Like other Montanans, I enjoy recreating on streams and public lands with my family. The abundance of recreational, hunting, and outdoor opportunities is part of what makes Montana the last best place.
LETTER: A master in political game
Sen. Tester’s guest opinion in the July 10 Daily Inter Lake is another masterpiece.
LETTER: Have the effects of wind power been studied enough?
One of my former physics professors told me “you don’t get nothing for nothing.” He was explaining that when we transform energy from one form to another, there is always something given up. An example might be tha…
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…