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.
OPINION: Bullock's public lands agenda gets thumbs-up from wilderness group
Last month, two anti-public lands bills came up for vote in the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington, D.C.
OPINION: For youngsters, cellphones are not harmless
I recently purchased a cat toy that was basically a stick with a string attached to a toy mouse. On the packaging were a series of warnings instructing me how to use the toy so that my cat wouldn’t be harmed. This …
LETTER: Look for better days with Donald Trump
The U.S. has got the finest forest service in the world — best trained in the science of timber management, soil and water disease, insects, etc. These are dedicated people.
LETTER: Governor blocks efforts to help infrastructure
There has been a lot of talk about infrastructure since the last Montana legislative session.
OPINION: Fault the speechwriter, not speaker
If I am interpreting the Inter Lake’s July 22 editorial correctly, Melania Trump’s plagiarism from Michelle Obama is a mortal sin. She took such unique Michelle Obama thoughts as, “you work hard for what you want i…
LETTER: Keep up the good work, readers say
I am an 86-year-old resident of a care home, and another resident, age 83, and I look forward every Sunday to Frank Miele’s column “Editor’s 2 Cents,” which is well-written and informative.
LETTER: A real leader would accept climate change
Recently Sen. Daines claimed two power plants in Colstrip will be shut down, blaming it on “fringe extreme environmentalist groups” etc.
LETTER: Water compact vote unconstitutional
In April 2015, the Flathead Joint Board of Control filed a complaint in Montana’s 20th Judicial District disputing the legality of the Montana Legislature’s vote passing SB262, the CSKT Water Compact Bill.
LETTER: Retaliation spawns continuing troubles
“As you sow, so shall you reap.”
LETTER: There are some benefits from bottling plant
I’ve never written a letter to editor before, but needed to voice a positive opinion on the Creston bottling plant.
LETTER: Any water bottling plant is a very bad idea
Back to the Creston Water Bottling Plant again. If you have been paying attention you know by now that the water-bottling plant in Creston has applied for a permit to bottle 1.2 BILLION bottles per year.
LETTER: Stand firmly behind our officers in blue
Hey, all you decent citizens of America. We better stand firmly behind our men in blue. We should never send one to jail or jury duty, not guilty every time. In this violent society that we are subject to on a dail…
LETTER: Believe in God to find answer to world's woes
So, one must mumble with gritted teeth the inevitable question in this unique election year....Whom between two unsettling characters do I trust to lead a nation sharply divided from within and threatened from with…
LETTER: 'La Mancha' is must-see theater event
Alpine Theatre Project’s “Man of La Mancha,” starring Susan O’Dea and Metropolitan Opera Principal Baritone Jeff Mattsey, is easily the best theatrical production we have seen since moving to the Flathead in 1979. …
OPINION: Is the system working against grizzly bears?
When I first arrived in Badrock Canyon, Montana, near Glacier National Park and the Great Bear Wilderness 15 years ago, after moving here from taking early retirement from an aerospace engineering career in Denver,…