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: Veterans still feeling effects of nation's rejection
“POW!” That’s the sound of a muffler blast from a past-its-prime late-model car. Suddenly, you’re face down on the sidewalk biting gritty cement, with one arm outstretched and the other bent firmly against your sid…
OPINION: Renewable energy not necessarily best for Montana
I suppose I’m not as educated as Greg Jergenson (Daily Inter Lake, Nov. 1) about the costs of electricity generated from different sources; after all, I didn’t spend my entire professional life in the Montana Senat…
OPINION: An engineer looks at wind, solar and climate change
Not sure about you, but I hear things on the news about climate change, using green energy and CO2. Also there seems to be a big push to get us into the green energy arena.
LETTER: Green box site hours questioned
Hours from 8 to 5 for new the Bigfork green box site?
LETTER: Why didn't imam take questions?
In October, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, promoter of the ground zero mosque, appeared in Missoula sponsored by The Montana World Affairs Council.
OPINION: A country on the verge of disaster
The 2016 elections will be the most important in the last 200 years. The uneducated, uninformed and self-indulgent voters have elected leaders who are incrementally stripping us of our rights and freedom.
LETTER: 911 'vote' unfair
I protest the passage of the establishment of the 911 call center ballot because of how the Flathead County commissioners want to usher it in.
LETTER: Traffic patterns and the big rigs
The new rail park sounds great for the downtown area. But there will be a big increase in traffic on Seventh Avenue East North and Whitefish Stage Road. I hope the planners have considered the increased big rig tra…
LETTER: Are you satisfied with direction of the country?
Dear lovers of this great nation of ours that was established to give liberty and justice for all, are you satisfied with the direction it is going? It seems that one political party’s main goal is to establish a o…
LETTER: Candidate offers congratulations to winner
On Tuesday evening I endured a rather spectacular shellacking at the polls and concede to the victor of the Ward 3 contest in Kalispell, incumbent councilor Kuntz, and offer him congratulations on securing a four-y…
LETTER: Inviting NRA to be part of the solution
Thanks to the Daily Inter Lake for printing the story on Oct. 12 from the Associated Press, written by Mike Stobbe, regarding gun violence researchers lacking in U.S.
LETTER: Bond for 911 service seems like last straw
Well, we are being hit with another “bond” to pay for. This one is for the 911 service, but it already exists on my latest tax bill. Now they want another 911 bond? What is going on here?
LETTER: Hey GOP, what about Putin?
After the last debate, I wonder:
LETTER: Construction too much for this resident!
Being a long time resident of the Haugen Heights Area of Whitefish, may I share some Insight as regards the sudden development of that area? The advent of 30-plus homes on adjoining land that touches my property me…
LETTER: 2nd thoughts about green box site in Bigfork
They’ve got to be kidding, right? After all the money and energy spent on the fancy, big facility designed to correct what the county saw as a problem with Bigfork’s green box site, the new one that opened for busi…