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: EPA has some 'splaining to do
I find the duplicity of the government over the recent EPA blunder in Colorado astounding. Environmental Protection Agency officials accidentally dislodged 1 MILLION to 3 MILLION gallons of toxic orange-colored slu…
LETTER: Environmental movement is divided house
I am dismayed at what I read in the newspapers about many pseudo-environmental organizations abandoning their roots and joining forces with politicians, logging interests, and snowmobilers in efforts to defeat the …
OPINION: Don't let yourself be led astray from your values by fear and rhetoric
That all humans are created equal. Equal justice under law. Together these two principles are the foundation and heart of government by the people and for the people.
OPINION: Respect the traditional value of the Badger-Two Med
As former superintendents of Glacier National Park, we have long recognized that decisions made within Glacier’s boundaries affect our neighbors throughout the Crown of the Continent, and vice versa. Two of Glacier…
LETTER: Show up to restrict casinos in Kalispell
Now is the time to show your support for restricting casinos. As a result of the opposition that a small action group was able to muster to the Town Pump project with casino currently being built next to Eisinger’s…
OPINION: Jackson can teach Whitefish a lesson
As I read the Daily Inter Lake article about the employee housing problem in Whitefish, I flashed back to my years in Jackson, Wyo., where the exact same condition existed.
OPINION: Socialism, not corporations, would be death of America
Mr. Straka’s article on Sept. 6, “Money and politics shouldn’t mix,” insinuates corporations are evil, pay slave wages, are responsible for broadening poverty, and enrich themselves at the expense of the common fam…
LETTER: Drugs just make you stupid
When it comes to stupidity, I think the use and over-use of heroin, meth, cocaine and other illegal substances on any basis makes you just flat stupid.
LETTER: Call it a human life and then see how you feel
This is in reference to Susan Cahill’s letter.
LETTER: Whitefish mayor urges: Shop local
In the coming months, the city of Whitefish will embark on a campaign to encourage local spending and bolster support for our shops, restaurants and lodging establishments in Whitefish.
LETTER: Why 'common sense,' politics don't mix
The reason why “common sense gun control” can’t work is because of the nature of political correctness.
LETTER: Reader can't believe bypass was built so inadequately
Re: your editorial of last month, “Bypass at last. Can you believe it?”:
LETTER: Neighbor responds to story about Polebridge park
This is written in response to the front page article written by Samuel Wilson in the Sept. 24 Inter Lake. After reading this article I felt the need to tell the other side of the story.
OPINION: Very conservative evangelicals bad for GOP?
Former Kalispell Mayor Tammi Fisher and Montana House Majority Leader Keith Regier (Daily Inter Lake letters, Sept. 10 and 13) have ignited a battle over conservative ideology. Their battle is part of the ideologic…
OPINION: Candidate says he won't accept the status quo
I was a brand new Navy ensign reporting to my ship off the coast of Italy. My first job was to lead a division of boatswain mates who were responsible for maintaining the topside equipment on the aircraft carrier: …