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.
Freya Courage Bucher
Freya Courage Bucher, daughter of Brandon and Nikki Bucher of Kalispell, was born Sept. 10 at North Valley Hospital.
Andrew James Ford
Andrew James Ford, son of Larry and Jamie Murdock of Kalispell, was born Sept. 8 at North Valley Hospital.
Gracyn Francine Pohlman
Gracyn Francine Pohlman, daughter of Jason and Lisa Pohlman, was born Sept. 10 at North Valley Hospital.
Daines, Tester both misleading public about logging
Sens. Daines and Tester are spreading misinformation in their bid to pump up logging of federal lands. They are doing industry’s bidding and they don’t seem to care if their rate of logging public forests violates …
Is it just greed?
In September 2013, I went to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in Kalispell to inquire about getting a water right to irrigate a small one-acre campsite (fire safety) on the Little Bitterroot Riv…
Are in-stream flow needs 'fishy'?
Sifting through all the wild claims made by our state water compact team, the one club they repeatedly beat us with is the “in-stream flow” rights of the tribes — on and off the reservation. The flows are intended …
Media blitz raises new questions
Yes, we know that the Salish/Kootenai tribes are promised $1.2 billion if the tribal water compact is approved, and Montana is committed to pony up another $55 million.
Medicaid expansion is way overdue
In Montana, we have been talking about Medicaid expansion for over two years. During this time, a powerful few in our legislature refuse to do anything except say no, and it is hurting our state.
Water compact is good for Montana
The Salish and Kootenai Water Compact under consideration by the Montana Legislature is a complex agreement that has taken years, and many changes and improvements to produce. The result is compact language that is…
Don't overlook the paradigm shift in oil and gas sector
I’m delighted that the Daily Inter Lake highlighted some of the local examples of new thinking and entrepreneurship that are part of the broader New American Energy Revolution that I spoke about at the recent econo…
Support access to raw milk in Montana
Please support HB 245. I love raw milk and so does my sensitive digestive tract, but I don’t have a large enough lot to keep a cow or goats. I must get my raw milk from local farmers, which is, of course, illegal i…
Comments about Obama and Islam worse than Obama's own comments
“You always become the thing you fight [hate] the most,” wrote Carl Jung, and the Feb. 8 Montana Perspectives apparently, perhaps inadvertently, set out to prove him right. The columns, opinions, and political cart…
State workers already have enough benefits
State workers are trying to get day care in order to take their minds off their kids.
What did you mean by 'prepared to do anything'...?
While I disagree with nearly the entirety of Frank Miele’s Feb. 8 “Editor’s 2 cents” column regarding Islamic terrorism (I do agree that there are Islamic terrorists), I want to address one specific comment with so…
Fair board, county ought to acknowledge women's role
I applaud Karen Enger for exposing the disregard with which she was met by the county when she applied to be a member of the Flathead County fair board.