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.
GOP candidate supports change in 'doughnut'
I applaud our three commissioners for their support in the six-year legal battle for doughnut representation and property rights. They did the right thing and it’s paid off for thousands of doughnut residents.
Protect your dogs
As an animal lover, I have been dismayed during the recent hot weather to see a fair amount of dog owners leave their dogs inside locked cars in various parking lots with the windows slightly cracked for so called …
Diving dangerous
I was dismayed to see the front page picture recently of someone doing a backflip off the Holt Stage bridge. It portrays an extremely dangerous activity as attractive.
Ten Commandments park is a blight
My husband and I moved here about five years ago. He is retired, and while I am still working, I look forward to when we can spend most of our time together, outdoors, enjoying this beautiful valley.
Government officials or American royalty?
The last man to walk out of the White House without a retirement was Harry S. Truman. Eisenhower received the first retirement of $60,000 a year and his spread out at Gettysburg; his vice president received $30,000…
Is county getting moral government?
I have always been a civic-minded member of society. I have a great concern for a moral society. (I did NOT say “religious” society; I DID say “moral” society.) Please let me define my terms: concerning or relating…
What Republican voters want to see
I am 84 years old and have been a loyal supporter of the Republican party since I was first eligible to vote in 1952, when our party won with “Ike.”
Not a problem with Fox News, but with Fox followers
So, I will respond to Louis Wacker’s letter of July 27th about “Bashing Fox News.” I really don’t have a problem with Fox, since our Constitution affords us the right to free speech. My argument is that the “blind …
Whitefish should get its just deserts
In regard to a recent Daily Inter Lake editorial on the Montana Supreme Court’s Whitefish “doughnut” ruling, I was extremely amused by the following statement: “Understandably, city officials say they hope they wil…
Water meetings cannot be secret
On June 26, the compact commission laid out a proposed framework for reopening negotiations on the Flathead Water Compact. Their document indicated that the first negotiation session would be held during the first …
Administration fails transparency test
For the life of me, I simply can’t understand how any intelligent, rational voter can still support President Obama and his administration.
Don't be too hard on wolves
I wanted to write a letter concerning the hostility that so many here in Montana seem to display toward wolves. I find such an attitude somewhat distasteful.
States have role in border defense
The states have two articles in the Constitution they can use to protect our borders.
North Fork blocked by politics
My affiliation with the North Fork spans 35 years. As a North Fork landowner I’ve worked, hunted, fished, and cleared many miles of trails. For me, keeping the North Fork pristine is personal.
Dissatisfied with forest plan process
Compassionately, the Flathead National Forest Collaborative Management Planning sessions are over for a few months. I attended every one of them from their inception in September 2013 through the recess in late spr…