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Tester's attacks on veteran-run business are shameful
Bridger Aerospace started with four veterans in a barn in Montana. Our next mission became using battlefield techn…
To coordinate or not to coordinate
I am more than curious after reading recent letters to the editor articles in both the Valley Press and Ledger about the status of coordination in Sanders County. This process, as I understand it, had been approve…
We the People: the bigger picture
Many months ago I wrote an article about David Walker’s warnings about the fiscal direction of this country. Mr. Walker, the former Comptroller of the United States from 1998 until 2008, has been warning politicia…
Shocked by disrespect
On Saturday, Oct. 9 at 1 p.m., in the Mineral County Military Cemetery in Superior, Montana, I laid my father to rest. He was a WWII Veteran who was wounded on D-Day and also in the Battle of the Bulge. My father w…
Keeping in touch
In preparation for the upcoming legislative session, I have recently attended two meetings regarding health care challenges and the impacts the New Health Care Reform Laws are having on Montana. While the Patient …
Importance of coordination
In the Sanders County Ledger, one Doug Ferrell commented on Ron Olfert’s pro-coordination article. Mr. Ferrell’s long-winded comments about “coordination” missed the whole point of the process. Or he never attended…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: internet dating
In 1727, Helen Morrison, a lonely spinster in Manchester, England, placed the first lonely hearts personal, advertising for a husband in the local weekly newsp…
Words against CI-105
I’ll be voting against CI-105, the initiative proposing a constitutional amendment, and for what it’s worth, here’s why.
The power of one
Should one be so disruptive? Wolves, logging, mining, gun rights, all subject to the opinion of one, proclaiming he is not accountable to anyone.
Responsibilties to the people
This is to follow up Judy Wooley and Pat Legard’s letter from last week regarding the Sanders County Republican Central committee. The SCRCC is as irrelevant as is our U. S. congress. Congress has passed its respon…
Urge for research
As an independent voter, I have been involved in the current electoral process since April 2010 and would like to share my observations for what they are worth.
Share records
Billy Hill’s most recent campaign brochure states, “Billy has a proven record of accomplishment as a military noncommissioned officer, Korea and Vietnam...” Review of Billy Hill campaign material and interviews pub…
Doug Dryden for Sanders County Sheriff
When Doug Dryden was game warden in Mineral County, he had a reputation as a fair, dedicated, effective and tireless public servant. You’re lucky to have him in Sanders County and I hope you vote for him for sherif…
Elected officials shouldn't run us down
Recently, Republican state representatives Pat Ingraham and Gordon Hendrick and state senator Greg Hinkle met with Sanders County school administrators to talk about the school funding challenges facing the 2011 le…
Thoughts on wolves
I may not be a county attorney or a county commissioner, but I am a thinker. I think that the county attorney or commissioners have not given very much thought to the plan they are thinking about—declaring Mineral …
Airport Issue
A letter printed in the Mineral Independent on Sept. 15 requested documentation from the specific wording of the 2005 Mineral County Airport ground lease contract which would support the county’s termination of the…