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Letters to the Editor

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Updated 3 months ago

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…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
How to help local food bank

Dear Friends of the Food Bank:

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Remembering Kenny: A letter from the Marjerrison family

I don’t really know where to begin, I could write pages and pages on who he was, and I know I need to condense it into very few words.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Protecting our states against invasion is a key guarantee of Constitution

Article 4 Section 4, Constitution of the United States, says: “The United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government [meaning Congress], and protect each of them against inva…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
County show patience about barking dogs

I had the opportunity (as did you) to attend the May 9 Sanders County commissioner’s meeting on ordinance # 2019-01: an ordinance to control barking dogs within Sanders County and to establish procedures for enforc…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Effort to Put Montana First

The legislative session is now officially over. We finished last Thursday so now the results get discussed, assessed and scrutinized. Many of the results can not be “fairly” evaluated for days, months, or even year…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Superior High students visit the state Capitol with their class

This week I had some welcome guests. Mr. Bishop and former Rep. Gordon Hendrick spent a day at the Capitol with the Superior High School government class.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Cranking up and winding down at the 2019 Legislature

We had Day 71 last Friday. From that day forward, we have 19 days left of the regular session to finish business. The final outcome of many bills is still very…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
County jail would be costly to close

I am writing this letter as a concerned resident and (future) taxpayer of Mineral County. There is a good possibility that our local jail may close permanently unless some solutions to long-term problems can be fou…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Legislative Report

We still have a few house bills that will be worked across to the Senate soon. The committee meetings have been going late to take care of business. There will still be a few bills dropped in the house hopper befor…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
One reason we fight sewer north of track

We, the people of Thompson Falls, Mont., did not ask for, nor were we afforded the right to vote for or against, “sewering” the town north of the BNSF-MRL line.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Please pledge your support for E.L. Johnson Memorial Pool

Friends and neighbors:

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Report from week three: Bills are starting to work their way through

This week saw the hustle and bustle the Legislature is known for. The bills are now coming out of committees and on to the floor in greater numbers. The Senate…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
A letter from your local legislator

Greetings to all. Just a short note to again say what a privileged it is to once again serve you in Helena and let you know what went on this first week of the 66th Montana Legislative Session. On the 7th of Januar…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Where does the authority of civil government come from?

What is the source of authority for civil government, and what are its duties?

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Return to simple majority rules in House

Too often we see the results of gridlock and partisan shenanigans in Washington D.C. Efforts are focused solely on beating the other side, and not on representing the people in passing budgets and good policy. Powe…