Archives for March 2013

  Animal Protection and Control is once again in the headlines since the Commissioners are proposing another dog ordinance. There have been several misstatements and misconceptions I would like to […]

  This letter is especially for the Grantsdale students, faculty and parents. Growing up in rural Nebraska, I attended a two-room school with a total of 32 students. We were […]

  I want to thank Jerry Haslip for his predictable responses to my letters regarding economic policies. I was especially encouraged that Jerry disputed very little. When he did, he […]

  Ideology trumps facts in Commissioner Suzy Foss’ letter to the editor regarding the Forest Service application for in-stream water rights. Facts: The State controls water in Montana. The State […]

According to an ad and article in a local newspaper, there is a new way to make a sport more attractive so it will have a greater attendance. I hope […]

  Every Montanan knows the experience of opening the utility bill and wondering how the rates were decided. Paying those bills is a challenge for many Montana families. To insure […]

  I’d like to thank Commissioner Foss for coming up with a label I can finally live with. After decades of living and working in Montana, Idaho and Washington, working […]

  The grain bin has been raided. The previous governor was fond of saying how good a job Montana did budgeting its money and always making sure we had grain […]

  One of our own, Donald Morton of Victor, has reinvigorated a subdivision application that was first filed in 2006. The application for Legacy Ranch covers 395 acres between Stevensville […]

  By Evan D. Barrett, Director of Business & Community Outreach, Highlands College of Montana Tech Political anniversaries – it’s been 50 years since the March on Washington and Martin […]