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Support for Quist

May 16, 2017 by Guest Post

For eighteen months now in an effort to buy an office, any office, Greg Gianforte and his monied friends in DC have flooded our airwaves and mailboxes with a barrage […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Focus is on moving state forward

May 11, 2017 by Guest Post

By Montana Governor Steve Bullock   Montana currently has one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, with historic low unemployment and new businesses being created at record speed. […]

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Outraged

May 11, 2017 by Guest Post

I am outraged. How is it that law enforcement can yell at and bully me, and I cannot yell at and bully them? How is it that the court bureaucrats […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Cell tower doesn’t belong in cemetery

May 11, 2017 by Guest Post

This Mother’s Day and Memorial Day, many in and around Hamilton will head across the Bitterroot River to the Riverview Cemetery and pay their respects to their loved ones. This […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Doesn’t represent Montana values

May 9, 2017 by Guest Post

Gianforte has spent $4.6 million not counting the millions spent by the NRA and the National Republican Party to Quist’s $1.42 million spent to date in this election. Gianforte is […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Support for Quist

May 9, 2017 by Guest Post

The race for Montana’s congressional seat is sometimes framed dismissively as a contest between a “business person” and a “musician,” as though it was obvious which was better prepared. Government, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Who can we trust?

May 9, 2017 by Guest Post

In Gianforte and Quist, we see diametrically opposed viewpoints, yet both declare they’ll protect Montanans’ interests in Washington. I generally ignore the candidates’ personal lives, preferring to stick to issues, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Support for Gianforte

April 26, 2017 by Guest Post

I write in support of Greg Gianforte for Congress. I think he is the best qualified candidate. We need competent representatives. He has travelled many miles on the road listening […]

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Support for Quist

April 26, 2017 by Guest Post

It’s refreshing to see someone that wants to represent the people of Montana and not just “Montana” and out of state interests. He will work for all Montanans. He doesn’t […]

Filed Under: Opinion

A most perfect solution

April 26, 2017 by Guest Post

  Human nature is closing in on some certain doings of Mr. Frump and associates in 2016. Closing in like four teeth of a huge vise chuck grip. Squeezing in. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Clean up your own mess

April 26, 2017 by Guest Post

To the careless and disrespectful persons who left a campfire burning and too much trash at the site above the Gold Creek Campground on Burnt Fork Road on April 16th […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Courageous Quist

April 26, 2017 by Guest Post

Respectfully. The biggest issue of the Montana special election is the Montana mail-in ballot. Risking defeat by doing the right thing is the very definition of courageous. And in this […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Leadership

April 26, 2017 by Guest Post

This newspaper is very generous in publishing virtually all the opinion letters it receives, but I question the policy of sometimes changing the titles submitted by the letter writers. Especially […]

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Size matters: bigger is better for wilderness

April 18, 2017 by Guest Post

By Howie Wolke, Livingston When it comes to wilderness, bigger is better. From a human perspective, it is difficult to experience wilderness values such as awe, oneness with nature, solitude […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Re: Three Mile Community/Senior Center

April 18, 2017 by Guest Post

To the Three Mile (Lone Rock) Community, We are actively trying to raise funds to build our community building at the Ambrose Park without adding additional taxes to our already […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Knowledge required for sound investing

April 18, 2017 by Guest Post

Who do you seek for advice when you have money to invest? Do you call up the local farmer, a teacher and a couple of lawyers? Most people use professionals […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Happy with Trump

April 18, 2017 by Guest Post

The electoral vote serves the same purpose today as it did when our forefathers designed it. They had the wisdom to see that the sparse population spreading across vast territory […]

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Crying foul

April 18, 2017 by Guest Post

We all know a ton of dark money is trying to buy Zinke’s seat for Gianforte, but consider this: unless every penny of the costs associated with Trump Jr. and […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Sanctuary cities a foolish notion

April 18, 2017 by Guest Post

America has never been a nation of immigrants. America has been a nation of assimilated immigrants. America is unique in world history for its melting-pot characteristic. An astonishing mix of […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Support for Quist

April 18, 2017 by Guest Post

If you are a small Montana business owner, have you ever paid to interview a potential job applicant? And even more bizarre during the interview the applicant’s acquaintance rather than […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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