Letters to the Editor
Editor, I wish I was smarter than I am but since I keep being ineffective at initiating change maybe I should become a politician. For years we keep re-electing the same Lake County Commissioners despite the fact they have told us they don’t have a jail solution problem. They voice the same yearly concerns and issues for our county. They seemed surprised when the dam changed hands and income dwindled. We continue to dangerously share the road with DUI repeat offenders for lack of a better solution. Here, change seems viewed as a swear word. The last time Mr. Decker ran for re-election he was saying he would pull tribal lands out of their protective status and get us ta...
Editor, Prior to adopting an anti-vaxx attitude in 1974, I personally ‘respected’ the vaccine concept. What did I know as a child? Being routinely jabbed by the insistence of the public schools was commonplace acceptance. The current maniacal tyrannical bullying of getting jabbed with an irrat...
Editor, Around lunchtime on Saturday, Jan. 29, I decided to take 7 kids (all under 11 years old) sledding at Riverside Park in Polson. What would be better on a nice winter day? While I stood by a tree, someone from 110 or 114 4th Ave West apartments shot me in the leg with a bb gun. I knew it was a bb an...
Editor, Since the last feral cat article, I have learned there are four in-city Polson feral colonies. I maintain only one I call “the magic 30.” I can only hope kind people are feeding these cold and starving animals. My magic 30 are as diet-spoiled as any house cat – and they deserve i...
Editor, To those independent voters out there - in spite of the effect any of these letters have on our area politics and leadership, it is you who put people into office. This is what we are told by historical journalists who don’t have a side other than finding out why something occurs. No poli...
Editor, A Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) report in 2020 determined that 35% of our river miles and 22% of our lake acres are impaired by harmful levels of nutrients. The fact is, these figures do not even include waters being polluted by industrial waste from coal fired power plant oper...
Editor, Polls showed that the Freedom to Vote Act was favored by the majority of Americans. Yet Senator Steve Daines voted against it. Last week he sent emails about his vote against it saying it was a federal takeover. While we don’t necessarily agree with every provision in the voting rights...
Editor, I want to thank Ronan businesses and the Ronan Chamber of Commerce for putting together the Parade of Lights Raffle. I won first prize and it was very generous. I am so proud to be part of this community. Thank you so very much. Sincerely, Wanda Turner Ronan
Editor, On returning home to Polson, as I approached the Polson Hill on Hwy 93, I saw a disturbing red, white and blue billboard on the west side of the highway which stated “Forced Vaccines? My Body, My Choice. No Fear...Vax Off!” Is this any way to welcome everyone to our community of &ldquo...
Editor, There is a lot of talk about “Saving our Democracy.” My son told me about an especially significant article in Atlantic Magazine by Burton Gellman, a journalist and bestselling author. The article’s opening: “Trump’s next coup has already begun. January 6 was p...
