Opinion
Editor, To the undecided and independents: you will decide the next make up of our state’s political leaders and national representatives. You are the ones that determine our collective voice. Please be responsible and use your voice through your ballot. A Montana impartial political historian has found that neither the Republican nor Democrat party can win a statewide election and implement their plans without your support. Locally, however that is not the case. The Republican power to control gerrymandering has canceled the idea of one-person one-vote much the same way the Electoral College does. Dividing our state into districts based on political ideology rat...
Editor, I am writing in support of Gerry Browning who is running for MT HD12. Browning’s experience in the medical field and as a business owner gives her a wide range of knowledge and experience to represent her constituents and the state of Montana. She believes in responsible government and...
Editor, My name is Tim Huls, and I am a recently retired dairy farmer in Ravalli County and past president of the Montana Dairy Association. I am writing to strongly encourage the voters in District 47 to send Daniel Solomon back to the Montana Senate. I got to know Dan when we both served in lea...
Editor, Every election cycle, we ask ourselves what it is that we need as a community and what are the qualities and qualifications we are looking for in those vying to represent us in Helena. We believe that Linda Reksten is the person we are looking for as she runs for House District 12 State Representa...
Robert Earl Staudenmayer, 34, of Bigfork, was sentenced at District Court in Polson on Sept. 17 to ten years in the Montana State Prison with no parole eligibility for bail jumping. Staudenmayer was convicted by a Lake County jury on a bail jumping charge and is still awaiting trial on theft and money lau...
Editor, Our mission should always be to preserve the nobility of America’s character: One Nation Under God. A place where anybody’s dream can come true. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were the fulfillment of 1,000 plus years of western ...
The work of the 2019 legislative session has come full circle on two bills vetted in the Senate State Administration Veterans’ Affairs Committee, which I chaired. One was SB 275 by Sen. Al Olszewski (R-Kalispell) and HB 524 by Rep. Marvin Weatherwax (D-Browning) that brought attention to needs for reco...
Editor, Vandalism strikes in Charlo. The campaign sign that we posted on our own property was vandalized this last week. The Bullock sign was smashed and partially torn off by a trespasser who apparently objects to Bullock and has no respect for our right to freedom of expression or for personal property....
Editor, I’m writing to encourage members of House District 12 to vote for Gerry Browning for our representative to the Montana legislature. Browning has an incredibly diverse background, working as a nurse in several settings before trading her nurse’s uniform for the uncertainty and ind...
Editor, When what’s left of our democracy falls completely apart, we can fault Steve Daines, along with many of his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate. They have been enablers, helping Donald Trump disparage the rule of law, stoking our country with hate and division, and spilling the blood of ou...
