Letters to the Editor
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A bridge in Bigfork is just as important as Baltimore
For hours after the tragic accident that took down a bridge over the Pabsco River in Baltimore, our nation sat tog…
Colstrip bill sets perilous precedent
As former and current Montana Public Service Commissioners, we represented Montanans across this great state in balancing the needs of utilities with the needs of consumers. We took our oath of office seriously and…
Letters to the editor April 14
First, I applaud ImagineIF libraries for celebrating diversity and for their wish to include everybody, and the Daily Inter Lake for their balanced article about the library’s storytime policy. Second, reading the …
Forest plan a victory for conservationists
The U.S. Forest Service recently completed a new management plan for the Flathead National Forest that will guide decisions on the Forest for the next 20 to 30 years more. The plan addresses a dizzying array of man…
Letters to the editor April 11
After reading the editorial by Ms. Stockham (April 4) and the response of the ImagineIF library, I’m saddened, though not surprised, that Flathead County has sunk to such a low level.
Scope of rural broadband gap
Policymakers at the state and federal level have been working for years to improve access to broadband-quality across the country. It’s a difficult problem, especially in states with predominately rural populations…
Letters to the editor April 8
A chance to secure our energy future
The Montana Energy Security Act of 2019, Senate Bill 331, gives Montana an opportunity to manage our own energy future, while also securing the future of a part of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant and the future…
Letters to the editor April 7
I wanted to thank the Daily Inter Lake for publishing the letter on April 4 about the library storytime and allowing ImagineIF to respond with their policy on selecting books.
The return of Montana's copper collar
Mark Twain is credited with saying, “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” And so it is with SB 331, which is winding its way through the Legislature. This bill authorizes NorthWestern Energy to buy…
Medicaid expansion is a move toward tyranny
When the awesome power of the state is used to do something good for one group of people, it must first do wrong to a different group. Medicaid expansion, however, is an equal-opportunity offender, committing a ter…
Preschool is about our state's future, not the political fight of the day
Last summer, I met a woman in Lewistown who told me she made too much money to qualify for Head Start but couldn’t afford to have her son in the kind of quality program that would give him a great start. I met pare…
Letters to the editor April 4
The highest of kudos and thanks for the Homeschool Theater Club production of “Elsa and Anna” and their adaptation of “Frozen” March 29 and 30 at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. Wowza, the marvelously high ca…
Letters to the editor April 1
I am appalled and deeply disappointed to learn of the vote against this attempt to provide life-giving care to survivors of abortion. If one were to consider the reality of a newborn left to die — regardless how “c…
If Daines truly supports public lands he'll vote against Bernhardt
Most Montanans caught the news that Congress passed the most significant public lands package in years: Permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Yellowstone Protection Act.
Medicaid expansion a gold mine for hospital bureaucracy
Medicaid was established in the 1960s for impoverished American citizens including the disabled, blind and mentally ill — our most vulnerable citizens (people in the country illegally were not included!) With its o…