Voices

Dave Stalling writes, "Delisting should be based on science, not on politics driven by a disdain for predators."

Jim Elliott writes, "What keeps intruding on my thoughts are several people in power who have nothing to contribute to this great nation but their own egos, and those not in a good way."

Sen. Jon Tester writes, "The Biden Administration and folks in Washington who don’t understand our Montana values decided to block funding for these important gun safety programs. Let me be clear: I think that’s a poor decision that will hurt thousands of students who benefit from these resources every year."

Mike Garrity writes, "Biden’s climate pledges are meaningless unless his Forest Service ceases its ever-increasing and illegal logging."

Vincent Vaccaro writes, "They stay cleaning glass, oil and debris off the road, keeping us all safe. They clear vehicles off the roads so we can drive on them without danger. Many times, they’re doing this work alone with no extra protection."

Jim Nelson writes, "What passes for governance is no longer of the people, by the people, and for the people, but, rather, of the party, by the party, and for the party—indeed, worse: of the extremists, by the extremists, and for the extremists."

City Council member Gwen Jones writes, "We put more than a year of work into listening sessions and other forms of collaboration with contractors, labor unions, and other stakeholders, and it’s gratifying to see the community benefit as the resolution achieves the intended result."

Bert Linder writes, "While I value the role Missoula’s mayors have played in maintaining support for our open spaces, I’m an even bigger fan of the city employees who spend their days managing our open space lands for Missoula’s residents now and centuries into the future."

Richard Manning writes, "At the very least, the lands’ management needs to be forcibly amputated from the parks department and entrusted to a separate, stand-alone entity run by restoration ecologists."

David James writes "Republican loyalty is to a twice impeached, four-time accused felon, accused of business fraud in New York, illegally keeping classified documents in Florida, election interference in Georgia, and organizing the overthrow of a federal election in Washington DC."