Voices

Bill Lombardi writes, "The Forest Service quickly lost the trust of the public because of an obscure and confusing public scoping process and a failure to be totally transparent when this project was initially hatched."

Frank and Maggie Allen write, "Tom France recognizes the huge need for affordable housing. He believes he has “core obligations” to be “frugal with tax money” and to “strengthen Montana’s public education system.”

Marty Essen writes, "My books, which support human rights and the environment, have been called 'bigoted,' 'liberal idiocy,' and 'left-wing propaganda.' Other one-star reviewers have simply posted 'I have chosen not to read his book,' and 'Trump 2020.'"

Andy Roubik writes, "This is a great win for the forest. Logs, especially large logs, will take decades to decompose during which time they will make our forest a richer environment for wildlife."

Montana National Organization of Women write, "We need her fair, just and critically important decisions to defend the powers of our Montana Constitution and to protect the human rights of all who reside in our state."

Brandon Smith writes, "Extremist politicians suggest that our constitution isn’t providing Montanans a high level of decency and freedom. Have the last five decades been so absolutely mortifying that nobody wanted to talk about it until 2022?"

Mike Garrity writes, "The Forest Service's decision puts private cattle on the public’s national forest one month earlier in the spring when calves are still very small and tempting targets for hungry grizzlies starving for food after waking up from a long winter nap."

Gwen Jones writes, "Asking Missoulians to dig deeper into their pockets is difficult; but I feel strongly that in the long run, our Legislature will address tax reform and ease the property tax burden by implementing additional revenue sources."

Jim Elliott writes, "If I wanted to keep my kids from reading a book the last thing I would tell them is that they can’t read it. I spent a lot of time as a kid under the covers with a flashlight reading books I wasn’t supposed to."

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