Letters

Editor, I’m writing this letter to the casinos our Salish and Kootenai Tribes own and operate and concerns their strategies - ways casinos operate. I noticed some unusual conditions about winning and days conducted especially on holidays or any given event. More have won out of state than locals of Montana. Some have won twice on a gaming event. I know it’s a give and take chance going to these places always. I believe an audit of these places should be done periodically because money can make people think evil just like ones I know who committed embezzlement from the tribes and never got into trouble but are still working for them.  I’m not complaining just spe...

Editor, This letter expresses my personal opinion and explanation of where we are as a nation today. This has nothing to do with politics. I know many others feel and express this same view. It all has to do with human nature and how Donald Trump’s negative human nature aspects have enlivened oth...

Editor, “I will never get over it!” a friend emphatically stated at a recent gathering. Y’all know what “it” is. And so I write. I write on behalf of my entire family, a multitude of tender-hearted friends, half of the country, the sensitive creatives, the hurting quiet on...

Editor, As Thanksgiving approaches, the members of the Bread Basket Board reflect on the many, many individuals and organizations that support our efforts to assist food insecure families in the communities of Ronan, Pablo, Charlo and Moise. Businesses who regularly donated goods to the food bank inclu...

Editor, I write this in deepest concerns of the tribes’ council in just simple words without any opinions from anyone in the community. This is just an opinion / question type message. Our tribal members are suffering and no one’s doing anything about it. And many years have passed since distr...

Editor, This letter was inspired by the very controversial and divisive political news coverage lately. I do firmly believe that as we humans navigate, manage, and live out our political divides, we need some inner peace. Our thinking totally affects each of our lives moment by moment. Read, consider, and...

Editor, In the decades after World War II, it came as a shock when Roger Revelle, at that time the director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, warned that the surface of the ocean was becoming increasingly acidic and unable to absorb the rapidly growing carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fu...

Editor, Shelly Fyant is running for HD 91 - a large district covering parts of Missoula, Arlee, Dixon, Camas Prairie, Charlo and Ronan. Google HD 91 (Montana).  She is very capable of representing all her constituents in these areas due to her diverse background. Shelly was raised on a ranch in Arlee...

Editor, “Democracy cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work.” (Thurgood Marshall) Here we are again ... in a fragile state as a nation. Worried sick, I always return to my values, instilled by my solid Republican...

Editor, Opponents of the two ballot initiatives to open up Montana’s election system are entitled to prefer the status quo, but it’s sad to see disinformation used in their advocacy. Here are principal claims being used, followed by reality. Claim: Montana already has open primaries. Reality: ...