Letters
Editor, As reported in the Feb. 16 edition of the Valley Journal, at a special Flathead Irrigation District (FID) meeting on Feb. 8 the FID board approved an agreement that would establish with the CSKT, subject to U.S. Department of Interior approval, a Board of Directors (BOD) to operate the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project (FIIP) under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (PL 638). Such a possibility was provided for under the federal Montana Water Rights Protection Act that accompanied the Water Compact. At the February meeting, some feared that project management based on PL 638 would work against irrigators. I was concerned because I thought that there we...
Editor, President Biden has nominated a candidate to fill the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy who is now participating in Senate confirmation hearings. I submit that the nomination of another be considered. A person who: 1) Is an unmarried male, Middle Eastern born of humble beginnings, a teacher of ...
Editor, In response to Republican talking points about the partisanship and lack of accomplishments of the Biden administration, I wrote earlier about the progress made in the areas of jobs and children…but that is only part of the picture. Another accomplishment has been the bipartisan Infra...
Editor, Hats off to Marc Racicot for his recent opinion piece “Donald Trump is Wasting Our Time.” The former Republican governor and RNC chair focuses on human character, including, “decency, honesty, humility, honor and faithfulness.” He urges all Americans to vindicate the truth....
Editor, An update from “The Magic 30” cat colony, once of four in-town Polson groups. This message is from the meow of “BB” (Big Black) one of the two Mr. Toms who keep the population numbers up. (Ya think we need a neutering program.) “BB” says “Most of us in Mag...
Editor, According to John Adams, “facts are stubborn things.” Putin’s approach to controlling the Russian populace during the war in Ukraine is to prevent them from knowing the facts. He threatens his citizens and the media with fines and jail for telling the truth regarding Russia&rsquo...
Editor, Ryan Zinke is at it again. He’s trying to erase his debacle as Interior Secretary, in which he erased national monuments, reduced hunter access to public lands and handed the keys to our best hunting and fishing to the oil industry. Zinke blames President Biden for gas prices, but that&rs...
Editor, I would like to address Senator Daines. I was horrified as I watch the news showing a Ukrainian man kneeling in front of a Russian tank trying to stop it and a Ukrainian woman sweeping the broken window glass in her apartment from Russian bombing while singing the Ukrainian anthem. It is heartb...
Editor, Deviating from my usual style of letters, here’s one that offers some inspiring thoughts. Hope you find them meaningful and even perhaps helpful in these present very trying times for us all. Offered by Dr. Debasish Mridha of Saginaw, Michigan, a physician, philosopher, poet, and au...
Editor, As the largest electric power user on the Reservation, I am interested in hearing the position of the Tribes regarding the new tier rate approach and the substantial rate increase proposed by Mission Valley Power. I believe it is very important that other users of MVP hear as to the way the Tribes...
