Opinion
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Appreciated Bill Shaw
The death of former city manager Bill Shaw evokes sadness and invites some reflection. Decades before Bill came here, the city had rid itself of its 90-year reliance on mossy-tasting Cedar Creek for its municipa...
Mitchell says flood resources available
While recent flooding across Montana has been national news, we are the ones who are living through the real devastation in those communities outsiders only see on TV.
Flood threat eases
It looks like we may have escaped the main danger of a spring flood. While Red Lodge and Yellowstone Park had major damage from flooding we only had minor flooding and no real damage that I know of.
Trendy or trashy?
This is to address the rampant weeds in my neighborhood. I called the police department and was rather snottily told that they are “incredibly” short staffed and since public safety comes first, weeds are a very...
Geologic disappointments
If you look at the rocks just about any day of the week, they look, like, well, um, rocks.
We have a fire engine
The weather remains unsettled and the river has gone from green to muddy and back to green, but folks are still pushing for summer to really arrive.
Mansfield, guns and statesmanship
I think the difference between a politician and a statesman is that the people believe a statesman will do what he or she believes is the right thing regardless of the political consequences. When it gets down t...
Bison, back where they belong
Early in the Covid-19 epidemic, I visited the Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. But the bison didn’t get the memo about social distancing.
Impressed by track performances
This past Friday and Saturday our family found ourselves cheering local Flathead athletes at the State A Track and Field Championships in Butte.
After flubs, he supports Fallon
Pam Holmquist and the other County Commissioners have done it again. Without doing their homework (which we pay them to do) they rubber stamped another ill-conceived project, the Whistlestop Retreat, and have co...
Thoughts on community
Slowly we are moving closer to summer. On Saturday I enjoyed an outdoor barbecue with friends and neighbors at Trail Creek. It was a great time because the neighbors have a covey of youngsters from eight years of...
The joys of recycling
So I had this old dented tailgate from my pickup truck that’s been sitting around for a couple of year now.
Kudos to Manley
It is still not quite summer, but one or two sunny days makes us realize we are, at least, on the edge of summer. Grizzlies have been seen by nearly everyone. One resident who lives north of Trail Creek has alrea...
Likes Mitchell
I know a politician when I see one.
Insurance woes?
This year Flathead County Commissioner Pam Holmquist spent $1.7 million of the taxpayers money with the county’s insurance company MACo. That is up from $1,270,000 in 2019. Of that amount $400,000-plus was for g...