Category: Letters to the Editor
Montana GOP’s new leadership undermines party’s values
Corvallis resident questions Wittich election, calls for accountability from Republican legislators
Needed: Bipartisan Comprehensive Permitting Reform
I’m glad that Senators Daines and Sheehy and Representatives Downing and Zinke supported the Secure Rural Schools program to help finance several counties’ schools. But all counties need revenues to help finance infrastructure, schools, and a host of other needs. One solution: build more clean energy projects. Stillwater and Rosebud counties praise the large tax…
Cascade County Republicans Need Leadership That Respects Bylaws
Recent events within the Cascade County Republican Central Committee (CCRCC) have raised serious concerns about the leadership practices guiding our organization. Cancelling the monthly Central Committee meeting for November, the Executive Board called an Executive Board meeting in its place on November 12, 2025. In a vote taken by the Executive Board members, the Executive…
Property Tax Bills Passed by Democrats and ‘Defecting Republicans’
Missoula County Republican Leader Criticizes Gianforte, Legislators Over SB 542 and HB 231
Cascade County Board of Health Needs a Course Correction
Grulkowski faults the Chair’s conduct, questions lawful appointments, and calls for stronger, steadier leadership.
When Fear Silences Freedom: Why Montanans Must Find Their Voice Again
Reclaiming Montana’s spirit of grit, faith, and free expression.
Montana’s Delegation Should Back Climate Programs in FY26 Budget
A reader urges Montana’s congressional delegation to support clean energy funding in the FY26 budget.
Gerrymandering in Montana
For years, we Montanans liked to think of “gerrymandering” as one of those imported political diseases—something that happened in faraway, untrustworthy states with names like “Illinois” or “California,” where maps are drawn by political cartographers who believe in geometry the way Picasso believed in accurate faces. But here’s the bad news: you don’t have to…
Chemtrails and Compliance
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the skies lit up over Missoula and the Bitterroot with an extraordinary amount of what are commonly known as “chemtrails.” Since that day, numerous instances of these visible streaks—sprayed from jets crisscrossing the sky—have blanketed the area with “something” intended for a specific end. That “something” is being imposed on…
Let the Free Market Work for Patients
As a conservative Montanan, I believe the government should stop interfering in the healthcare market—especially when it comes to prescription drug development. That’s why I’m concerned about a policy buried in the Inflation Reduction Act called the “pill penalty.” It puts strict price controls on pill-form medications years before it does the same for injectables,…
