Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Dear Editor, We thank The Monitor for hosting last Tuesday's 2026 HD-75 candidate forum (audio link: 2026 HD-75 Candidate Forum.mp3). The informal conversations with all three candidates and their answers to questions from The Monitor's publisher and editor were helpful. Because the audience could not ask follow-up questions, however, we would like to offer additional issues that arise because of the candidates' responses. We focus on the following questions from the forum: • Should federal p...
Dear Editor, $6.00 a gallon for diesel??? By the time this goes to print, it will probably be higher. It is time to think about our elected officials. For what reasons were they elected? To represent us? Listen to our concerns? To do their job and hold the president accountable? Our Montana Congressmen and Senators are not doing any of these things! I am a Montana cattle rancher and have watched fuel prices skyrocket, fertilizer prices go through the roof, and now I am facing a $ 500-per-head re...
The Thursday, September 18th meeting of Whitehall Indivisible started out with a short video “Twenty Lessons on Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder, read by John Lithgow. Here is the link if you would like to watch it: https://bit.ly/46FCShJ. Never in my lifetime have these lessons been so prescient. The group discussed several other topics: • Another “Nicaraguan Drug Boat” was blown out of the water in the Caribbean by the US military killing three; no process, no evidence, in international waters, • more hoops to jump through for Land and Water Conse...
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to Barbara Lien's Letter to the Editor: Please come to our meeting before you make any decisions about where this group lands on the political spectrum. I am certainly not "Far Left." I also took the Pew political quiz that you wrote about. I also landed on "Stressed Sideliners" and "Outsider Left." We are not very far apart at all! I am very distressed at what is happening in the country and what is happening to friends and family, and I am also completely...
