Lack of Judges, Space Bottlenecking Prosecution
Dear Editor, The Heights Task Force received an update concerning city of Billings crime statistics on 2/28/23. Chief St. John spoke of a problematic bottleneck within the prosecution pipeline due to a lack of judges and bed space for prisoners both at the county and state levels. Chief St. John is a man of impeccable […]
Sign the COS Petition to Stop Robbing Social Security
Dear Editor, Politicians have been forecasting the insolvency of Social Security for years. This makes little sense because the unbroken string of Social Security surpluses start year 1 and run through 2018 ($3.1 billion that year). What happened to all the surplus money?
Far-Left and Influencing Local Politics
Dear Editor, The far-left is engaged to influence local politics to the same degree as it does national politics. For this reason, we must not let ourselves be distracted by other issues such that we lose focus on local politics. It is immediately imperative that we focus our energies on the politics we can control, […]
Climate science projections are not actual science
Dear Editor, I remember learning from my grade school history classes that bloodletting was a consensus medical procedure used by most doctors. In fact, our first president, George Washington, strongly believed in the practice and actually ordered the bloodletting that took his life. Marie Antoinette was subject to bloodletting as she was birthing her first […]
What is the US Climate Alliance?
Dear Editor, What is the US Climate Alliance? It is a domestic group formed specifically to undermine President Trump’s excellent decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Now, by executive order, part-time Governor Steve Bullock has undermined all of Montana by aligning Montana with the US Climate Alliance.
Republicans made America great again
Dear Editor, “…to many conservatives the world looks like a much scarier place.” Actually, it is quite the opposite. To many conservatives America is great again, and the world looks like a much safer place.
Let’s shine a brighter light on politics
8Dear Editor, “As Montanans, we exhibit and demand honesty and integrity, ‘say it like it is and no beating around the bush’. We all, regardless of party, should want full disclosure…” Truer words cannot be spoken. However, these words must be taken literally to be as honest as portrayed.
OBSD support not given blindly
Dear Editor, The presentations of One Big Sky District are intended to get us excited about the project. They have, and I believe you will find most all of us support the concept of OBSD.