Forward Montana has put together a nice guide to the 2015 Billings City Council races that allows you to get quick and relevant information on the candidates, find which candidates are in your ward, and easily share your picks on social media. Check it out…
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by Dan Lourie
Dan Lourie lives in Bozeman. He is a lifetime activist for peace, justice and equality, has written to newspapers since 1964.
Twenty-five young women and men under the age of twenty-five, judged the cream of the crop out of seventy applicants, have been chosen as winners of Forward Montana’s “25 Under 25” competition. To read the descriptons of their devotion to making the world a better place is to not only be wowed, but also to truly gain confidence in our future.
My friend Kiah Abbey, FM’s head person in Bozeman, told me about the contest and I knew immediately to nominate a young woman who exemplifies the description of the contestants FM hoped to attract. More on her later, but here are excerpts from the intro to the contest.
Saw this as it made the rounds on email today and couldn’t resist sharing this medium post, from the Montana Democratic Party: To help Greg Gianforte and his outsider friends learn a little bit more about Montana, the Montana Democrats put together a short Medium post….
Millions of Montanans Want to Know Where the Supposed “University of Montana Bozeman” Campus is
You just can’t make this stuff up.
The TEA Party Group Americans for Prosperity-Montana sent out a press release today inviting us to hear the billionaire outsourcing mogul Greg Gianforte speak at the “University Montana Bozeman campus.” Today. In the case that you are reading this from another state and have never heard of google, know that this campus that does not exist.
As Montana’s bridges, roads, and mental health facilities overflow beyond capacity or crumble and deteriorate, there is a mounting sense of urgency over a plaster Jesus statue paid for by the anti-choice fraternal order of the Knights of Kolumbus and a confederate fountain in Helena paid for by…
By Matthew Koehler, WildWest Institute
With so much media and political attention focused on wildfires – and in some cases public lands management and calls to greatly increase logging on national forests by reducing public input and environmental analysis – it may be helpful to take a look at this year’s wildfire stats to see what’s burned and where.
For what it’s worth, here’s what the conservative blog PolyMontana has to say about Greg Gianforte: This is why Very Conservative Evangelical Greg Gianforte will not be elected governor of Montana, no matter how much money he spends. He believes the Earth is 6000 years old and supports a museum that…
Wikipedia Editor Issues Warning To Gianforte Campaign
Someone on GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte’s team seems to think his past needed a little bit of a touch up.
Wikipedia logs show that Gianforte’s page has been heavily edited by one scrubber intent at removing information which is not flattering to the candidate.
by Mary Ann Dunwell
“Salt of the Earth,” a 60s song by the Rolling Stones comes to mind as we near Labor Day. “Raise your glass to the hard working people,” “spare a thought for his back breaking work,” and “let’s drink to the salt of the earth.” These lyrics resonate today. Our state enjoys robust economic growth and full employment worth celebrating, but many hard working Montanans are not sharing in the economic prosperity that their hard work builds. Montana ranks in the 40s among other states for its low pay and low wage jobs. Many Montanans still live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to make ends meet.
by Evan Barrett
Analyzing historical electoral patterns may seem like an exercise for the back rooms of a university political science department. But active practitioners in the political arena dive into history to find patterns that are indicative, if not predictive, of what might happen in current and future election cycles.
by Lash, a long-time Cowgirl contributor Once again, tipsters have come to Cowgirl to point out what former reporters would have seen through. It’s a sad state of affairs when the people of your state are more willing to turn to yours truly to get…
by Sen. Mary Sheehy Moe (D-Great Falls) Sen. Moe can be reached at moe.mt.senate@gmail.com Follow her on Twitter @MaryMoeMT “It’s a new beginning!” I enthused to my grandson at the schoolhouse door two years ago. “Kindergarten! You’ll learn new things and make new friends. It’s going to be great!”…
by George Wuerthner George Wuerthner is an ecologist and has published 38 books including Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy. He lives in Bend, OR. As wildfires roll across the Pacific Northwest, many in the timber industry and beyond are hoping to capitalize on…
It looks like some good candidates are already preparing to run for legislature in 2016. Bryn G. Hagfors has announced that he will run for the Legislature in 2016 as a Democrat from Great Falls. He is running to replace Rep Bob Mehlhoff, D-House District…
