Letters

Legislator turnout for special session vote was pathetic

Dear Editor, Recently the vote by Montana legislators to approve (or not) the calling of a Special Session to debate returning surplus tax money was completed, and duly publicized.

Retired sheriff’s vote is with Vaughn

Retired sheriff’s vote is with Vaughn

Getting money back to taxpayers is top priority for 2023 session

Getting money back to taxpayers is top priority for 2023 session

Your View

Let’s re-elect Ingrid Gustafson

Upset with destruction of trees

Dear Editor, I am a longtime Lewistown resident. I was 6 years old in 1985 and a first grader at Lewis and Clark Elementary School.

Gary Buchanan’s experience would serve the middle

Gary Buchanan’s experience would serve the middle

Community helped make Centerfest great family event

Community helped make Centerfest great family event

Do what you are told

Dear Editor, We are being told a recession is not a recession. It’s always been defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. With two quarters of negative growth in the Biden economy, we were told it’s not a recession.

We don’t need to agree, but do we need to listen

Dear Editor, In recent times much of our dialogue has disintegrated into noise. We don’t seem to want to listen or hear one another. For democracy to work, I need to really listen to you when you speak and be listened to when I speak. It is important to respect one another and one another’s heartfelt beliefs. We do not have to agree. We do need to listen and express our own beliefs in a way that is respectful of our neighbors. Maybe the greatest gift we could give one another is the space to finish a thought without interruption. It is a challenge to be a good listener and to speak our own truth without demeaning the ideas of our neighbors who disagree with us.

Budget surplus should go into sinking fund

Dear Editor, Regarding Llew Jones (R-HD18) thoughts (8/3/22) on any budget surplus we might have, I agree we should be thinking about this now, because when the Legislature meets, it will be like kids in a candy store. I say put any surplus into a sinking fund. That’s simply where money (principal) is put into interest or dividend bearing securities and the quarterly or yearly income is distributed according to the investing agreement, because once spent the principal is gone forever.