Book ‘em, Danno

Marilyn Marler just doesn’t get it. As City Council member seemingly in charge of Mt. Sentinel, Waterworks Hill, Mt. Jumbo and the North Hills, she wants to treat all dogs as scofflaws. As Greg Gordon, resident of the Rattlesnake, points out in a guest column in the Missoulian this is an extreme overreaction. [...]

ADUs and Density in Missoula

In a very telling opinion in today’s Missoulian, former city council member John Torma explains what all the fuss is about with ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units). Quite correctly, he boils it down to density:
Modest increases in … I’m going to use the “D” word now … density in our urban core neighborhoods [...]

Nationalize this! Part II

All around the world discussion now includes the distinct possibility of the U.S. nationalizing its top banks. Alan Greenspan no less suggests, “it may be necessary to temporarily nationalise some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring.” And it was probably Senate Banking Committee Chair, Christopher Dodd, who [...]

Where’s the vision, man?

Like many property owners in Missoula, I just received my first notification of city zoning changes. Only problem is that I don’t know what it means. I don’t see some grand vision for the future of Missoula and I don’t see much evidence of responding to citizen concerns.
Instead we are being [...]

Shoot the messenger?

Pogie, over at Intelligent Discontent, has done some excellent spading on the Montana Meth Project. I won’t steal the thunder of that post (go read it, I’ll wait right here), but I know what comes next. Peg Shea, the ever-so-highly-remunerated Executive Director of the project, will belittle our erstwhile blogger!
That’s [...]

Don’t blame the koalas!

The Australian bushfires have been shocking, just shocking. And as we would expect the media coverage has been half parts sensationalism and half human tragedy. Even though the embers are still burning and people’s homes are still at risk, the political blame game has begun.
I heard Wilson Tuckey, outspoken [...]