Vote early?

I got my election ballot today. I considered the candidates for Citywide office, marked my choices, sealed the envelope inside the envelope, signed it, and … then what?
I thought of putting it out for the US Post to collect, but I don’t want someone to see my ballot sitting outside my fence and [...]

Granny flats for all!

Ryan Morton, candidate for Ward 1, would have liked the recent Missoula zoning update to have included, “the option for ADUs in all districts“. If elected, Morton would, “probably bring [granny suites] back up and start addressing through performance standards the issues people are concerned about“.
Well, I am honored that Ryan reads and [...]

Whiners

It happens every time properties are re-assessed for their worth – wealthy landowners complain it is unfair. For some reason, it made front page of today’s Missoulian.
In a fine piece of puff journalism, we learn of poor poor Donald and Georgia Forney who are worried about whether the government is going to take [...]

40,000 IOUs

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Clouded behind the health-insurance debate this week was the announcement by the country’s highest military officer that we need to send more troops to Afghanistan. Surprisingly, I didn’t hear a chorus of fiscal conservatives bemoaning the fact that we will need to borrow trillions more dollars to do so.
While Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman [...]

Who pays?

Looks like some of the many sidewalk and road construction activities are coming to an end for this summer. I can hear the cheers from the bleachers! Certainly our patience for detours, dust, and dead-ends has been tested to breaking point. We’ll all benefit from the safer sidewalks, roadways, [...]

Meet the boy for Ward One

Missoula Building Industry Association (MBIA) candidate for City Council (Ward 1), Ryan Morton, invited us all down to the Missoula County Democrats Central Committee last night. He’s been prolific with his commenting in the blogosphere and let’s say my interest was peeked!
So I went along to meet the wunderkind. And, lo [...]