Archive for October, 2007
by jhwygirl The Big Sky RX program is a prescription assistance program for Medicaid recipients. Funded by the tobacco sales tax, it provides up to $33 bucks a month to Medicaid prescription plan participants. Income limits are pretty generous – $20,660 for singles, $27,620 for couples. It doesn’t put limits on assets either. And – [...]
by jhwygirl I rarely get over that ways nowadays, but had occasion to stop over a friends house. I really love that area too – it has a real ‘neighborhood’ feel, with sidewalks and boulevards. Lots of Missoula individuality – plenty of unique gardening to those boulevards over there! I also saw a really nice [...]
by Pete Talbot With less than a week remaining, 28 percent of Missoula voters have returned their mail-in ballots. Perhaps the most intriguing statistic to me is from Ward Four. It has the highest percentage of voters returning their ballots: 32 percent. This ward has two Republicans running (Jerry Ballas and Lyn Hellegaard). Anyone have [...]
by jhwygirl 1 – You have shown that you have a good understanding of the importance that Affordable Housing is the community. You have also publicly lamented that City Council does little or no actual ‘planning’, which certainly affects the ability to deal with the Affordable Housing problems that Missoula faces. What ‘planning’ would you [...]
by jhwygirl You gotta love Butte. They’re fixing the roof of the old whore house. “There are some haunted houses that are bed and breakfasts, but there’s no haunted whore houses that are bed and breakfasts. I think it’ll go over pretty good.” I especially like the fact that a former patron donated $20,000. Story [...]
by jhwygirl More specifically: How to deal with anonymous posts that personally attack or allude to an individual with unsubstantiated accusations. Check the comments on this post, for your lesson in Credible Blogging 101. Now, I could have let what was said there fly – hell, it’s no secret that I’m no fan of Lawbreaking [...]
by jhwygirl And guess who it was? lewie-fax-oct-29-2007.jpg
by jhwygirl Which is why I have been so absolutely perplexed about the bullcrap recently blogged over at Carol Minjares’ website, attacking Forward Montana. At first I went looking for the “Humor” tag, given her propensity towards bad jokes. But alas, it was missing. She frames the Roosevelt Institute as a “Soros-funded conglomeration of think [...]
by jhwygirl Note: Jason Wiener’s opponent is Justin Armintrout. 1. City Council has been divisive for what seems forever. What do you think is at the root of it all, and what can be done to change that atmosphere? Currently, the City Council is aligned into blocs roughly corresponding to the central and periphery sections [...]
by jhwygirl I can’t help but to consider my vote with some trepidation. I, and many, are weary of the infighting and mud slinging that has been the norm on council for more than 5 years. There are important issues that Missoula faces, and the ongoing battles draw energy away from finding answers to those [...]
by jhwygirl Note: Pam’s opponent is councilman Don “Just say NO” Nicholson” 1. City council has been divisive for what seems forever. Why do you want the job? Sometimes I wonder myself. In the end, I hope to help change the environment on Council. Many (about half) of the current members are willing to listen, [...]
by jhwygirl The Missoula County Board of Trustee is on a search for a new Superintendent…and are seeking public input on the qualities and skills that are important to you. They’ve posted a questionnaire, which you can either fill out online, or print and mail. Public input is being sought through December 14th. Click Here [...]
by jhwygirl I thought I’d put up an open post to see what you have to say about anything you want to say something about.
by Pete Talbot I saw the small display ad only once this week on Page B2 of Tuesday’s Missoulian. It’s asking folks to vote against municipal ballot Referendum 2007-01 (otherwise known as the Out-of-Iraq Referendum). To me, this is the quintessential Missoula ballot issue and says a lot about what this town is all about. [...]
by jhwygirl 1 – City Council has been so divisive for what seems forever. Why do you still want to be on City Council? My service on the City Council has been interesting and challenging. I’ve had the good fortune to be on the prevailing side on most issues most of the time I’ve been [...]
by Rebecca Schmitz Before George W. Bush moves on to his next war, his countrymen should have a chance to send a message about the direction of the the current one. Missoula has that opportunity this election with the Iraq War referendum. Opponents of the referendum dismiss it as a waste of the city’s time, [...]
anyone got a copy of the recent Nicholson mailing and a scanner? I, unfortunately, was not on his mailing list. jhwygirl at hotmaildotcom
by jhwygirl This is a repost, originally posted January 28, 2007 at MontanaNetroots. It refers to an event held in Helena, Montana on January 27th. Representative Art Noonan of Butte stood in front of the State Capitol, in the brisk 15 degree Montana blue sky day before a crowd of peace supporters that included WWII [...]
by Jay Stevens From today’s Missoula Independent feature of Matt Singer: “We’re both young guys interested in politics and interested in Montana,” Erik Iverson says of the impetus behind their meeting over beers earlier this year. “I obviously want young people to get involved in politics and paying attention and volunteering and voting. It’s better [...]
by Rebecca Schmitz I suppose it was inevitable: in the wake of the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, people have taken the initiative to help others in a time of crisis outside of official (and officially inept) channels. Forget FEMA, it’s now up to us to save each other from natural disaster. The Brownies of [...]
by jhwygirl 3837 U.S. soldiers dead. 98 U.S. soldiers killed since September 1st, 2007. 24 Sons of Montana. Spc. Donald M. Young, 19 – Helena Staff Sgt. Travis W. Atkins, 31 – Bozeman Cpl. Chris Dana, 23 – Helena Staff Sgt. Shane Becker, 35 – Helena Army Spc. Scott Dykman, 27 – Helena Army Pfc. [...]
by jhwygirl In the latest MissoulaGov listserv Ward 3 Councilman Bob Jaffe reports that Ward 4 Councilman Jon Wilkins spoke about sprawl and his theories behind it. Bob wrote: During the discussion (in today’s committee meetings) there were some comments about encouraging sprawl. Jon Wilkins said something to the effect that we shouldn’t be complaining [...]
by Jay Stevens Some quick hits from Missoula: Anthony Michael Dailey, the man who killed biker Stacie Ann Dewolf, was sentenced to 30 years in the Montana State Prison, the maximum allowed by law. He pled guilty to vehicular homicide; it was not part of a plea agreement. I said it before, I’ll say it [...]
by jhwygirl This guy isn’t even finished with an election yet, and he’s already under investigation! The Missoulian piece brings us more details on Lewie Schneller’s law-breaking campaign for Ward 6′s city council seat. The Office of Political Practices is investigating Councilman Childers’ complaint, which he filed on Friday, against his opponent Lewie Schneller. Unfortunately, [...]
by jhwygirl I missed this – but UM Journalism students have a website – Missoula’s Choice 2007 – which has information on all 12 candidates for city council along with information on both ballot issues – the Iraq War Referendum vote and the $10 million building reserve levy request from Missoula County Public Schools. Check [...]
by Jay Stevens Jason Wiener: Philosopher, journalist, editor, former investment banker, and friend. I should start off by acknowledging that Jason Wiener is a friend. We shared an office when I was in the University’s writing program and he was in the philosophy department, and are still pretty close. Well…as close as you can be [...]
by jhwygirl Yesterday I posted a piece on city council candidate for Ward 6 Lewie Schneller’s violations of Montana’s election laws. Boy, that opened a can of worms! Apparently councilman Ed Childers, the other candidate for Ward 6, has filed a complaint regarding Lewie Schneller’s campaign fliers with The Office of the Commissioner of Political [...]
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