Archive for November, 2007
by Jay Stevens Just yesterday I wrote a post about Missoula PAC director Amy Rue’s involvement in another failed PAC in Pennsylvania, a bit of information I had just caught. Naturally, the information was already out there. Stacy Rye mentioned it in a city council meeting more than a week ago – which was, as [...]
by Jamee Greer Roughly three hundred Missoulians came together for We Are Missoula, a rally in response to the recent anti-gay violence here in the Garden City. Monday’s rally began at five, and by 5:01 the L-shaped floor of my favorite establishment, the Badlander, began to fill with a perfect cross-section of Missoula. Speakers from [...]
by jhwygirl This kind of things happens in Montana – I can recall two events of this sort over on a road by Thomson Falls in the recent past, say last winter or the winter before. I can’t seem to find the stories, but I recall a mother and son having been stranded – and [...]
by Jay Stevens Here’s an interesting report about Missoula ’s proposed Performing Arts Center in today’s Missoula Independent: A lot can go wrong with a performing arts complex. When the small resort community of Bushkill, Pa. committed to build the $37 million Mountain Laurel Center, it envisioned regular performances by a major symphony orchestra, increased [...]
4&20 wants to welcome aboard Jamee Greer, who will be joining us here shortly. As a UM student, Jamee will provide us with a U. perspective, something us fossils around here were somewhat lacking. He will also write about anything that he darn well pleases. Jamee was an organizer of the recent anti-gay violence gathering, [...]
by jhwygirl ….on the tails of yesterday’s Cabela’s post. Wulfgar! (I didn’t forget the exclamation point! It defines him. He put it there for a reason, to show how in! your! face! he is.) wrote an excellent piece a while back on his experience out hunting one afternoon. It was quite timely, as that day [...]
by jhwygirl It is days like today that I just love my job: The semi-frozen Blackfoot, big horn sheep, big bull elk and their cows, white-tailed deer, mule deer, bald eagles, and a big blue sky – Montana has wondrous offerings, I’m only too happy to enjoy. What do you have on your mind?
by Pete Talbot Kim Todd, wife of 4&20 founding father Jay Stevens, has an essay in the latest issue of High Country News. It’s a wonderful piece in one of my favorite publications. Give it a look. (P.S. I’ve just returned from a trip to Madagascar. Miss me? Hope to be filing some thoughts and [...]
by jhwygirl Bill Schneider of NewWest has piece up titled “Cabela’s Desecrating its Own Brand” which calls on the outdoor sports vendor icon to “get out of the real estate market.” On an basic level, I agree with Mr. Schneider. The issue he’d like to see remedied, though – he and many others – is [...]
by jhwygirl Last night’s city council meeting saw the approval of 627 acres of open space easements in the south hills of Missoula, an event that Missoulians forever will look back (or up, or over) and be grateful. Missoula was actually blessed with 1052 acres of open space easements – including a 425 acre easement [...]
by jhwygirl Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastart (R-IL) has resigned. That finishing the day that started with Trent Lott saying bye-bye. I said 21 Republicans leaving the other day? Boy, was I wrong! Make that 23 and counting….. (note: The previous title may have offended some. I never had that intent – I [...]
by jhwygirl Looks like Dave Wanzenried, a State Senator representing the Missoula area, won’t be running against Dennis Rehberg for our one, at-large, U.S. Representative seat. A statement released today confirms it.
by jhwygirl A coalition of more than 30 local organizations – including Forward Montana, Montana Human Rights Network, ACLU, the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, and Hellgate High School Gay-Straight Alliance – are joining with the Western Montana Gay & Lesbian Community Center to hold a community rally tonight at The Badlander, from 5-8 p.m. This [...]
by jhwygirl Today’s Montana Standard has a tedious little piece on the Montana cash being raised by the presidential candidates. A total of roughly $257,000 has been raised by presidential candidates here in Montana – with nearly 25% of it going to the John Edwards campaign. A total of 58% of the cash given to [...]
by jhwygirl Or is it tragedy in humor? First there was this. Then there was this. Not so ironically brought to us by Shakespeare (& Co.). The man should write a book.
by jhwygirl Normally I watch Meet the Press (immediately after watching Face the Nation) on Sunday mornings, but this week’s Face the State program caught my ear as the topic was the Montana Food Bank Network (MFBN). Face the State is a locally produced news show – produced at any one of the several CBS [...]
by jhwygirl These three guys are presiding over the Senate while the rest of ‘em are taking a much needed rest. Our own Senator Tester, though, is still at it – the man knows no rest it seems – having spent last Monday up on the border meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection The [...]
by jhwygirl Buried in the financial folly of the Performing Arts Center and the Hillview SID vote this past Monday – of which only ONE city councilperson was consistent in their fiscal responsibility to the taxpayers – Ward 3′s Stacy Rye – was a vote on the final authorization for construction and funding of the [...]
by jhwygirl By now, everyone has read that Bill Kennedy, Democratic challenger to Dennis Rehberg’s congressional seat has dropped out of the race due to health concerns. Concern naturally lies with Bill and his family, and we all truly do wish him the very best and better health in the future. Several names have been [...]
by Jay Stevens Nothing: SCENE: a box factory NARRATOR: If you thought there was a small chance that a baby was hidden in a box, wouldn’t you treat the box as if it held a baby, just in case? SCENE: an ultrasound image NARRATOR: So even if you think there’s just a small chance that [...]
by jhwygirl ….should prove for an interesting few hours and some healthy conversation on, among other things, taxes. Hillview SID will be before the full council, and you may recall that it didn’t fair so well in its last committee meeting with the SID being recommended for denial by a vote of 7 – 1, [...]
by Rebecca Schmitz Bestselling author and part-time Montanan James Lee Burke has a letter about the proposed Bitterroot Resort in the Missoulian’s Letters to the Editor column today: Regarding the debate over the development of Lolo Peak, the central issue seems to have been quickly diverted into a discussion of jobs and real estate values, [...]
by Rebecca Schmitz Hey, I know. Look at what I typed up there. That’s an incendiary title for a post. But I’m not going to pretend otherwise; I’m not calm, cool and rational about my access, or that of any other woman, to safe abortion and birth control. You and I know, reader, that both [...]
by Rebecca Schmitz The next time one of your conservative friends wants to debate your stance on “Islamofascism”, the Iraq War or, as our President would pronounce it, the “War on Terra” remind them of what one of our key allies is up to these days: A court in Saudi Arabia increased the punishment for [...]
by Jay Stevens You know, I’m not real keen on articles or reports that generalize about any particular generation – after all, there are millions of us out there doing our own thing. But…still…then there’s something like this, “Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?,” by Lakshmi Chaudhry, which, well, kinda sorta nails my [...]
by jhwygirl Calling back my hero worship, sadly. Seems Jaffe is waffling on what seemed to be his lack of support for extending the hold on the city-owned riverfront triangle property for the proposed $60,000,000 performing arts center. The one that wants to ask the citizens for a $20,000,000 bond and donation of the land [...]
by jhwygirl Yesterday, Ward 2′s Bob Jaffe posted an open letter on the MissoulaGov listserv (created by Jaffe) which outlined his concerns regarding the proposed $60,000,000 Performing Arts Center. Overall, he expressed concerns on a number of levels – the limited amount of public money available; the recent failure of the $10,000,000 school bond coupled [...]
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