Archive for February, 2009
by problembear “we expect the good citizens of philadelphia to take good care of and protect the liberty bell. shouldn’t montana do the same with our wild lands?” one of the best parts of the early false spring days of february in missoula is the warming sun triggers thoughts of summer wilderness trails leading around boulders and [...]
by jhwygirl This, via Courtney Lowry at NewWest: Rocky Mountain News to publish final edition tomorrow . TFU.
by Ana J. Beard Looking at the recent actions of the MCPS school board, it is clear to me that this upcoming election is going to be VERY important. Sure, I may be graduating in a few months, but I have a ten year-old sister, I have friends who are underclassmen, I know little siblings [...]
by jhwygirl At least go check out the online edition. Jesse Froehling has the feature this week with a profile of Lt. Governor John Bohlinger. It. Is. Fabulous. I may be not-so-secretly in love with the guy (Bohlinger), but really – it’s a great profile. Good insight into the Republican side of things, too. Must [...]
by jhwygirl A friend thought to check with the school district today on the interim position that closed Wednesday afternoon at 4:30. This is what they sent: I spoke with Leslie, the public information officer at the school district offices. She said that they had 10 applicants and that most of them came in late [...]
by problembear there is no feeling which quite compares to picking up a musical instrument, pencil and paper, paintbrush, camera, hunk of clay or block of wood and creating a story of art which is uniquely yours. creative art students in this country are free to express themselves in song, words, images and objects of [...]
by jhwygirl Yeah. The things you hear on the radio. Basically, what this bill does is it makes sure the protester isn’t harassed by the persons entering the clinic After the 2nd newsbreak today, I had to pull over and write it down, so shocked I was at what he was saying, and wanting to [...]
by jhwygirl Two of these can’t wait, people…. Button Valley Bugle grabs up 3 more bad environmental bills: Rep. Llew Jones’ bill to “limit the scope of environmental review under the Montana Environmental Protection Act for certain energy development projects on state lands”, also known as HB529. 529 passed a 2nd reading, 78 to 22 [...]
by jhwygirl School Board trustee Jenda Hemphill is resigning for health reasons and the school board will be appointing a replacement who would then run in the spring election. This is a very important seat–districtwide, representing both elementary and high school. This means the applicant can live in ANY MCPS elementary district. This link provides [...]
by jhwygirl We’ve got bad environmental legislation this session. That’s nothing new – it happens every legislative session. Most probably think it comes from Republicans – but the truth is that good and bad comes from both sides of the aisles. There is no line drawn on environmental issues that makes good stuff comes from [...]
by jhwygirl I suppose, perhaps, we are going to see some serious executive action this week on the backlog of previous hearings? The list of hearings seems awfully short: Only 8 hearings scheduled for both the House and Senate for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Which means I’ll have to be looking into what’s been left [...]
by Ana J. Beard It isn’t hard to forget that our new Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) superintendent, Dr. Alex Apostle, has spent the last 7 years, before coming to Missoula, as a private real estate investor in Arizona when he says things like “my job [as superintendent] is very similar to remodeling a house.” It’s [...]
by Pete Talbot Meet Tyler Gernant, potential Denny Rehberg opponent. First he has to file (he has an exploratory committee now) then he has to win the primary, then he’d face Rehberg in November, 2010. But hats off to anyone who gets out early, does the background work and then takes a shot at Denny. [...]
by jhwygirl Please consider this an open thread I don’t have much. It’s been a tough week. One thing I did pick up and that has been bouncing around in my head is this NPR interview with David Denby, author of Snark. I’m not much of a fan of over-kill snark. I don’t see it [...]
by jhwygirl It’s possible, it happens, and Rep. Mary Caferro wants to make sure that doesn’t happen anymore. I gotta tell ya’ – I heard the testimony at last Friday’s hearing in House Judiciary on HB401 and I was shocked. There are meth-contaminated properties out there – rented and sold – that are obligated to [...]
by jhwygirl In House Local Government committee tomorrow, Rep. Michele Reinhart’s HB455 will be heard at a hearing scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday. With apologies to the late notice. It was something I had intended to get to sooner. HB455 is titled The Big Sky Rivers Act, and would protect 9 major rivers and a [...]
couldn’t be helped (the distracted professor does have a remarkable likeness to comedian rick moranis) i know-i am a very…very….bad bear. by problembear award winning reporter conducts a class in journalism for confused professor.
by jhwygirl You betcha. On Saturday, Sen. Rick Liable withdrew his request for SB314. One day, notably, after his piss-poor interview with editor Perry Backus of the Ravalli Republic. I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that I was beaten by a newbee to this – and I’m happy to say it, really. Keep [...]
by jhwygirl Don’t miss his latest take-down of Professor Rob Natelson.
by problembear ok, i’ll confess. i tried to find the most terrifying photo of a member of the undead, and this is the most terrifying one i could find. but it is kind of germaine since henry paulson is the architect of the original idea to bail out the zombie banks. let’s call him the [...]
by problembear and he’s invited us over to his place for a one way ticket to hell….by the way it’s in (surprise) las vegas. have fun kids. So, why is this so? Why is the payday loan industry growing at such a rapid rate? And why are a few of the most saavy financial minds [...]
by jhwygirl I never thought about it until I heard. But there was no way you were ever going to leave this world sitting on a couch or laying in a bed. I love you. I hope you knew that. Heaven has gained the absolute finest.
by problembear let’s just make it a date for around may 2010, shall we? since it’s valentine’s day i want to be sure and let you know that we want to get close to your business with our signs and talk to a few folks….hope you won’t mind….i will try and stay upwind….so you [...]
by Pete Talbot 4&20 offers its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Lt. Col. Garnet “Gary” Derby. He was from Whitehall but listed Missoula as his home. He was killed in Iraq on Monday, along with three other soldiers and an interpreter, in a roadside bombing. Lt. Col. Derby is the 21st Montana [...]
by Ana J. Beard After receiving a vague e-mail today from a reporter from the Independent, about the school board meeting I attended and spoke at on Feb. 10, I called him, as he had requested. Call me naive but for some reason it didn’t occur to me that I was about to get interviewed. First [...]
by jhwygirl Please consider this an open thread. Plenty of people getting into the legislative spirit this week. Great to see! There’s Wulfgar!’s takedown of Sen. Dan McGee’s SB46; there’s Roscoe, over at Left in the West giving some progressive “love” to SB318; and Supermontanareporter John S. Adams’ attempts to answer an interesting question from [...]
by jhwygirl Ana J. Beard has agreed to join us here at 4&20blackbirds, and I, for one, can’t be more thrilled. Pete, you might recall, first introduced us to Ana with this post: A student’s response to censorship. Ana’s voice is one of many of the next generation that will run this nation. Too often [...]
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