Olympia Snow

April 28, 2009 in Media, Politics

by jhwygirl Reacts. That’s pretty fast, no? I sympathize for her.

County Fairgrounds

April 28, 2009 in Affordable Housing, Missoula

by jhwygirl I think the county fairgrounds should be relocated and rebuilt with the historic buildings down by Fort Missoula and make that whole area a combination park and historic center and activity/expo center. Fort Missoula is the biggest bestest asset the county has – and it speaks to what Missoula and Montana and the [...]

Health Care Reform and Senator Max Baucus

April 28, 2009 in Healthcare, Max Baucus

by jhwygirl I’ve yet to write about Ezra Klein’s visit to Missoula last week to speak on health care (or my meeting with Wulfgar! – I don’t know which was a bigger event!), but one thing that Ezra spoke of was our senator’s important – very important – roll in instituting some sort of health [...]

it just gets better and better….

April 28, 2009 in Montana

  by problembear when colin powell defected from the republican party and endorsed obama for president over john mccain last fall you could see that moderate reasonable republicans were getting fed up with the right wing nut leanings of the republican party leadership…today with specter’s defection i can’t help wonder if this is just the [...]

Smurfit-Stone extends shutdown

April 28, 2009 in Economy & Business, Plum Creek, Smurfit-Stone

by Pete Talbot It started as a rumor but was confirmed by the Missoulian. Smurfit-Stone will continue its 10-day shutdown for another 30 days — to June 1. That’s 280 people out of work in the Missoula area, for at least a month. Add that to what could be 369 Plum Creek layoffs (Ksanka mill [...]