Merry Frickin’ Christmas

December 15, 2009 in Economy & Business, Missoula, Montana

by jhwygirl Smurfit-Stone closes. Saw it on the front page of the Montana Standard. Not that it wasn’t elsewhere, or aptly covered locally – but it’s that big, that it’s front-page on the Butte paper. 417 families. 417 households. How many others that bought and sold into that mill? Nothing to say that hasn’t been [...]

Still More on Proposal to Close Polling Places

December 15, 2009 in 2010 Election, Missoula, Missoula County Commissioners

by jhwygirl Missoula County Commissioners were on the defense again today with an editorial in the Missoulian, titled “Voter accessibility will still be better than ever in Montana”. In it, they lay out much what has been written or discussed openly: The cost savings of reducing the number of judges and the costly automark machines [...]