Missoula Food Bank in Need of Warehouse Space

January 27, 2010 in hunger, Missoula

by jhwygirl The growing need for food assistance is busting the seams of the Missoula Food Bank over there on 3rd Street, near Bernie’s Bakery, and they are looking for some warehouse space. Inexpensive or no cost/donation. Perhaps an arrangement where the rental cost below market is a combination rent + donation? The Missoula Food [...]

A Better Way to Watch Tonight’s Speech

January 27, 2010 in Barack Obama, Missoula, Montana, Politics

by jhwygirl I got an email today, titled as above. Won’t go into the details. What I will suggest is what came to mind as soon as I saw the subject on the email, and here it is: Drink. Please consider this an open thread.

Ax Max?

January 27, 2010 in Max Baucus, Montana politics, Progressives

by Pete Talbot Montana’s Sen. Max Baucus isn’t all bad. He’s pro-choice, advanced good legislation on the Rocky Mountain Front and secured funding for the housing, education and medical needs of Montanans. He’s also been instrumental in helping many good Democrats get elected to office in our state. So it is with some trepidation that [...]

Those Libertarians are always thinking

January 27, 2010 in Libertarians, Montana, Montana politics, Rob Natelson

by Pete Talbot Since the Heritage Foundation isn’t conservative enough, Libertarians have established dozens of their own “think tanks.” I discovered this after Googling the Independence Institute, Rob Natelson’s new home. The UM professor is leaving the law school, where he taught constitutional law, for this Libertarian think tank in Colorado. Natelson ran for Montana [...]