Yep…
Thanks to Nick Anderson. gun violence epidemic, NRA terrorist organization, no other country has such gun violence, so much for GOP/Republicans being "pro-life," Montana has...
Nick Anderson understands the “School Choice” charade, which also has a goal of undermining public education…
Thanks to Nick Anderson. right-wing extremism, anti-science, Christo-fascism, anti-education, Seth Berglee
An NYT article (“The Threats to Our Democracy Have Gone Local”) linked to here is confirmed by our local experience, as a local couple, the Bennetts, file a frivolous lawsuit against Carbon County, wasting taxpayer money…
From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/opinion/election-denial-eric-certification.html? Here is an earlier post from our site related to the same subject: https://carboncountytruth.com/in-an-article-headlined-bennetts-still-besmirching-carbon-county-the-carbon-county-news-outlines-how-litigation-pursued-by-local-election-deniers-lisa-and-chip-bennett-is-interfering-with-c/ harassment, "election integrity" nonsense, anti-democracy,...
From our GOP hypocrisy section: the GOP is again proving it is the real perpetrator of election fraud in its attempt to rig our state’s next Senate election, and their efforts make The New York Times…
From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/politics/montana-election-bill-senate-tester.html? fascism, anti-democracy, afraid of the voters, afraid of Tester
Our local state senator, Forest Mandeville, is publishing opinion pieces mischaracterizing IRS hacking incidents, & of course opposes adequately funding the IRS so it can provide better security and catch the tax cheats the GOP seems to love…
An example from the Carbon County News: https://www.carboncountynews.com/commentary/irs-failures-on-data-security-should-be-a-wakeup-call-for-taxpayers/article_6d87e31e-d7ec-11ed-a9e8-b33ff9311e09.html Hacking incidents are also common in the private sector, Mandeville conveniently forgets. And Russia, who many Republicans...
From our Carbon County News section: local resident Walter Clapp makes front page news by announcing his bid to run for U.S. President as a Republican, will the lack of a criminal record hurt him with GOP voters?…
We wish him luck. From the Carbon County News: https://www.carboncountynews.com/local-montana-man-running-against-trump-in-2024/article_bf9fe868-d7ec-11ed-9cc6-431133d64643.html lawyer, Trump, Republican, DeSantis
As Red Lodge decides the fate of local recycling, perhaps plastic “recycling” should be abandoned, since only a tiny fraction of plastic is “recycled” (and, even then, it’s not really recycled), & people encouraged to just stop using plastic instead…
Recycling reduces the cost of Red Lodge's solid waste management system, since less solid waste has to be hauled to the landfill when people are...
Yep…
Thanks to Rob Rogers.
A recent front-page article in the Carbon County News, “City Council listens to STR Recommendations,” outlines how Red Lodge is attempting to deal with the nationwide dilemma of STR’s impacting neighborhoods and affordable housing…
From The Carbon County News: https://www.carboncountynews.com/news/city-council-listen-to-str-recommendations/article_579a9e72-d326-11ed-a592-a372da094466.html short-term rentals
In these times of man-caused climate change we can throw the “500-year-flood” and similar jargon out the window — Red Lodge is still cleaning up but who knows what will happen this year…
From The Billings Gazette: https://billingsgazette.com/news/red-lodge-hustles-to-repair-last-junes-flood-damage-before-this-years-runoff/article_85052e2e-ccc6-11ed-b8ba-8bfa7e5fe185.html?