Local election conspiracy theorists Chip & Lisa Bennett, who have cost county taxpayers thousands with a frivolous lawsuit, have groomed a homeschooled (of course) child to oppose needing to be trained to be a lawyer…
From the Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/08/08/proposed-ballot-measure-would-strip-supreme-courts-ability-to-determine-who-can-become-a-lawyer-in-montana/? The nut apparently doesn't fall from the extreme right-wing tree. Sure, let's have anybody be an attorney and muck...
In the most recent CC News, letters to the editor include wise advice from a former mayor (“business experience” is no replacement for actually having experience in government) & another wacky letter from the local Republican women…
Brian Roat reminds us the being a "successful" businessman is no substitute for getting your feet wet in government service before seeking higher office (whether...
In a propaganda piece for the Carbon County News, the president of the local far-right Carbon County Republican Women group celebrates the MT GOP’s turn towards fascism, highlighted at the recent GOP convention in Missoula…
Neo-Nazi Stephen Miller was the keynote speaker. The usual line-up up far-right state Republican politicians were there, as well as right-wing extremist and Sedition Caucus...
Another good reason, Red Lodge, to require that those certain motorcycles, the ones designed to be obnoxiously noisy, “pipe down in town”…
From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/health/noise-exposure-health-impacts.html? crime, drugs, increased law enforcement costs, some businesses have to close, alienate regular tourists, over-tourism, not a great image,...
Our far-right Christo-fascist group, the Carbon County Republican Women, is on a roll — first with a letter to Carbon County News defending our freedom-hating legislature, then hosting Sedition Caucus member Matt Rosendale…
See the May 18 Carbon County News. Cynthia Marble, MAGA, fascism, unAmerican
In the May 4 Carbon County News letters to the editor a local business person downplays the impact of the Harley rally on Red Lodge, and overstates the importance of special events…
The Harley rally alienates and displaces regular tourists, presents a threat to the safety of Red Lodge residents, costs the town money, forces some businesses...
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...