Credit card charges costing Missoula meter revenues

Missoulian story.

MiddleFinger said on: June 5, 2011, 9:49 pm

And I quote: "Parking director Anne Guest said she is disappointed at the low credit card use, but also surprised to see that some people are putting as little as 35 cents on plastic.
"I would no more put 35 cents on my credit card than fly to the moon," said Guest, who figured it's a generational thing."

For goodness sake! What did she thing they were going to put on their credit cards, a tip? Cash back? 10 hours of parking? The amounts drivers will put on their credits cards will be...are you listening?...exactly the same as the amount of coins they put in the meter!

Hello! Anybody in there?

Hellgate tennis coach resigns; assistants fired for drinking around students

Missoulian story.

Nativeofmizoo said on: May 25, 2011, 10:27 am

District officials are straddling the fence on this one... Zero tolerance is just that, ZERO tolerance. While I agree with the premise that teaching these kids to say "NO" to drugs and alcohol is a priority, the reality is that they were driven to and from the restaurant by a bus driver, (emphasizing responsible designated driver actions) and had one beer each.
TRUE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS it seems, is to get $H*% faced and drive your boat into a rock embankment on Flathead Lake, seriously injuring one of the boat occupants. As I recall, NEITHER Rehberg, nor Barkus lost their high paying jobs over this little mishap,...And their lawyers are still making out like bandits, defending their night of FUN, but the under compensated (volunteer) coaches can get "fired" for having a beer with a meal, celebrating their players achievements.
This children, is the world you will inherit. Confused by the mixed signals???? Yeah, me too.

Lawsuit: Hazing bison with helicopters harmful to grizzly bears

Missoulian story.

Absaroka hunter said on: May 19, 2011, 11:58 am

Cattle are exotics. No ifs, and or buts. The dirty little secret is they brought the brucellosis that now is the straw man behind the hazing. I appreciate ranchers and hope they can stay on their land to avoid 20-acre ranchettes, but let's be honest here: Few folks suck more from the public teat than they do. They have way too much say in the way public lands are managed relative to their waning economic importance.

Leading Holocaust denier to speak in Billings

Billings Gazette story.

CaptainNoble said on: May 5, 2011, 11:09 am

Thought 1: Rather than thinking of a polital thought on a straight line, it's helpful to view it as a circle. Go far enough in either direction and you end up on the other side. Think about it.

Thought 2: The Nazis hated Communists/Communism. It is known.

Thought 3: Reading comments on the Gazette is sort of like punching oneself repeatedly. In the crotch. Except not as entertaining. Why I do it, I don't know. Maybe I hate myself.

Obama: Death of bin Laden a 'good day for America'

Homer said on: May 2, 2011, 12:00 pm

Obama had the balls to send Special Forces into a Muslim country to assassinate one of the most evil people in history, all unbeknownst to that country's government.

Just listened to an August 2010 Obama interview where he states when he took office bin Laden's trail had gone cold (read: Bush gave up). Obama set in motion the Special Ops program that has led to this moment. He gave the order. He followed the situation as it unfolded with real time technology. Obama came to the realization that the Pakistani government were not our allies and quit pussy-footing around with them and took matters into his own hands, something Bush was incapable of doing.

3 FACTS: 9-11 happened on Bush's watch. Zero successful terrorist attacks on Obama's watch. Obama got bin Laden.

God bless Obama.

Cane&Abel said on: May 2, 2011, 11:09 am

How sad. You would think we could take this opportunity to find a small parcel of common ground; to put aside our petty politics for second and pay homage to those who sacrificed everything for this day; to give credit where credit is due.

Instead we post crackpot conspiracy theories and partisan garbage. These Missoulian boards are truly toxic places. Beyond any economic indicator or foreign threat, the attitude of our citizenry as exemplified in this thread is what keeps me up at night. It is the only thing that can truly break this country. If the fissures get wider even after news like this, I'm afraid the fracture isn't too far down the road.

As for myself, I'd like to thank our armed forces for their sacrifices and both presidents Bush and Obama for their perserverance in accomplishing this goal. Unlike some on this board, today I am a proud American and am grateful to live in this country.

Schweitzer will let medical marijuana reform bill become law

royalwulff said on: April 30, 2011, 1:03 am

This legislative session is nothing more than laughable. I cannot believe that these people actually claim to represent the citizens of this state. I have never been so embarrassed for elected officials.

Support MMJ or not, the way this was accomplished was very simply - wrong.

BTW, I generally lean to the right, and vote accordingly. I am a strong supporter of the second amendment. I am a veteran. I am a 4th generation Montanan. I also have a degree in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, along with advanced studies in pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, human physiology, and human pathophysiology, and the use and abuse of drugs. I work under a medical license from the State of Montana Board of Medical Examiners.

I have the knowledge, education, and experience to state - for a fact - that medical marijuana is an effective tool in managing a number of different medical problems.

Is the current system flawed? Yes. Is SB423 the answer? Absolutely not.

People need to wake up and realize that marijuana is a relatively benign substance that actually has a great deal of medicinal advantages.

By the logic of SB423, we should impose the same laws and restrictions on the bar and restaurant industry to curb the outrageous rate of 5th, 6th, 7th DUI offenders and - oh yeah - one of the highest rates of drunk driving fatalities in the country.

Test module hits wire, cuts power to 1,300 homes

Missoulian story.

Bert said on: April 12, 2011, 6:48 pm
Give me a break. First Conoco hits a rock wall and blocks traffic multiple times over an hour, and now Exxon shuts off power to 1,300 people and blocks traffic in both directions for an hour? If you listen to old Pius Rolheiser, though, as long as "nobody was hurt," the move was a success! Never mind the fact that the whole effort was a failure.

Seems the last time I violated a traffic law, I got a ticket that cost me a chunk of change. How come the rules are different for the world's wealthiest corporation? ITD says: "We don't like to levy fines right from the get-go or flat out deny people permits, but we do ask them to make changes." Someone remind me to tell that to the next police officer who pulls me over. I'm sure that will go over well.

According to Exxon and MDT, we're all just going to have to trust our luck with these megaloads. After all, according to Exxon, "No accidents are possible" - that's why they never made an emergency response plan, they told us at the Missoula public meeting.

The news from last night makes a mockery of the Missoulian's editorial board. "Ridiculous" - that's what they said about concerns related to public safety and our economy.

Right...