Not to be outdone by the City of Missoula's increased gas tax proposal, Missoula County is proposing a tax increase to finance $16 Million of the $26 Million Emergency Operations Center. Of course, taxpayers will hardly notice the increase.
The Missoula City Government Council is considering slapping a two cent tax on gas to help pay for some much needed road work and repair. With fuel prices at record levels and people struggling to make ends meet (thanks to the Democrat controlled congress and environmentalists), the local government has decided they need to increase taxes to make their ends meet. Have they considered making some hard choices and cutting some expenses and programs? My family certainly has. I didn't consider going to my employer and asking for a raise because right now, I'm happy to have a job and a paycheck. My employer had to make some difficult choices and cuts. So did I. So should our local government. Just don't take any more out of my pocket!
Bill Clinton will be in Missoula on Wednesday morning, 5/14, at 9:15AM at the Adams Center West Auxiliary Gym at the UM. He will also be appearing in Kalispell the night before at the «Solutions for America» event at Flathead Valley Community College's Black Hall Arboretum at 7:30 p.m.
I read this Missoulian article yesterday and was struck by a couple of things. First was this which seems to be a recipe for voting more then once in the primary (emphasis mine):
In today's Missoulian editorial, they just don't get it even though I was clear about the goal of Operation Chaos. I've highlighted the key sentence in my quote.
The Clinton Campaign has established an office in Missoula. Now I can get my bumper stickers, yard signs, posters and buttons! It's in the old Firestone building on the corner of Pattee and Main in downtown Missoula. Give them a visit!
Well, the UM Protesters got a three day suspension for violating the school's Student Conduct Code. They get to pick the three days so as not to inconvenience the students themselves too much. So that's nice. They got off pretty easy.
Those «brave» protesters that stormed President Dennison's office to conduct a sit-in while he was away in China might get suspended for their actions. I called them cowards at the time and it seems I was accurate because now they are complaining they might have to pay a stiff penalty. They ran to their friends at LITW, Intelligent Discontent and 4 & 20 for help. Being a martyr is tough sometimes.
After reading this about nine protesters at the UM yesterday conducting a sit-in in President George Dennison's office demanding the U adopt an anti sweatshop labor program, I came to the conclusion that these folks were a bunch of phonies and cowardly.
I see many stories this time of year claiming Mary and Joseph (Jesus' parents) were a homeless couple when Jesus was born. Rob Chaney in the Missoulian even reported it yesterday in the article about the beating death of homeless veteran, Forrest Clayton Salcido. (emphasis mine)
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein
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