We greatly appreciate the fact that the Board of County Commissioners took the time and made the effort, while codifying its Public Participation Resolution, to address Judge Langton’s order in a recent lawsuit in which the Board was ordered to “create, adopt and publish guidelines for determining whether an issue is ‘of significant interest to…
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It’s strictly about the law
Star Editorial The Ravalli County Commissioners have been slapped with two lawsuits recently over alleged violations of the state’s open meeting laws. It is entirely appropriate and expected that they should not comment directly on the real issues involved in that litigation now that they are in court. What is not expected and is really…
Opportunity knocks – will the door be opened?
The Stevensville Town Council is bogged down by so many problems it’s hard to know where to start the digging out. Last Monday, a roomful of citizens turned out in the wake of former Mayor Lew Barnett’s resignation to gather information on the current quest for a new mayor, as well as to weigh…
From bad to worse in Stevensville, perhaps
The news from Stevensville this week is dire. When adults are unable to work together for the betterment of their community, it’s a sad day. Now the mayor and a council person have resigned, both citing the behavior of another council person as the problem. We have to say that, in some ways, the…