The robins sang their telltale tune as light eased through the farmhouse windows. Soon the melodious song of the thrush would join the morning chorus. The sun hadn’t yet risen, though a glimmer of hope was on the northeastern horizon.
These days, mornings are the only quiet time in the valley. The sound of progress has yet to wake the Flathead. Soon the hum of the highway joins the sounds of construction, jet skis, and aircrafts in the familiar grind to work days.
In a handful of months, Montana waged an all-out policy war on local control. The new governor repealed many local provisions, which housed workers, kept people safe during the pandemic, and allowed tourists to help pay the bill for local infrastructure.
Five months fresh into his job, Montana’s new governor (Greg Gianforte, seen above) repealed Missoula’s voter-ratified local option gas tax, which fixed the streets….
