Ervin Carlson and InterTribal Buffalo Council’s recent editorial promoted the expensive quarantine program producing brucellosis-free Yellowstone bison for transfer to Native American Tribes. Carlson claims the program will (1) reduce slaughter of park bison; (2) preserve unique genes of Yellowstone bison; and (3) restore wild bison across the continent. However, quarantine only transfers slaughter from […]
Just when I thought that we were finally done with the outrages of the last four years of this president by voting him out of office, I discover that Montana’s election of Greg Gianforte to the governor’s office is helping to continue Trump’s assault on our democracy. We just elected as governor a man who […]
Attorney General Tim Fox and Congressman Greg Gianforte supported the Texas lawsuit attempting to overturn our free, fair and very secure election in which Joe Biden won the Electoral College 306 to 232 and the popular vote by a margin of over 7 million. Regardless of the Supreme Court’s dismissal of this baseless misuse of […]
Dear Sen. Steve Daines, Gov.-elect Greg Gianforte, and Attorney General Tim Fox: Let me start by saying that I appreciate your service and your commitment to Montanans. However, I feel it’s time for a heart to heart. I would never share my political views, but I have no issue calling out poor behavior. I have […]
I read the Chronicle’s report of Democrats and Republicans clashing over safe protocols for the upcoming legislative session with interest. I thought, what could there be to clash over? Our CDC, state health and government and counties officials have all made it very clear. Wear a mask, social distance and wash your hands. Teachers and […]
All in for Trump, Fox an embarrassment to MT What an embarrassment for this great state that Attorney General Tim Fox added Montana to the Texas lawsuit suing four other states over how they handled their elections. Yep, they changed their laws in response to COVID-19. Guess which other states did? Montana and Texas! I know […]
By JAMES C. NELSON Guest columnist Montana’s constitution guarantees each of us a number important rights. Among those are the right to: pursue safety and health in all lawful ways and to a clean and healthful environment (Article II, sec. 3); to peaceably assemble and petition for redress or peaceably protest governmental action (Article II, […]
Fox’s foray into lawsuit stains Montana’s integrity It is an absolute travesty that Montana joined the other Republican-led states in filing the amicus brief to the Supreme Court to overturn the results of the presidential election. This is nothing short of a frontal assault on democracy. I thought this was the land of states rights, […]
Protesters’ bullying antics shameful and misguided Roger Roots and John Lamb are educated, experienced politicians, who, presumably, understand better than most of us the constitutional framework undergirding our system of government. Roots has a law degree, too, so his level of sophistication with the detailed mechanisms government has to enforce the rights it guarantees us […]
By ERVIN CARLSON Guest columnist The InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) was founded in 1992 to restore buffalo to tribal lands to preserve our historical, cultural, traditional and spiritual relationships for future generations, and has advocated for the quarantine and translocation of Yellowstone buffalo since its inception. It’s been 27 years since ITBC submitted the first […]