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  • Leter to the Editor: Bachmeier bright spot in sad campaign season

    John Snider and Carol Ortman|Updated Oct 13, 2016

    Editor, The election season is a sad affair. We would be tempted to give up on it altogether if it were not for one bright spot — and that is Democrat Jacob Bachmeier who is running for House District 28. Mr. Bachmeier is an energetic, optimistic young man who is destined to make his mark on Montana politics. Jacob has lived here in Havre all of his life. He campaigns with the positive energy of one who embraces public service and hard work. Mr. Bachmeier is committed to protecting Montana’s outdoor spaces, to creating new...

  • Why do single moms pay taxes, when corporations don't?

    John Snider|Updated May 6, 2014
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    Editor: I am writing Clay Christian, Montana commissioner of high education, Paul Tuss, chair of the Board of Regents, and the various university presidents and chancellors at the public universities in our state if they will join me in demanding that U.S. corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes. Higher education could be free in Montana and the rest of our country if corporations started to fulfill their civic duty and pay taxes. According to Citizens for Tax Justice, 26 corporations, including General Electric,...

  • Northern is failing the Hi-Line

    John Snider|Updated Jun 10, 2013
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    If your daughter decides she wants to be a high school math teacher, don't bother to send her to Montana State University-Northern because Northern no longer offers the degree. If your son is good at English and history and wants to go to college to study to become a high school teacher, you will have to tell him that he will have to leave Havre because Northern no longer offers the degree. In fact, Chancellor Jim Limbaugh has made the decision to terminate all secondary education degrees at Northern. The chancellor has made...

  • Dennison looking out for number one

    Letter to the Editor — John Snider, Havre

    If you listen closely enough up here in Havre when the wind is blowing out of the southwest, you can hear George Dennison down at the University of Montana in Missoula feeding at the public trough. Not content with his lavish salary, his compensation from various boards and his recent $75,000 pay raise, Mr. Dennison now has asked the state's retirement board to suspend its rules so that he can get another $200 a month in retirement. The board wisely rejected his request. At a time when Dennison has frozen faculty and staff...