The Flathead County commissioners have yet to demonstrate that they want to responsibly, competently, and faithfully serve in the roles the office demands. I can’t help but wonder why they ever sought positions that require municipal management and governance when they reveal their disdain for the many agencies designated to improve the quality of life and safety of its citizens. In the past three years, the county commissioners destabilized the county health department and created an atmosphere hostile to evidence-backed public health measures, appointing individuals with conspiratorial and unfounded claims to dominate the board. The end result was a loss of credible and dedicated public servants and the proliferation of misinformation. Our award-winning county library system has suffered a similar fate, placed on the chopping block because a handful of trustees want control over constitutionally protected speech and, in an act of reckless fiscal responsibility, signed off on hiring an unqualified library director, in direct noncompliance with the state’s hiring standards. This action resulted in the loss of state funding. The latest move from the county commissioners is targeting members of our community who are in crisis, and instead of looking for ways their office can help confront the web of problems relating to housing insecurity, the letter the three commissioners offered the public is egregious and irresponsible.
Listen, many of us would agree that a small,...
Hyderabad: BRS leader Aedla Sudhakar Reddy strongly criticised the statements of HYDRAA commissioner A.V. Ranganath regarding the status of Bathukammakunta. The official had claimed that the place...