Editorials

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: An opportunity for Montana beef producers

Published on Thu, 05/04/2017 - 3:32pm
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After bashing China on the campaign trail as a currency manipulator, President Donald Trump has been trying recently to make friends with the country, inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to his Mar-a-Lago Resort and backing off on the currency charge.

And for Montana beef producers, that’s just fine.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Coke and whiskey

Published on Wed, 05/03/2017 - 1:33pm

This is one of those headlines a lot of people see but nobody notices. It came last week after Coke announced earnings.

Oh boy, corporate earnings. This is gonna’ be good.

Despite the horrible start, hang in here. Hey, you already paid your money for this newspaper. You’re in this deep, no sense quitting now.

The reason the Coca-Cola headline is worth mentioning is because it comes on the heels of all sorts of stories about the EPA. As you remember, President Trump proposed cutting the budget of the EPA by some 30 percent.

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: Ryan Zinke's chance

Published on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 3:18pm
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U.S. Sen. Jon Tester recently made good on his promise to introduce legislation aimed at halting future mining on the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park.

Many Park County residents applauded Tester for introducing the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, which would permanently remove federal mineral rights on some 30,000 acres of public land in the Custer Gallatin National Forest near Yellowstone National Park and the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Gun owners have been exploited by fear-mongering

Published on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 7:49am
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An immense fraud has been perpetuated upon lawful gun owners in this country.

It began way back in 1992, and didn’t end until 2016.

This dirty deed was not the work of liberal activists, nor the doing of Democratic presidents or members of Congress.

No, this bit of mischief has been committed by the very industry that produces guns and bullets, by their henchmen in Congress and the leadership of the National Rifle Association.

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: Slow down, use caution in road construction zones

Published on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 1:22pm

Some say that orange traffic cones are perhaps the official Montana state flower. 

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: Growth policy update complete, now let’s put it to use

Published on Fri, 04/21/2017 - 3:42pm

Park County has an updated growth policy.

Now it’s up to our county commissioners to put it to work.

Commissioners and county staff spent several years fine tuning the growth policy via workshops, questionnaires and countless interviews with residents and a wide range of stakeholders.

Some resisted the effort, but commissioners persisted in updating the non-regulatory document in accordance with state law.

Apartment units get nixed, as housing problem remains

Published on Thu, 04/20/2017 - 1:45pm

Well, so much for that.

The Livingston City Commission denied NorthTown Livingston a zoning change to build 14 four-unit apartments, for a total of 56 units, on Livingston’s north side.

The arguments for and against the units are well known. 

For: Livingston has a tight rental market; we are experiencing population pressure from Bozeman; it’s hard for employers to find housing for their workers, which means companies might not want to move here; a bigger tax base; and good construction jobs to build the units.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Bison Range needs comprehensive conservation plan

Published on Wed, 04/19/2017 - 11:45am

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke should follow up on his baffling announcement last week concerning “changing course” on the National Bison Range with some actual leadership on this critical issue.

That means he will need to explain exactly what his opposition is to the plan to transfer management of the range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and explain what actions he is taking to stop the proposal that is currently wending its way through the federal system.

City Commission erred in closing budget meeting

Published on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 1:37pm

The Livingston City Commission made a disappointing and unusual decision Tuesday when it shut the public out of discussions about next year’s budget.

Those in attendance at the meeting, including a reporter from The Livingston Enterprise, were asked to leave the meeting, and the commission went into a closed executive session to discuss the possibility of eliminating one or more positions within the local government.

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: New city manager has big job ahead

Published on Wed, 04/12/2017 - 1:29pm

The long search for a Livingston city manager is over, and now it’s time for the new executive to get to work.

The City of Livingston welcomed Michael Kardoes in early April. Kardoes took the reins from acting City Manager Lisa Lowy, the city’s Administrative Services director, who ably filled the post for a very long time — since October 2015, when then-City Manager Ed Meece left.