Montana: Missoulas

November 5, 2009 - 10:48 pm
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What’s Up With the Evil Conservative Media Takeover?

by jhwygirl
Sometimes I think I don’t pimp this blog often enough. This will be a bit of a rant.
Sad to see Missoula’s progressive talk radio AM930 go. So suddenly – and I’ve missed anything if it’s been mentioned elsewhere.
Now – I don’t know when it happened, but Tuesday I settled in the [...]

September 22, 2009 - 12:55 pm
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City zoning myths and some endorsements

by Pete Talbot
Zoning Rewrite
University-area homeowner Ian Lange had an erroneous op-ed in Sunday’s Missoulian. Fortunately, Ward 3’s Bob Jaffe debunks Lange’s misinformation, point-by-point.
The short version is that Lange thinks Missoula’s zoning rewrite will stifle economic growth by turning established neighborhoods into ghettos (by allowing more density). Lange suggests that ADUs — little [...]

June 29, 2009 - 12:29 am
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Putting ‘Garden’ Back in The Garden City

by jhwygirl
If you watched the video my last post, you found out that what birthed 1,000 New Gardens, Missoula was a dinner meeting between Max Smith, a UM student and Geoff Badenoch (Missoula’s perennial board member of just about everything) where the topic of discussion was preservation of agricultural lands out in the county. [...]

April 16, 2009 - 11:12 pm
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Zoning rewrite petition revisited

by Pete Talbot
(As usual, jhwygirl beat me to the punch here. I have some additional links and comments, though, on the petition drive.)
Please, before signing the anonymous petition that’s spreading fear and misinformation about Missoula’s zoning rewrite, get the facts. Here is an information sheet from the Office of Planning and Grants. Here’s [...]

April 16, 2009 - 04:33 pm
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Missoula City Council: drunk and stoned again

by Pete Talbot
Not really. But Ward 3 Councilman Bob Jaffe employed his wry wit to kick off a serious discussion of Missoula’s marijuana laws.
“This morning we started the day at 8:00 am with alcohol and marijuana. First we approved the purchase of a bunch of field sobriety kits, motorcycle and in-car video camera systems, [...]