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Notmybathroom has “marital” trouble

Remember those guys? The ones who opposed the anti-discrimination ordinance?
They were hoping to be out and about today collecting signatures for a petition to kill the measure. But life’s an itch sometimes.
Seems Notmybathroom.com has been as successful killing this ordinance as BP has been fixing its gusher in the Gulf.
These [...]

Sidewalks, stuff

Is it February?
I have a mishmash of things here.
First, a correction. Some 66 percent of Missoula NEEDS sidewalks, according to Jon Salmonson. (His earlier letter noted the opposite, so here’s the fix.)
Second, a funny quote from Democrat Tyler Gernant in this story. Gernant hopes to unseat Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg.
“I helped create a corporation that [...]

Numberoonies and fooferaw

Letters to Missoula City Council folks about the anti-discrimination ordinance are pouring into the City Clerk’s office. Petition signatures are stacking up. Here’s the latest count of letters from the  City Clerk and signed petitions from Forward Montana.
1. Letters asking the ordinance to be tabled indefinitely: 25
2. Letters against the ordinance: 51
3. Letters in support [...]

Screaming queens and wedding bells

So it’s a good thing, really, that Chico hot springs isn’t closer. The S.O. and I spent a long weekend and plenty of pocket change there after attending a wedding in Bozeman.
Chico had copies of the Billings Gazette on its coffee tables, and there I read about a wedding in England that reminded me of [...]

The Equality Squad

Some Forward Montana folks in colorful get-ups were on the University of Montana oval today collecting signatures for “Equality for all Montanans.”
Who are they? The Equality Squad.
The effort is related to the anti-discrimination ordinance coming soon to the Missoula City Council floor. The bright red, blue, yellow and green track suits are flagged for diversity, [...]

Ice cream for old gay Buddhist veterans too

What does a Missoula City Council committee do when faced with an ordinance calling for inclusion? Makes it more inclusive, it appears.
Yesterday, the Public Safety and Health Committee set a public hearing for April 12 on the ordinance protecting people including LGBT folks in the areas of employment, housing and hangouts. (Ice cream parlors, [...]

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