City and County Government
Such a fast meeting last night!
The Missoula City Council meeting, of course.
During comments, Councilman Dave Strohmaier announced a request he plans to make of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a full blown study of the impacts of coal export terminals in Washington and Oregon.
From Strohmaier’s referral:
Numerous coal export facilities are planned for Oregon and [...]
If you missed it, here’s my latest story about Mayor John Engen’s proposed 2013 budget. The general fund is 29 percent larger than it was in the 2006 budget, when Engen’s predecessor was in office.
While the budget has grown under Engen, the mayor and his department heads also have found savings.
City finance director Brentt Ramharter [...]
Mayor John Engen sent his first original tweet today! Follow him: @engenjohn.
EngenJohn10:51am via web
My first tweet: Missoula, my hometown, is a great place that’s getting better. bit.ly/JUSrDa
EngenJohnMay 07, 6:30pm via Twitter for iPhone
RT @jenifergursky: If the interest rate on student loans doubles, the average student pays $1000 more per year. Let’s make the right cho …
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Here’s some data from Missoula Municipal Court on DUI and partner-family member assault tickets written by police.
You can see that this year, Missoulians are on track to rack up 1,240 DUIs, and that’d be a 71 percent increase from tickets written in 2009. Wow. These are just DUI tickets written, though. I don’t have a [...]
Sometimes, I get a letter that’s worth sharing more widely. This weekend, Missoula Police Department detective Katie Petersen sent a note talking about how she’s a community member and not just a cop.
Here’s a picture of her in regular person mode, and below is her letter in full. She mentions volunteering at an event at [...]
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Alright, here’s to the holiday, and now we’ve got some ground to cover.
First, something fun. It’s Bike-Walk-Bus Week, and that means the Pedal v. Metal competition, bikes v. cars.
Our very own Michael Moore nabbed a third place in this Wednesday competition. The reason this is a big deal is Moore was asked to drive a [...]
Wowza. Did you see this one?
A U.S. Justice Department investigation into the handling of sexual assault cases by the Missoula Police Department, the Missoula County Attorney’s Office and the University of Montana will be announced Tuesday.
A couple other things in case you missed them:
1. My story about Verizon’s plan to cut a road across Waterworks [...]
Check out this video passed on by Councilwoman Caitlin Copple: Dave Strohmaier, a member of the Missoula City Council and a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, “fake marries” a gay couple in Caras Park to show support for marriage equality.
Get this: Strohmaier conducts the ceremony wearing his fishing hat. (Sorry but I had [...]
Finally! Whirlwind trip.
Here’s a picture of the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio.
So what’d I miss? I’m going to jump on a story about a cell phone tower, and I’m taking other ideas to add to the clean list of stories to write.
Also, if you have a mother-in-law unit you think is really sweet or hideously [...]
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