by Travis Mateer
You guys are adorable. Seriously, don’t ever change. Just keep doing what you’re doing and hope it will all get better by darkening bubbles on a ballot.
Those who still invest excessive amounts of energy worrying about the outcomes of national elections have willingly allowed hamster wheels to be placed in their brains where neural pathways for critical thinking once existed. Dr. Oz vs. Fetterman is the inevitable result.
In Missoula there is virtually NO CHOICE regarding the power structure of our local criminal justice system. Kirsten Pabst WILL BE the County Attorney again, and Jeremiah Petersen WILL BE our Sheriff.
And the result? I’ll make an easy prediction about that: their policies of “diversion” to limited/non-existent treatment programs will continue placing the risk of addiction and untreated mental illness on the streets of Missoula for citizens to deal with.
For the wealthy who have flooded the state of Montana at a higher rate than ANY OTHER STATE over the last two years, they might want to consider hiring private security as a strategic hedge against the Mad Max environment that will surely continue to devolve around them.
Since Roger’s International lost its city contract to secure homeless sites around town, I think David Pritchard’s assessment of the situation offers an opportunity to create a new niche service–call it the SECURE SHOPPER and offer holiday rates for the novel experience of hiring tactically-clad men to make your downtown shopping experience as safe as possible.
Or, if you want to support a local business, you might want to consider shelling out some money for a statement piece by Zombie Tools.
Because nothing says safety like a blade longer than the arm of a charging meth head!
While David Pritchard opines on the homeless population’s fascination with machetes on a citizen-led Facebook group interview, readers of THIS blog should consider the value of the content I’ve been producing at a consistent rate of 5-6 posts every week because a BIG transition is coming thanks to some decisions (political?) that were made to FORCE this transition on me.
Later today I’m hoping to make an appearance on a show hosted by a REAL private investigator about growing interest some national media outlets are starting to show, behind the scenes, on a case I’ve been covering extensively this past year.
For a visual hint, and to offer a clue on one magazine’s connection to ANOTHER case I’ve been covering, check this cover out:
The PI I’ll be speaking with recently interviewed a fellow synchromystic, Jasun Horsley, who I also interviewed in April of 2021.
Synchronistically, this was the same month I first spoke with a homeless man by the name of Johnny Lee Perry, a drug-addicted young black man from Oakland who ALSO liked long blades called machetes, and was actually gunned down by the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office for not putting one down.
For additional Zoom Chron coverage of this case, here’s my latest article, published on Halloween.
Once this election cycle passes any mention of the national spectacle from me will be in regards to local stories that may or may not get national attention, and the implications, good or bad, that may have.
To help me start preparing for kicking things up a notch, the donation options can be found at my about page.
Thanks for reading!