by Travis Mateer
Starting at 6pm this evening our City Council will attempt to manage the community response to transforming parks into open-air drug markets for the “houseless” members of our community. One community member already has a long list of questions about this city policy of enabling drug abuse in public parks. Here are her questions:
While Missoula watches our elected leaders do dumb shit that will have predictably bad results, Montana’s Governor is making positive claims about his housing task force. Really, Greg?
“Your recommendations from this task force provided us a roadmap and working together with the legislature to implement many of those things at the 2023 session, leading to what many have called a very successful housing amendment,” began Gianforte. “One national publication called it the ‘Montana Miracle’, which you know, I think should all wear with pride, but there’s still more work to be done.”
What “national publications’ is Governor Gianforte referring to? Because if it’s THIS “article” from Americans for Prosperity, well, that’s a fucking joke then, right?
Here’s AFP detailing how they champion a “free market solution” for housing in Montana:
AFP’s Montana chapter was also frustrated with the obstacles in housing development and felt it was time for a change. Their team of experts, alongside their coalition partners, wasted no time launching an unstoppable campaign, canvassing neighborhoods across the state, driving petitions, delivering compelling testimonies, and initiating key conversations under the dome.
Their relentless efforts paid off. AFP forged trailblazing legislation, including SB 323, which legalized and reignited the building of duplexes statewide, and SB 528, that allowed for accessory dwelling units. AFP also pushed for laws requiring cities to plan their growth ahead of time, adopt zoning reforms, and streamline the permitting process.
AFP is about as successful with housing as the Montana Meth Project is at addressing meth abuse, which is why I assume this “non-profit” that employs the wife of our former Governor, Steve Bullock, is getting into the FENTANYL game. From the link:
The Montana Meth Project is shifting gears and is now working to educate teens on the dangers of fentanyl.
The Montana Meth Project has been around for 20 years and has been solely focused on battling meth addiction by educating high school-age students about the dangers of methamphetamine. But now that’s changing.
The use of fentanyl has been growing, so, the Montana Meth Project decided that they could no longer solely focus on meth and is now rolling out educational materials surrounding the dangers of fentanyl.
How many different ways can I say fuck this worthless organization? For context, here’s an article I wrote in December of 2021 about one of the youth this organization exploited. What parent would allow their kid to be used by this organization?
I’m sure your 12-19 year olds will be in good hands if you send them to this organization’s “teen council” for anti-Fentanyl work.
I’m beginning to think that Montana is the best state in the country to scam people and get away with it. If you don’t believe me, just wait until my article about Dr. Surajit Khanna comes out later today at Western Montana News.
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