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DATA POINTS
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
SHOULD KALISPELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS UPDATE ITS NON- DISCRIMINATION POLICY?
TOTAL VOTES
DO YOU TRUST IRAN TO STICK TO THE PARAMETERS OF A NUCLEAR AGREEMENT?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD KALISPELL PASS NEW ZONING RESTRICTIONS FOR CASINOS?
TOTAL VOTES
3 BILLION
Miles traveled by the unmanned spacecraft New Horizons to fly by and study the dwarf planet Pluto last week. The mission launched in January 2006. IMAGE COURTESY WIKIPEDIA.COM
THE GOOD
REAL ESTATE
At the midpoint of 2015, the Flathead market is holding steady and the number of shorts sales has plummeted.
THE BAD
DROUGHT
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack last week designated 15 Montana counties as primary natural disaster areas due to recent drought, including Flathead County.
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192
145
56% YES
44% NO
23% YES
77% NO
69% YES
31% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
7.25%
“We are not a legislative
body. We are a school board. Ideological, theological arguments about what is before us are not relevant.”
Kalispell District 5 School Board Chairman Joe Brenneman during a meeting last week on updating the district’s nondiscrimination policy.
35,000
Estimated gallons of oil spilled after
a train hauling crude from North Dakota derailed
in northeastern Montana. No one was reported injured in the accident.
Error rate in Montana’s food stamp program, more than twice the national average. Gov. Steve Bullocks called the rate of over and underpayments through the Supplemental Nutrional Assistance Program “unacceptable.”
“Iran is not our equal. Iran is the largest state-sponsor of terrorism across the globe, and giving them not only billions of dollars in economic relief, but also a legal pathway to a nuclear weapon, will only bolster their anti-American, anti-Israel activities and aspirations.
Montana Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke in response to President Barack Obama announcing a deal with Iran that would lift economic sactions in exchange for placing strict limits on Iran’s nuclear program.
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