Uncommon Ground

Uncommon Ground

Eye-popping Numbers

Middle-class Montana is getting hosed and you should at least know

By Mike Jopek
Uncommon Ground

Tricky Coyotes

Lawmakers are making old-time homeowners pay way more state property taxes so maybe some newcomers might move to Montana

By Mike Jopek
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Hope is No Plan

It’s hard to fathom the amount of chaos when temperatures swing wildly

By Mike Jopek
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Welcome 2025

Before warped principles told the county to reject $9 million for Flathead housing, our leaders were busy bashing the homeless

By Mike Jopek
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Stocking Stuffers

I’m grateful for life and family, indebted by your kindness and generosity

By Mike Jopek
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Comic Reality

Four of the five top elected politicians in Montana are gazillionaires who live in the Bozeman area

By Mike Jopek
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Thanksgiving Tax

It seems lawmakers won’t be completely happy until homes pay all of the local property taxes and industry pays none

By Mike Jopek
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Dark Clouds Ahead

The millionaires, billionaires, and tech giants now run our government in Washington, D.C. and Montana

By Mike Jopek
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Tester Time

You have one vote to protect your rights, to assure that Montana remains the kind of place where you want to raise a family

By Mike Jopek
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Vote for Freedom

Your votes decide which rights working Montanans like you and I get to keep come the new year

By Mike Jopek
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Pumped Up

Voting has begun across America and ballots arrive soon in Montana

By Mike Jopek
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The Future is Us

We seek leaders who put our future and shared values first

By Mike Jopek
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Let’s Go

Middle Montana got hosed over the past few years

By Mike Jopek
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Hope of the Working Class

Together, we remain the best of America and the hope of the working class

By Mike Jopek
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Promising Times

Young voters in rural towns like Columbia Falls, Whitefish, Pablo and Browning will set the direction for Montana

By Mike Jopek