Opinions

DO YOU KNOW A DILLONAIRE?

We’re looking for the “Dillonaire of the Year.” The qualifications – A Dillonaire must love Dillon and do something to make it a better place to live. For instance, a Dillonaire would hold a door for a stranger or make a contribution or coach a team or go through life with a positive attitude. The possibilities are endless but we need you, the community of Dillon, to submit nominations for consideration. To submit a nomination, you can E-mail the nominee’s name and a brief description of their good deed(s) or positive contributions to editor@ dillontribune.com, mail to The Dillon Tribune at P.O. Box 911, or drop off the nomination at our office at 31 S. Idaho St.

EXPRESS YOURSELF IN THE DILLON TRIBUNE

Let other people know how you feel and what you think with a letter to the editor. Letters are subject to editing for libel and good taste, and should be limited to 400 words or less.

Tester statement on vote to fund the government

U.S. Senate, Dec. 2 — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester today released the following statement on his vote to fund the government through Feb. 18, 2022:

Let’s open our eyes to the illusion of “beneficial spending”

We’ve all heard the saying, “it’s easy to be generous with someone else’s money,” and we know how adept our big spenders are at moving money around from the politically plundered to the politically favored. We know instinctively that government creates no wealth, no jobs, no prosperity. It can only redistribute that which was produced by another person’s ideas, initiative and labor.

Great job

To the editor,

Drought

To the editor,

An open letter to U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines and U.S. Representative Matt Rosendale

Dec. 2, 2021

Rep. Rosendale Votes Against Funding Bill

Washington, D.C., Dec. 2 – Today, Rep. Matt Rosendale voted against H.R. 6119 - Further Extending Government Funding Act, a continuing resolution (CR) which provides continuing appropriations to fund the government through February 18, 2022.

Deal with it

To the editor,

The fact these conversations strike a nerve means we still have a lot to deal with.

First, guilt is a weighted emotion, every day we need to make a new commitment to being anti-racist.

Second, it has been said silence is a crime either you stand with the oppressed or you side with the oppressors.

Third, many of us have been the victims of intense bullying in our lives. From these experiences and the twin quality of imagination and empathy we can join the struggle for social fairness, equality, equity and compassion.

Skewed view

To the editor,

Is there any real justice in America? A kid can walk down the street and kill innocent people and then not be found guilty.

A president can try to overthrow his own government and nothing happens. In any other country, this would be treason.

A man sits on his own porch smoking mariijuana, minding his own business, but gets put in jail for 20 years.

Where is the justice?

LaVon D. Brillhart

Dillon