Bozeman City Commission considering Iraq resolution

by: Jay Stevens

Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 13:55:02 PM MST

Activists against the war have been gathering signatures for the debate since the commission narrowly approved considering the resolution. Opponents bang a familiar drum:

But critics say commissioners should spend their time on more pressing local business such as building a new jail and fire station.

"Resolutions like that really have nothing to do with the business of our city," Bozeman resident Mike Comstock said.

(Mike Comstock is a regular letter-writer to the Bozeman Chronicle, once claiming that traffic congestion in major cities is a result of liberalism. So we can probably suspect his opposition is ideological, not practical.)

I'm doubtful the commission will approve the resolution - after all, it was a 3-2 vote just to consider it. But then politicians, even local ones, are jumpy folks. I'd also have preferred a referendum. Let the people of Bozeman speak to their representatives directly, en masse. Still, here's to being optimistic about the resolution's passing. If the folks in Washington DC won't move, we need to give 'em a push.