Libby resident displeased with response from commissioners
I recently had the occasion to write to our Lincoln County Commissioners regarding their stance on the loss of approximately 50 jobs on the Kootenai National Forest.
These 50 local employees were among the 3,400 employees nationally of the U.S. Forest Service that were illegally fired on Feb. 14 by Elon Musk and the Office of Personnel Management.
The only response I received was from Commissioner Noel Duram. He started off by insisting that these firings were not illegal, even though at least two Federal judges as well as the Merit System Protection Board have ruled that they were. He went on to state that “the plans of the Trump Administration might be the best thing for Lincoln County if we can improve the economy and stimulate a more sustainable jobs program through private industry instead of tax dollars.”
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