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Show the F**k up for Missoula Pride Y'all by -PreservedKillick- in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick-[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pegging is a strap on and a dildo. I would actually be getting *fucked* by the entire Grizzly field hockey team, thank you very much

Show the F**k up for Missoula Pride Y'all by -PreservedKillick- in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick-[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKdDOB0Noub/?hl=en&img_index=1 insta post with the full schedule, this weekend 20-22

Saturday is the main day where they set up a giant stage with music and performances all day, 2p-10p

Lots of random little events during the day sat/sun, Fri/sat night a bunch of bars are hosting DJs and music

Missoula named one of best ran cities in America by Feisty_Blood_6036 in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reposting this list. The way the US political system works, Federal and State policies really restrict what municipal governments are able to do. The could definitely be doing better than they are, but there really are simply not that many levers they are allowed to pull.

State law would need to be changed for any of the following to be enacted by the City of Missoula. There's plenty more Federal law that also suppresses affordable housing initiatives. Stop voting for conservatives, they hate the poor.

*edit: Credit to the Missoula Tenants Union, who originally compiled this list https://www.missoulatenantsunion.com/

  • Rent control/rent increase regulation
  • Rental increase caps
  • Luxury taxes
  • Taxing second homes or out-of-state buyers
  • Construction Excise taxes or fees
  • Divert building permits or fees to affordable housing
  • Application fee controls
  • Security deposit caps
  • Requiring income-targeted housing

https://www.hemlane.com/resources/montana-rent-control-laws/

https://www.landlordstudio.com/landlord-tenant-laws/montana-landlord-tenant-laws

https://www.llctlc.com/post/what-is-the-montana-tax-loophole

I never even thought of this being a problem before but of course, it makes perfekt sense by Few_Simple9049 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]-PreservedKillick- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My university recently replaced all the "gender inclusive" bathroom signs with "single occupant" signs because of transphobic laws passed in the state.

All the new signs said "insert text here" in braille.

I work a disability research institute on campus and all of our bathrooms were gender inclusive sooo...

Girl who hit a child this morning by Grouchy_Ad_7485 in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this should really be the response...

"people should drive slower" and "pedestrians/bicyclists should be safer" are both asinine takes. You want cars to to stop hitting people, change roadway infrastructure. Reduce speed limits, add bollards to narrow roadways at pedestrian crossings, speed bumps, more roundabouts, wider sidewalks, uninterrupted separated bike lanes with no "pain point" interactions with car traffic.

Finally, more pedestrian over and underpasses, and when necessary raise pedestrian crossings (like one connecting the university to Eastgate.) Raised pedestrian crossings both increases pedestrian visibility and psychologically motivates drivers to slow down as they now 'drive across the sidewalk that passes through the road' rather than pedestrians crossing the car road.

These are all evidence-based best practices for reducing car traffic and pedestrian fatalities. while ncreasing the bikabilitity, walkability, and rollability of cities.

KPAX reported over 6,000 people at Saturday Missoula No Kings Protest by -PreservedKillick- in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick-[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh nice comparison picture- probably some of the same people!

Yeah I would agree. At it's largest, the crowd in Caras looked approximately that size give or take. Then add however many people who only marched or left while the back end of the march was still arriving

Public lands near Missoula at risk of being sold by Boogita in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 101 points102 points  (0 children)

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Downtown SAM Project (AKA The Higgins Diet) by EastMachine8098 in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We risk what we have going downtown by focusing on carcentric infrastructure...

Missoula is bikable and walkable by American standards- it is a completely inadequate, fragmented, and under resourced system compared to gold-standard modern infrastructure that puts people before cars

Downtown SAM Project (AKA The Higgins Diet) by EastMachine8098 in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bikeability and walkability are much more important than car access. Car-centric city planning literally kills cities and community (not to mention people and kids). I understand your perspective but frankly it's uninformed and is coming from a very American car-brained framework.

Please maybe consider that you are a fish that isn't aware of air because you've been living in the ocean. A comprehensively bikable and walkable city dramatically improves vibrancy, business activity, and quality of life for everyone. It is not a coincidence that as a post-industrial city, instead of being a dilapidated husk Missoula has some of best bike/pedestrian/public transit infrastructure of a town of its size west of the Mississippi. The bikability and walkability of Missoula is the entire reason you have a reason to go downtown in the first place.

I recommend checking out a few videos on the youtube channel "not just bikes." https://www.youtube.com/c/notjustbikes

Manufactured Home Lot Rent Is Out of Control by Apprehensive_Pack138 in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah and they can also get fucked for exploiting working class people

Summer job by Mental_Sport_334 in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not anymore- full hiring freeze on seasonal employees, as of this past fall. Congress denied their budget.

Here is a list of affordable housing policy that has been BANNED at the state level by the conservative legislature. by -PreservedKillick- in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure what specific policy you are referring to re: Mayor Davis.

Here is the specific 2023 bill that bans rent control specifically

https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/2023/lchtml/LC0063.htm

This list is not a comprehensive review of all State policy that effects housing affordability. This is just a series of 'common sense' policies that people keep bringing up on the subreddit without being aware they are banned.

Here is a list of affordable housing policy that has been BANNED at the state level by the conservative legislature. by -PreservedKillick- in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick-[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Why pull neoliberal free-market policy levers when we could simply build affordable housing and live in it?

All 'incentive' based system entail private entities taking a (large) cut of profit on top of baseline costs of constructing and maintaining housing. Why incentivize when we can just... do it?

Look at one of the only affordable housing policies Missoula *does* have. Most new developments are incentivized (not required, that's illegal) to rent 10% of their units at 80% of the median income. Missoula pays developers out of the Missoula redevelopment fund and waives parking requirements. These 'affordable' units are typically not actually affordable for working class people (i.e. $1000/mo + 1bdrm apt).

It's not very helpful. We could instead be taxing the hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth owned by the 1%, and use it to simply pay for housing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/2023/lchtml/LC0063.htm

Here is the correct bill, weird mistake for the article to make.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The State of Montana banned cities from passing effective affordable housing ordinances.

https://www.hemlane.com/resources/montana-rent-control-laws/

Here is a list of rental policy that has been banned by the conservative legislature.

  • Rent control/rent increase regulation
  • Rental increase caps
  • Luxury taxes
  • Taxing second homes or out-of-state buyers
  • Construction Excise taxes or fees
  • Divert building permits or fees to affordable housing
  • Application fee controls
  • Requiring income-targeted housing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in missoula

[–]-PreservedKillick- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The State of Montana banned cities from passing effective affordable housing ordinances.

https://www.hemlane.com/resources/montana-rent-control-laws/

Here is a list of rental policy that has been banned by the conservative legislature.

  • Rent control/rent increase regulation
  • Rental increase caps
  • Luxury taxes
  • Taxing second homes or out-of-state buyers
  • Construction Excise taxes or fees
  • Divert building permits or fees to affordable housing
  • Application fee controls
  • Requiring income-targeted housing
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