Time zone bandits at it again
John Heiser
Grassy Butte
Well, once again it seems that the time zone bandits are up to no good with their latest attempts to meddle with the Mountain Time zone, which the majority of western North Dakotans favor. The fact is that we prefer Mountain time because it is a significant part of our identity as Westerners, as opposed to Mid-westerners like those who live east of the Missouri River.
Yet every few years, misguided politicians with apparently little else to do have to fiddle with our time zone, and every time we westerners vote the idea down; our wishes demand respect. I expect the legislators from southwest North Dakota will trash this idea in short order, or come up with a better one, like making all of North Dakota adopt Mountain Time.
As far as nonsensical “daylight savings time” goes, getting rid of it would be a fine idea.