Our View: Havre needs Vibrant Futures

Havre City Council recently passed on a partisan 5-4 vote a resolution to become a part of Vibrant Futures, a group that will work to attract funds for programs assisting the Hi-Line.

The vote was troubling for several reasons, not the least of which was that it was along partisan — and apparently ideological — lines. After Election Day, partisan politics has rarely reared its head on City Council.

Vibrant Futures is the brainchild of Opportunity Link, a foundation-backed organization that has rightly won widespread respect from all sides of the political spectrum. It started the bus sy...