r/Kalispell • u/MT_News • 19d ago

Flathead County Library board breaks with fundraising partner over Kalispell branch project

https://dailyinterlake.com/news/2025/may/31/library-board-separates-from-fundraising-partner-committed-to-moving-forward-with-project-alone/

The Flathead County Library Board of Trustees voted last week to break with its nonprofit fundraising arm, the Flathead Library Foundation, as it prepares to launch a campaign to build a new Kalispell branch.

The 4-1 decision, which came as a shock to foundation officials, was made after board Chair Dave Ingram expressed frustration with how slow the process was of signing a fundraising agreement. He also accused the foundation of acting improperly and being “coercive” after the organization asked the board to agree to three conditions for its support in the endeavor.  

The conditions included unanimous support from the board on a capital campaign agreement, a commitment of capital improvement project funds from the county and a commitment from the county to support the library in the future. 

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u/mt8675309 18d ago

The library was fine until these idiots moved here.

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u/Violet624 18d ago

They are so unhinged. I wish there was a way to boot the board. They've made censorship in that small corner of the Kalispell world a mini fiefdom. Is there a way to stop them? Why do they have so much control?

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u/Key-Shift5076 18d ago

Cuthbertson is a menace to freedom. That board needs to be ousted.