https://bozemandailybee.com/tags/public-trust/Recent content in Public Trust on The Bozeman Daily BeeHugoen-usTue, 02 Jun 2026 07:50:00 +0000https://bozemandailybee.com/letters/re-safe-water/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:50:00 +0000https://bozemandailybee.com/letters/re-safe-water/<p>I read that Belgrade has declared a water emergency while assuring residents the water remains safe to drink. I believed the city. I also noticed that belief now arrives with a small secondary process.</p> <p>When I was younger, utility service felt almost parental. The water came out, the lights came on and the roads were there when you needed them, or at least approximately. If there was trouble, you learned about it after the trouble had been corrected. That may not have been better government, but it was a less intimate relationship with infrastructure.</p>