Editor’s note: The cover photo for this story shows Jasmine Taylor (right) posing with Cascade County Democrat Central Committee Vice Chair Helena Lovick for their wtf406 blog. On Friday morning E-City received an email containing screenshots of several posts on a Facebook page called ‘Jasmine Taylor For Montana’. Taylor is a Cascade County Democrat Central…
I ran this letter in the Tribune in May of 2015 and nobody was concerned. “Russian Payoffs If I publicly said some of these environmental groups look like communists, my friends would say I’ve been in the sun too long. However, now I read in the International California Mining Journal where Russian oil executives have…
Wendy McKamey MCKAMEY ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY Representative Wendy McKamey is happy to announce her candidacy for Senate District 12. A local Cascade County area rancher along with her husband Les, Wendy raised their seven children: Monika, Michael, Mark, Matthew, Mitchell Marshall and Merrill in the wholesome, hard-working environment of production agriculture. She’s been employed as a…
George Nikolakakos Office Sought: House District 26 Occupation: Businessman, U.S. Air Force (Retired) Age: 42 Family: Wife (Melissa) Daughters (Story, Reagan, Melody, Abigail) Education: BA, Excelsior College (U.S. History) Military Experience: 20 years (Active USAF/Montana Air National Guard) Organizational affiliations: NeighborWorks Montana (Director) I’m running for office to serve others and a cause greater than…
Jesse Slaughter In 2018 I ran for Cascade County Sheriff because I saw an opportunity to improve leadership and accountability at the Sheriff’s Office. I was inspired to bring transparency to the office and restore confidence to the people of Cascade County. I knew it would be challenging and I knew a culture change would…
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In 1999, the U.S. education system was ranked first in the world. By 2009, the U.S. had dropped to 18th place. The U.S. is now behind all industrialized nations and even several third world nations. In 2019, Great Falls Public Schools reported to the U.S. Dept. of Education that of our graduating class, 54% were…
My name is Nathan Reiff (pronounced Rife), and I work as a commercial lender at First Interstate Bank. I have lived in Great Falls for the past 18 years. During that time I worked for 14 years at the University of Providence, first as an assistant wrestling coach, then in the student affairs department as…