E-City Beat has received numerous messages and documents from Great Falls Benefis Health Systems employees and others concerning mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees as a condition of continued employment. Here is a screenshot of the ‘Heads-Up’ email sent from Benefis CEO John Goodnow to all Benefis employees. Here is a comment from a Benefis…
In our continuing series of articles concerning state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages, we’re highlighting Democrat Melissa Smith, who lost to GOP incumbent Fred Anderson in Cascade County’s HD 20 in 2020. Here, in someone else’s poke at Governor Gianforte, Smith equates a vague reference to a ‘gun’ as an example of…
As we continue our series on the revealing social media posts of local and state candidates/politicians we return to Democrat Barabara Bessette, a former Great Falls Representative incumbent who lost to GOP newcomer Steven Galloway in Cascade County’s HD 24 in 2020. After we posted our piece earlier in the week about Bessette’s nasty, extremely…
This is the second in our series of articles with screenshots from local and state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages. Last time we featured the not-so-nice 2020 Montana gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney. Today we’re highlighting Democrat Barabara Bessette, a former Great Falls Representative incumbent who lost to GOP newcomer Steven Galloway in…
Recently we have been getting emails from readers with screenshots from local and state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages. And there are some very, very interesting examples which we will be highlighting in the coming weeks. So let’s start with former Montana Lt. Governor and 2020 Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney. Many…
Editors note: Below is an email forwarded to E-City Beat from Great Falls State Representative Lola Galloway. Dear State Representative Galloway, As Montana continues to discuss the state’s minimum wage I wanted to call your attention to The Heartland Institute’s newest Research & Commentary examining the economic implications associated with Senate Bill 187. Heartland’s state government relations coordinator Samantha…
The following excerpts are from an article in the Montana Petroleum Report newsletter entitled “BIDEN TORPEDOES KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE”, written by Alan Olson, Executive Director of the Montana Petroleum Association. You can read the entire article here. “President Biden’s recent executive order to rescind the permits for TC Energy’s Keystone XL, including a section of the pipeline…
Editors note: E-City Beat has requested and received permission to copy and paste Great Falls City Commissioner Rick Tryon’s reports from his public commissioner’s Facebook page, ‘Rick Tryon for a Greater Great Falls’. “At Tuesday’s (1/19/21) City Commission meeting the commission voted 4 – 1 to approve a land swap between the City of Great…
Editors note – below is the press release from Cascade County sent Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:40 PM “Great Falls, MT — This morning, the Cascade City-County Board of Health met to vote to adopt less restrictive COVID-19 control measures in light of Governor Gianforte’s recent directives. Last week, Governor Greg Gianforte announced that he was…
“Now Congress has certified the results. A new administration will be inaugurated on Jan. 20th. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation.” Listen to the President’s entire statement here: