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’. COMMISSIONER TRYON’S GREAT FALLS CITY COMMISSION REPORT As a way to partially fulfill my personal commitment to working for transparent and responsive…
Starting today E-City Beat is adding a new feature to the blog – a weekly (at least) roundup of some of the top national, state, and local stories from various news outlets curated in an easy access format. Happy New Year to all of our readers! We hope you enjoy this new addition to our…
This morning House Judiciary Committee Democrats voted two articles of impeachment against President Trump out of committee by a 23-17 vote along strict party lines. There appears to be zero chance that a two-thirds majority of Senators will vote to convict and remove the President if the full House votes next Wednesday to send the…
Outgoing Great Falls City Commissioner Bill Bronson had a few things to say in the Tribune today, and wouldn’t you know it … he intoned that he just might be smarter than the rest of us. Your private property rights … who needs ’em?! Certainly not Bill Bronson. And who knows better than Bronson how…
California Senator Kamala Harris, a self-proclaimed “top-tier candidate” for the presidency, mercifully ended her failing campaign today, months before the first primary and much to the chagrin of woke progressives on Twitter. Witness the immortal Sally Kohn swipe away at this (to paraphrase Van Jones) “whitelash” by the Democrats: Obviously I’m no…
Ahhh, here’s another submission from our local anonymous cartoonist. Have a great weekend, fine readers, and remember to keep your sense of humor.
The November 5, 2019 city election was certified yesterday, November 18, by the Cascade County Board of Canvassers. Here are the official final result vote totals for the office of Great Falls city commissioner, with Rick Tryon and Tracy Houck winning the two contested seats: Rick Tryon – 5048 Tracy Houck – 4831 Bruce Pollington…
_______________________________________________________________________ The U.S. House of Representatives will hold the first two impeachment inquiry public hearings this week. Wednesday, Nov. 13, George Kent, a deputy assistant Secretary of State and Bill Taylor, a former ambassador and the top US diplomat in Ukraine are scheduled to testify. Friday, Nov.15, it will be former US…
E-City Beat recently submitted three questions to each of the six Great Falls city commission candidates and published the responses from the four who answered our request. Tracy Houck and Jasmine Taylor did not respond. We thought it would be helpful to post each question one at a time and include each of the candidates…
E-City Beat recently submitted three questions to each of the six Great Falls city commission candidates and published the responses from the four who answered our request. Tracy Houck and Jasmine Taylor did not respond. We thought it would be helpful to post each question one at a time and include each of the candidates…