It may be time to pull the plug on the new Great Falls aquatics and recreation center. At the December 1 Great Falls City Commission meeting, City Manager Greg Doyon gave an update on the design progress of the proposed facility. Mr. Doyon emphasized that fiscal sustainability and addressing the well-known soils deficiencies of the…
While hypocrisy isn’t exclusive to politicians, it certainly is more disappointing when we see it in our elected officials. Case in point. At last week’s Great Falls City Commission work session, Commissioner Mary Moe presented a draft resolution addressing nondiscrimination, which she authored. Her cover letter includes the following: “I am attaching a draft resolution…
THE GREAT FALLS AQUATIC CENTER – BOON, OR BOONDOGGLE? In 2018, Great Falls’ only indoor swimming pool, the Morony Natatorium, or Nat as it was affectionately known, was closed after 52 years of service to the community. It replaced an older Natatorium which was demolished in 1963. You may be reminded of the original Nat…
Something is bothering me about Montana’s Office of Public Instruction candidate Melissa Romano – did she know her husband, an elementary school teacher, was using hard drugs, including LSD, meth and cocaine, before he was busted for it last year? Here’s the article from last year detailing the arrest – https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-news/helena-teacher-and-husband-of-opi-candidate-faces-felony-drug-charge “A former Helena elementary…
Do you remember a time, before the Democrats’ nomination of Joe Biden, when all women were to be reflexively believed? That white male patriarchy, itself an inherent evil, needed to be beaten back no matter the cost? Remember #MeToo? How times have changed. Now, a viral social media post containing explicit allegations of sexual impropriety…
Earlier this week news broke about a Great Falls Democrat candidate for state legislature in House District 21 smearing his GOP opponent, Ed Buttrey, as a Nazi sympathizer. Jaime Horn, the Democrat, posted this picture and statement on his official campaign Facebook page: Buttrey explained to MTN News, after Horn sent the photo to them,…
When Steve Bullock ran for the Democratic nomination for President he made it clear that he would support a ban on some semi-automatic firearms. Here’s what he said, according to an AP article from August, 2018: “Gov. Steve Bullock’s comments came in response Sunday to a question posed to him on CNN’s State of The…
Take a look at the picture at the top of this article. It was published on the Vox “news” site today with the headline, “Trump’s latest tweets are from an alternate reality where the protests are out of control”. That particular picture is intended to remind you of someone. The headline with it is intended…
For some in the local education/union/non-profit cabal, the passage of yesterday’s school levy wasn’t nearly satisfying enough. “Winning” — which was all “for the kids,” right? — only served as preface to the final act: revenge. If you had the audacity to oppose the levy, you might want to think twice about saying so publicly,…
Does the Great Falls Public School system need a sober coach? The school district’s affliction is addiction. It is addiction to the status quo. Addiction, no matter what form it takes, tears families, communities, and yes, education systems apart. What is addiction and how does it affect the community when it strikes the GFPS school…