Hey, Great Falls, do you want Big Brother Helena to control how citizens in Great Falls choose to budget, zone our community, and manage our resources? I say, “Hell no!” And why does Great Falls Senator Jeremy Trebas think that his SB266 is a good idea for our community? Here’s what SB266 will do in…
This is a special time of year for me and my family. Presidents Day holds so much meaning and so many great memories for me even now as an adult. Every year when I was a kid, my brothers and I, with barely contained excitement and anticipation, would count down the days until that third…
Editors note: Some of the following images and language is disturbing and inappropriate for children. There’s a FB page called ‘The Montana Resistance’ which, in my opinion, is inciting violence and hate against folks in our community. Here’s a few examples of memes posted on their page: A bayonet for wearing a MAGA hat? Please…
To all of our state legislators from Great Falls and Cascade County serving in Helena during the 69th Session or the Montana State Legislature: First, thank you for your service to our state and community. It can’t be easy being away from the comforts of home to spend 90 days in a grueling, fast-paced political…
As we move into 2025 I want to take the opportunity to highlight a few of the changes, improvements, and opportunities coming to Great Falls in the coming year and on the near horizon. Thanks in large part to COVID relief and ARPA funding, both of which were one-time funding sources, the City of Great…
I saw an interesting comment on ‘X’ recently referring back to a 2023 article in Forbes citing research showing that ChatGPT has a left leaning bias. I use ChatGPT sometimes but never really paid much attention to its political/ideological tilt, but I think the following personal example of how AI can be skewed to one…
On October 10th I posted my predications for Election Day 2024 on my personal Facebook page, which you can read here. Here is a summary of those predictions with some added after-the-fact comments: “Montana remains ruby red with all statewide offices being won by the GOP, including Gianforte winning by a lot over Busse.” Both…
The further we allow our country to drift towards the far left, the more apparent the hypocrisy of the American Neo Socialist movement becomes as it relates to basic economic realities. Even right here in Great Falls it’s surprising how many times I hear and read local progressives implying, or just coming right out and…
Lat week the Great Falls City Commission passed the City’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget. You can view the budget details here. This year’s budget included a marginal tax increase for local property owners – $2.25 per month for a $300,000 home. I’ve received several general questions about how our budget works and so I’d like…
In light of some of the recent chatter around town I thought this would be a good time to offer my own opinion on the character of my hometown. I grew up in Great Falls in the 1960’s and 1970’s. I raised my own two daughters here and helped to get a couple of my…