_______________________________________________________________________ I have heard several statements from folks recently such as, “the Mayor is mostly ceremonial and doesn’t really have any influence” and “the Great Falls City Commission is just a technicality, the city manager has all of the power.” Wrong. These kinds of misconceptions are not only wrong but they are also part of…
_______________________________________________________________________ Below is more important information provided by Great Falls resident Pam Hendrickson concerning efforts by Great Falls city Commissioners Moe and Robinson to secretly negotiate a partnership between the City of Great Falls and the Maclean Animal Adoption Center. Every concerned citizen in Great Falls should read this and share it widely. The shenanigans…
_______________________________________________________________________ Here’s an interesting item recently sent to me by a friend – according to ‘Business Insider’, a Montana household needs to earn $49,360 per year in order to comfortably afford rent. The estimate is based on a study done by GoBankingRates which “…revealed how big your annual salary needs to be to afford rent…
_______________________________________________________________________ What someone does in their private life is none of my business, we all have our own character flaws, sins and foibles. But when a local public official lies, cheats and tries to cover up to avoid accountability then it is my business. It’s your business too, literally, because it directly affects you, your…
_______________________________________________________________________ A couple of weeks ago I posted the following question on my public Facebook page: What does, or what would, make Great Falls unique in terms of being a destination hot spot for tourism, business, and new residents? There are currently 389 responses. Here I am continuing this regular series of blog posts on…
_______________________________________________________________________ The recent behavior of Great Falls mayor Bob Kelly and the other commissioners on our city commission is unacceptable and should be alarming to every citizen in our community. Here is a brief recap: Commissioners Robinson & Moe have been conducting secret meetings with the Maclean Animal Adoption Center to negotiate a partnership with…
_______________________________________________________________________ Below is information provided by Great Falls resident Pam Hendrickson which is making the rounds on Facebook. I was asked to post the piece on my public Facebook page and did so yesterday. Every concerned citizen in Great Falls needs to read this and understand what is going on with our city commission. This…
_______________________________________________________________________ Recently I posted the following question on my public Facebook page: What does, or what would, make Great Falls unique in terms of being a destination hot spot for tourism, business, and new residents? Not surprisingly so far I have received 376 comments and ideas coming from a wide variety of Great Fallsians. Or…
_______________________________________________________________________ Here’s another little window into what’s going on at our city commission meetings from May 7, 2019. In this episode Bill Bronson launches a scoldy, pointy little diatribe against Great Falls taxpaying citizens concerning the secret meetings Commissioners Robinson and Moe were having with the GFAS MacLean adoption center about a possible private-public partnership….
_______________________________________________________________________ Editors note: due to a technical issue this is a re-post from a story originally put up on 5/21 but later deleted. Someone recently sent me a link to an organization I had never heard of called ‘Forward Montana’. Ostensibly, the groups mission is to get young folks involved in the political process and…