This week I read an article titled “WHY IN THE FUNK DOES GREAT FALLS GET DISSED SO MUCH” posted on KMON’s website and written by Tammie Toren, a KMON DJ. While I agree with Tammie that my hometown Great Falls is an awesome and wonderful place to live I have to scratch my head a…
Heads up, Great Falls, Halloween is this coming Monday. ‘Candy’ that looks like Skittles or Sweet Tarts could actually contain fentanyl. If you think this poison, or other harmful stuff, could never get into YOUR kids’ trick or treat candy you’re whistling past the graveyard. At our 10/18/22 regular meeting the Great Falls City Commission…
I noticed this post (screenshot below) on the Great Falls Tribune Facebook page this morning and had to scratch my noggin a bit. The Facebook blurb above the picture doesn’t jibe with the headline below the picture. The caption below the picture is accurate, the sentence above the picture is an uninformed opinion presented as…
Back in the summer of 2020 the ‘Defund The Police’ movement had reached a crescendo and was spreading, even becoming a popular rallying cry for the ‘progressive’ left here in Great Falls. There were local protests and calls for defunding our own Great Falls Police Department as well as accusations of racism against local law…
In the last week I have received several communications and comments concerning the current situation at the First United Methodist Church. Folks are concerned that the increasing number of transients and ‘unhoused’ individuals once again congregating on the FUMC property will result in the return of the tent/camper encampment, which was recently vacated from the…
The NFL 2022 season is almost here! Here’s your official invite to join the Great Falls Charity Fantasy Football League. We need 8 more players for this charity league. Click here to join… …or contact me on Facebook for more info. This is super fun and super easy. Good clean competition for a good cause….
Over the past couple of weeks the First United Methodist Church has been notifying those camped out in their parking lot that they would have to leave the premises because of potential zoning violations raised by the City of Great Falls. On Monday morning that process was completed and the FUMC parking lot was cleared…
At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Great Falls Planning Advisory Board/Zoning Commission the members voted unanimously to recommend the denial of a conditional use permit submitted by the First United Methodist Church to operate an outdoor emergency homeless shelter on their property in downtown Great Falls. The Planning Advisory Board/Zoning Commission is comprised of Great…
The City of Great Falls Planning Advisory Board/Zoning Commission will take up a conditional use permit request by the First United Methodist Church in downtown Great Falls to operate an Emergency Shelter on its property. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14 at 3:00 PM in the commission chambers at the Civic Center. The…
I’ve been asked to put on my amateur political analyst hat here for a little minute to talk about Tuesday’s primary election results in the Cascade County Sheriff’s race between incumbent Republican Jesse Slaughter and challenger Jay Groskreutz. This race wasn’t even close. Groskreutz got ‘slaughtered’ in a 70% to 30% landslide. That’s 9,248 votes…