As of this afternoon I have received 14 robo-emails addressed to each of us Great Falls City Commissioners ‘demanding’ that we ‘defund’ the Great Falls Police Department. I also got a call from a Kalispell city commissioner this morning informing me that they have been receiving the same emails. See my response to the emails…
Here is the text of an email which all five members of the Great Falls City Commission received on Monday, demanding we defund the Great Falls Polices Department. This is apparently a form email because I received it from four different individuals. I read it with a mixture of disbelief and, I admit, a little…
Friday, folks gathered in front of the Great Falls Civic Center to show their solidarity in a Black Lives Matter rally. Good for them. In the midst of the roiling national turmoil we are all currently experiencing, and in spite of widely divergent views held on a variety of racial and social issues, there is…
Back in the Stone Age (12-14 years ago?) I was a member of the Great Falls Tribune Readers Panel, which met on a monthly basis to discuss local issues, newspaper content, and ideas for making our local newspaper more relevant and interesting. I recall going into the relatively new Tribune HQ down on River Drive…
Editors Note: Just minutes after posting this piece we learned that Governor Bullock has extended restrictions and closures statewide until April 10. Yesterday, Monday 3/23, in a special meeting of the Great Falls City Commission we voted on the following two matters: Resolution 10341, Affirming a Local Emergency and Acknowledging and Defining the City Manager’s…
Here is a FAQ sheet from the City County Health Department answering question concerning today’s COVID-19 Order closing and restricting services for businesses in Cascade County. The Order begins on Friday, March 20 at 6:00 AM and extend through 8:00 AM Friday, March 27. You can also view or download the FAQ PDF here.
Great Falls Mayor Bob Kelly deserves kudos for stepping up and apologizing to the public for signing an online letter, as Mayor of Great Falls, to President Trump asking for refugees to be relocated to “our communities”. I appreciate his willingness to take responsibility for his actions. More importantly, the citizens of Great Falls deserve…
Here are the agendas for the Great Falls City Commission work session and regular meetings on Tuesday, January 7. The public is encouraged to attend. You can find the agenda item details and documentation here – https://greatfallsmt.net/meetings Work Session Regular Meeting
As I was going through the 2020 Annual Adopted Budget for the City of Great Falls recently, I thought that E-City Beat readers and local citizens in general would find the following statistics of interest. On page 45 of the Budget in Brief is this chart listing past and current major employers in Great Falls….
_______________________________________________________________________ In a November 24, 2019 piece by Andy Kiersz in Business Insider, Great Falls is listed right in the middle of the pack of the 20 Western state towns that folks are “leaving in droves”. From the article: “Using data from the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates program, we found the metropolitan…