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On Wednesday this week E-City Beat received an email from a reader which included the following: “Mayor Kelly strongly supports the proposed Big Sky Country National Heritage Area for all of Cascade County and parts of Choteau County – even though he refused to answer that question for E-city Beat when candidate questionnaires were sent…
Montanans Opposing Big Sky Country National Heritage Area have paid for three billboards which are now up at highway entrances to the Great Falls community. The purpose of the billboards is to help spread awareness of the proposed Big Sky Country National Heritage Area designation. The proposed National Heritage Area designation would affect all of…
Editors note: The following email was sent by Montanans Opposing Big Sky Country National Heritage Area leader Rae Grulkowski to all five Great Falls City Commissioners and to E-City Beat on Wednesday. Mr. Mayor and Commissioners: Regarding your discussion at the end of meeting of August 3, stating the only reason Montanans oppose a National…
A friend texted me Friday morning asking if I’d seen the latest Great Falls Tribune article about the National Heritage Area. I admitted I had not. It is behind a paywall, but here’s the link. After reading the article, I thought this might be a new low for the Tribune—publishing an anonymous hearsay bribery accusation…
Last summer I submitted an ethics complaints to Cascade County Attorney Josh Racki regarding the use of government resources and facilities by both the City of Great Falls and Cascade County to benefit the private nonprofit Big Sky Country National Heritage Area Inc. I alleged there were violations under the Montana Code Annotated and the…
I’ve been asked by several Great Falls citizens why the City’s 2013 Growth Policy advocates support for the Big Sky Country National Heritage Area, Inc. Simple answer: it doesn’t. There is absolutely nothing in the 2013 Growth Policy that states support for the Big Sky Country National Heritage Area, Inc. (here is the reference, you…
Call it what you will—Conflict of Interest by any other name is still Conflict of Interest The Great Falls City Commission voted 4-1 on June 1 to reappoint Big Sky Country National Heritage Area board members Rich Ecke and Ellen Sievert to the city/county Historic Preservation Commission (HPAC). Commissioner Tryon, the only dissenting vote, aptly…