Tony Rosales did not reply to our request to answer questions. Candidate Profiles Melissa Nikolakakos Occupation: Teacher Age: 43 Family: Husband (George) Daughters (Story, Reagan, Melody, Abigail) Education: BA, University of Montana (Education) Organizational affiliations: — Great Falls College Development Board (Board Member) Raising Readers Questions What are the top two challenges you think our…
Valynda Holland did not reply to our request to answer questions. Candidate Profiles Mark WintersMy name is Mark Winters, and I am running for Senate District 11, as a Kennedy Democrat. I was born and raised in Great Falls, graduated from CMR in 1981 and from MSU with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering…
Brett Mills did not reply to our request to answer questions. Candidate Profiles Eric Tilleman Questions What are the top two challenges you think our community, state, and your district are facing and how you would address those issues? The first major challenge is rising property taxes and cost of living. I support restructuring Montana’s…
Kevin Leatherbarrow did not reply to our request to answer questions. Candidate Profiles Jason LorangMy name is Jason Lorang, I am a 4th generation Montanan, I grew up in Cascade on the family ranch and Graduated from Cascade High School in 1996. I am retired wrestling coach of 23 years and coached at Simms, Belt,…
Steve Galloway did not reply to our request to answer questions. Candidate Profiles Ed Buttrey Questions What are the top two challenges you think our community, state, and your district are facing and how you would address those issues? The first issue is Affordability. We need to find ways for Montanans to keep more of…
Candidate Profiles Eric PetersonI was born in Great Falls, raised in one of the first houses built in the Valley View subdivision, and when I purchased a home, I chose to live in the same neighborhood where I grew up. Living in Montana House District 21 has always been an important part of my life….
Editor’s note: E-City Beat continues our series on local NPOs, and here we start with some publicly available financial information on a local NPO, Great Falls Development Alliance. Sources include https://www.propublica.org/ and https://www.causeiq.com/. ECB will be regularly publishing similar information on such organizations, large and small, in the interest of public transparency. Great Falls Development…
This is the first in an E-City Beat series on local NPOs. We start with a comparison of the seven most populous Montana counties, ranked by nonprofit‑to‑population ratio, using the following sourced data. Nonprofit Density in Montana’s 7 Most Populous Counties Ranked by NPOs per 1,000 residents 1. Cascade County 2. Yellowstone County 3. Gallatin…
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…
Editors note: All of the local Great Falls/Cascade County legislative and county commission contests in the June 4 primary election are Republican. Here are the profiles submitted by the candidates in House District 20, Steven Galloway and Melissa Nikolakakos, unedited: Steven Galloway I am Representative Steven E Galloway currently serving my second term in HD24…