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…
All of the local Great Falls/Cascade County legislative and county commission candidates appearing on the upcoming June 4 primary election ballot will be Republicans. Today E-City Beat sent an email to all of those candidates requesting a candidate profile and their reasons for seeking office. We will publish their responses without edits or editorial comment…
Here’s a excerpt from the article written by Daily Montanan reporter Nicole Girten and posted last week. “Plaintiffs in a case against the Cascade County Elections Office over its handling of a May 2023 election alleged the office knowingly went against state statute – and fault included ousted Clerk and Recorder Rina Moore’s former staff….
Cascade County Commissioners will conduct interviews on Tuesday with four candidates for election administrator, a newly-created county position. The candidates are Terry Thompson, Nancy Donovan, Lynn DeRoche and Rina Fontana-Moore. Details of the meeting, including a Zoom link, are found at: https://cascadecountymt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02062024-643 Election duties in Cascade County were historically the responsibility of the clerk and…
Editors note: the following is a press release from Jeni Dodd. Sign the Petition for Referendum to Repeal Resolution 23-62! Cascade County Commissioners Briggs and Larson passed the resolution to remove election duties from the Clerk/Recorder, thereby negating the will of the voters who voted for a combined Clerk/Recorder AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR in November 2022….
Opinion by Jeni Dodd At the December 15 Cascade County Commissioner special meeting, we learned the latest Banana Republic move by the commission — one that should be memorialized in county history as ‘Bucketgate’. The special meeting’s agenda revolved around the commission’s previous 2-1 decision to pass Resolution 23-62 on December 13. That resolution removed…
Despite opposition that significantly outpaced support during six hours of public testimony, Cascade County Commissioners Joe Briggs and Jim Larson still voted to strip election duties from the Clerk and Recorders Office. Commissioner Rae Grulkowski was the lone no vote on Resolution 23-62, which passed 2-1. The proposed action didn’t sit well with the majority…