Tuesday of this week E-City Beat received the video clip below with the following message from an anonymous sender: “Ol Bob too scared to hold a commission meeting in person but doesn’t mind a mask less packed house.“ The video was recorded on Monday November 8, 2021 during a Sawyer Brown concert packed with mask-less…
Category: Coronavirus
University Of Providence COVID-19 ‘Argos Pledge’ Email
Editors note: E-City Beat received this email and screenshots last week with permission to publish on condition of anonymity. “I am sending this email to you as an alert that UP Administration is making students sign the “Argos Pledge”. This document is a consent form (legally binding contract) that all patrons must sign to attend…
All The Little Covid Fiefdoms
Here in Montana, governor Greg Gianforte repealed the mask mandate that required businesses to have customers and employees alike, mask-up. So why is it, that I cannot go into some businesses without a mask, still? Why is it, that some companies, mostly those with a corporate pyramid structure, still require their employees to wear masks…
Benefis Makes Employee COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandatory
E-City Beat has received numerous messages and documents from Great Falls Benefis Health Systems employees and others concerning mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees as a condition of continued employment. Here is a screenshot of the ‘Heads-Up’ email sent from Benefis CEO John Goodnow to all Benefis employees. Here is a comment from a Benefis…
Board of Health Votes to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Control Measures
Editors note – below is the press release from Cascade County sent Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:40 PM “Great Falls, MT — This morning, the Cascade City-County Board of Health met to vote to adopt less restrictive COVID-19 control measures in light of Governor Gianforte’s recent directives. Last week, Governor Greg Gianforte announced that he was…
Cascade County Health Board Extends COVID-19 Restrictions
On Wednesday the Cascade County City-County Board of Health voted to keep the mask mandate and mandatory 10:00 PM closing time for bars and restaurants in effect in Cascade County regardless of whether newly seated Governor Greg Gianforte eases the COVID-19 statewide restrictions in the coming days or weeks. Read the Order here. The action…
Racism Or Protecting Customers From COVID-19 In Great Falls?
This morning I received several ‘heads up’ messages concerning a Facebook post from Sharen Kickingwoman about an incident at the Great Falls Wingate by Wyndham Hotel. Here is the part of the post which outlines the incident: ‘My mom booked his room at the Wingate Hotel here in Great Falls. When he arrived and checked in…
Montana Journalist Busted For Misleading Tweet About COVID-19
An NBC Montana journalist called Maritsa Georgiou, in keeping with the rest of her alarmist Twitter feed, recently shared a hospital map that painted a dire picture of COVID-19. One discerning reader took it upon himself to provide the context and objectivity that Georgiou did not. Georgiou later attempted to clean up her misleading tweet….
Participating In City Government During COVID-19
Editors note: E-City Beat has requested and received permission to copy and paste Great Falls City Commissioner Rick Tryon’s reports from his public commissioner’s Facebook page, ‘Rick Tryon for a Greater Great Falls’. “Here’s the link to the agenda for Tuesday nights Great Falls City Commission meeting. The commission will be meeting via Zoom (hopefully…
Two Polls On Opening State & Local Economy & Schools
Montana Governor Steve Bullock has announced that the state will begin easing restrictions put in place due to COVID-19 starting this coming Sunday and Monday, April 26 & 27, with churches and retail businesses allowed to re-open. This will be followed by bars and restaurants having the green light to open up on May 4….