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…
Category: Election 2024
Cascade County Libertarians Respond To Jasmine Taylor’s Attacks
Editors note: The following is a press release sent out by the Cascade County Libertarian Party. The press release doesn’t necessarily reflect the opinion of E-City Beat or any of our contributors and it is not a campaign endorsement for Tony Rosales. Leatherbarrow Invites Taylor for an Honest Conversation about Local Family Business GREAT FALLS,…
Great Falls School Board Candidate Profile: Tony Rosales
Editors note: Earlier this month E-City Beat sent an email to the three GFPS School Board candidates requesting a candidate profile and their reasons for seeking the position of School Board Trustee. We will publish the replies without edits or editorial comment as we receive them. Tony Rosales Personal Bio: Born and raised in Great Falls,…
Press Release: “Rosales Pushes for Proactive Leadership Within GFPS Board”
Editors note: The following press release was received by E-City Beat Monday morning. We are publishing it without edits or editorial comment. The press release doesn’t necessarily reflect the opinion of E-City Beat or any of our contributors and it is not a campaign endorsement for Tony Rosales. Emphasizing Constructive Change While Acknowledging Good Faith…
State Of The Races: GFPS School Board
Today E-City Beat sent an email to the three GFPS School Board candidates requesting a candidate profile and their reasons for seeking the position of School Board Trustee. We will publish their responses without edits or editorial comment towards the end of April. The three candidates vying for one open seat are Rodney Meyers, Marlee…
Cascade County Libertarian Party Fields 4 Candidates For State House
Editors note: the following is a press release sent to E-City Beat from the Cascade County Libertarian Party. Stay tuned to E-City Beat as we begin our coverage of local candidates on the 2024 primary and general election ballots. Four Libertarians File for Office to Represent >50% of Cascade County in State Legislature GREAT FALLS,…
BUCKETGATE—VOTING TABULATOR SECURITY IN QUESTION AFTER BUCKET OF KEYS SEIZED
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…
Who Goes Down For The Count, Voters Or Commissioners
Professional wrestling returns to Great Falls, with the top card match beginning Tuesday at 9:30 AM December 12 in the EXPO Park arena. The tag team match pits the Mayhem Boys against the team of Saint Joans of Arc in an epic struggle to determine who runs the Cascade County Elections office. It looks to…
‘Election Protection Committee’ (EPC), Watchdog Or Attack Dog?
A few things you should know about the so-called ‘Election Protection Committee’ here in Great Falls – it is NOT a local government commission, nor is it a legally appointed committee. Their ads appearing on the front page of the Great Falls Tribune as local mail-in ballots are being received by eligible City election voters…
GF Dem Drops Out Of Race, Citing ‘Authoritarian Bigots’ And State Dem Party Leadership
Great Falls Democrat Barbara Bessette recently posted on her Twitter page that she was dropping out of the 2024 race for state legislature in HD 20, a seat she previously held, losing reelection in 2020 then failing to win back the seat again in 2022. Here are some excerpts from Bessette’s full statement which can…