With a new fiscal year and budget for the City of Great Falls right around the corner, FY24 starts July 1, 2023, I thought it would be a good idea to present a brief refresher on local budget realities. The Great Falls City Commission is very limited by state law when it comes to raising…
In a Tweet on Thursday afternoon Montana Senator Steve Daines responded to the resurfaced accounts of a ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ for kids hosted by Malmstrom Air Force Base during Pride Week in 2021, calling the event “infuriating” and “distracting from the mission at Malmstrom”. The story was originally reported on by The Western Journal…
Press Release ——March 27, 2023—For Immediate Release The Great Falls Tradition continues April 14-15 with three big rings and five big performances at the Pacific Steel and Recycling Arena at Montana ExpoPark. This is a chance to see worldwide talents including Aerialists, Daredevils, Dig and Pony Acts, and Clowns (including a local performance by the…
At our Great Falls City Commission regular meeting on February 28 the Commission voted unanimously to put a levy request by the Great Falls Public Library on a June 6 special election ballot for Great Falls voters to decide. During the meeting several citizens raised the issue of a ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ video promoted…
Editors note: in response to recent news and controversy concerning the Great Falls Public Library’s requested mill levy, Molly Beck, Chair of “VoteYes For Our Library”, submitted the following information to E-City Beat. We will be presenting all sides of the library mill issue. The Great Falls Public Library is at a crossroads. The library…
This afternoon E-City Beat received the following message from one of our readers: “Your article about the library drag queen video said the video had been removed but when I clicked on the link it went to the video…” When we published Jeni Dodds article last Friday we confirmed that the video appeared to have…
The Electric article (here) covering the Great Falls Public Library levy whichthe City Commission voted to put on the ballot in June, is far frombalanced and fair and shows an obvious lack of research. I was at that commission meeting and I wish to set the record straightand give my perspective. The Electric quotes are…
Retired Great Falls police officer and former Cascade County Undersheriff Cory Reeves announced Sunday on his Facebook page that he will “run for the City of Great Falls Mayoral seat this November”. The seat is currently held by Mayor Bob Kelly who has not yet announced whether he will run for another term. The mayors…
Cascade County Republicans won every single race on the ballot in the 2022 election. It was a jaw-dropping result given that Cascade County and Great Falls were once considered to be a Blue stronghold, sending a majority of Democrats every cycle to Helena. Those days are long gone now I suspect, for two main reasons:…
Last week I received an email in my City Commission inbox from a city resident urging a phase-out of fossil fuels for cooking and heating from our homes and businesses right here in Great Falls. Below is the text of the email as well as my response. I’m leaving out the senders name here, even…