Well, Great Falls friends and neighbors, there’s some good news and there’s some bad news. Good News First According to a recent analysis by the City of Great Falls Planning and Community Development Department new construction and building permits are not just on an upward trend over the past year, they’re up by a lot….
Our weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting news items about our state and community from area news sources. Mayor Kelly and Commissioner McKenney talk about the possible upcoming Great Falls public safety levy, from KRTV:Outdated Public Safety Levy – A proposal to boost essential services | Watch (msn.com) Cascade County…
Cascade County Democratic Central Committee official Jasmine Taylor (representative for precinct 22A) was reported and apparently suspended from Twitter for violating their hateful conduct rule. E-City Beat received an email with the following message and screenshot: “Have had the misfortune to encounter a hateful and disgusting person on Twitter: Jasmine Taylor from Great Falls. I…
On Thursday, December 15 I had the honor and privilege to represent the City of Great Falls and the citizens of Great Falls in welcoming 21 newly minted American citizens to our country, state, and community. The naturalization swearing-in and ceremony was held at the federal courthouse here in Great Falls with the Honorable Brian…
This is the first in what will be a regular column on E-City Beat in which I will attempt to debunk some of the rumors, urban myths, misinformation, and flat-out bunk making the rounds in Great Falls on social media, information/news outlets, and ‘word on the street’. We’ll start with the recent local rumor that…
On Election Day a few weeks ago Cascade County voters voted to approve a 3% local option tax on recreational adult use marijuana sales countywide. On the same ballot, Great Falls voters approved commercial marijuana activities, weed shops etc., within Great Falls city limits. In light of those decisions by local voters I will be…
On Election Day in November of 2020 Cascade County Republican candidates for the state legislature defeated every one of their Democrat opponents on the ballot, including several incumbent legislators. It was an unprecedented red wave in Great Falls/Cascade County. This year it was even worse for local Dems. It was a red tsunami. Democrats lost…
This week I read an article titled “WHY IN THE FUNK DOES GREAT FALLS GET DISSED SO MUCH” posted on KMON’s website and written by Tammie Toren, a KMON DJ. While I agree with Tammie that my hometown Great Falls is an awesome and wonderful place to live I have to scratch my head a…
Heads up, Great Falls, Halloween is this coming Monday. ‘Candy’ that looks like Skittles or Sweet Tarts could actually contain fentanyl. If you think this poison, or other harmful stuff, could never get into YOUR kids’ trick or treat candy you’re whistling past the graveyard. At our 10/18/22 regular meeting the Great Falls City Commission…
If you want to know what politicians really think then you have to be reminded of what they say when they think voters aren’t listening or watching very closely. E-City Beat has been keeping track of what the most ‘progressive’ local Democrats running for state legislature were Tweeting when they thought voters weren’t paying attention….