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 though the email is public information...
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Man arrested for firing a gun in Great Falls neighborhood, from KFBB:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/great-falls-man-arrested-for-aimlessly-firing-a-gun-saturday/article_86ac5130-9a76-11ed-a0fc-8b0b121f6ed5.html
Governor Gianforte begins legislative effort to cut MT red tape, from NBC Montana:https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/legislative-curtain-opens-on-gianfortes-red-tape-relief-push#
Cascade County Sheriff's Office extends deadline for Citizens Academy:Facebook
Senators Daines and Tester both oppose new nursing home...
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.
Take a look at this chart:
Now, The...
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Mayor Kelly and Commissioner McKenney talk about the possible upcoming Great Falls public safety levy, from KRTV:Outdated Public Safety Levy – A proposal to boost essential services | Watch (msn.com)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 Sheriff's Office Citizens Academy application deadline...
Amid a chorus of boos and shout-downs, there were few brave souls that dare to express opinions unpopular to the summonsed mob. In one sentence, that was my overall impression of the recent meeting organized by Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) Director Elsie Arntzen, intended to give parents and other member of the public a voice with OPI...
Today E-City Beat is introducing a new weekly feature highlighting a few of the latest and most interesting news items about our state ad community from area news sources.
68th Session of the Montana Legislature kicks off in Helena, from MTPR Montana Legislature convenes Jan. 2 for the 2023 session | Montana Public Radio (mtpr.org)
New principal at Great Falls Central,...
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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 wanted to share with you the...
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 M. Morris, U.S. Chief District...
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 goes something like this, "The...
