Former Great Falls city commissioner Tracy Houck announced her resignation from the city commission via Facebook post on her Tracy Houck for Great Falls City Commission page posted November 4, at 1:11 PM. Houck stated that her resignation would be effective November 5, 2021, giving the public, City administration, and her fellow commissioners less than…
In a shocking poll (from left-leaning NBC News, no less), a whopping majority of respondents admitted that things are not going well in Joe Biden’s America. Biden’s approval rating, as it is in literally every other poll, is underwater. What’s most striking, though, is that even 48% of Democrats think that the country is headed…
On Wednesday this week E-City Beat received an email from a reader which included the following: “Mayor Kelly strongly supports the proposed Big Sky Country National Heritage Area for all of Cascade County and parts of Choteau County – even though he refused to answer that question for E-city Beat when candidate questionnaires were sent…
Last week, E-City Beat received an email from a reader and concerned citizen with a picture of a partisan, machine-sponsored letter sent to Great Falls residents endorsing mayoral candidate Bob Kelly and City Commission candidate Susan Wolff. The letter is signed and paid for by two out-of-town organizations, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana in Billings,…
Leadership. Experience. Integrity. These three words billboard Mayor Bob Kelly’s political persona in Great Falls. They aren’t words anyone else has assigned to Kelly. No, those are his words. Which begs the question, then: is taking credit for something you had no involvement in an example of integrity? Back in 2012, before Bob Kelly was…
Are there wolves in sheep’s clothing in our field of candidates for the upcoming City’s mayoral and commission races? Yes. Judging by comments from many of our readers, there are candidates who would have you believe one thing while they appear likely to do another. You might say, “So what’s new about that, politicians do…
Last week an E-City Beat reader made the following comment on one of our Facebook posts, referring to current Great Falls city commissison candidate Susan Wolff: “And don’t forget Commission candidate Wolff’s part in the HUD scandal that exposed Commission fingers in the Block Grant pot.“ The comment apparently points back to a piece on…
Wow. In response to my piece earlier today, former Mayor Mayor Michael Winters had a lot to say, commenting: “No one !! I mean NO ONE deservers four (4) terms in any city elected office !AND NO ONE should close city commission meetings for ANY REASON !We have relied on covid to bring about anything…
On Monday, ballots will be mailed out for the 2021 City election. The most important question is whether or not Great Falls voters will reward Mayor Bob Kelly with a record fourth term. Before he was elected Mayor in 2015, Kelly was appointed to the City Commission back in 2012, nearly a decade ago. (He…
E-City Beat recently received a couple of emails from readers basically asking the same question: How do we know which political party the candidates for Great Falls city commission and mayor belong to? The answer is that the municipal election is officially nonpartisan so the candidates aren’t required to designate party affiliation. But Great Falls…