Editors note: E-City Beat received the following email on July 28th. The 'blog' referred to in the email from Mr. Ross published a post which urged the public to contact his employer. The blog is run by Cascade County Democratic Central Committee Chair Helena Lovick and former/current Democrat Party candidate and precinct captain Jasmine Taylor.
"My name is William Ross...
On Sunday I received the following message and picture from a Great Falls resident:
"Hey Rick we went to watch 50 Watt Sun (at the Beacon) last night and under the train bridge this is what we saw! Who need to clean this mess up? I hate that this is happening in the city I grew up in."
I contacted City...
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Montana Dems "trying to dig us out of this hole" by reelecting party leadership, from MTPR:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-07-24/the-montana-democratic-party-convenes-to-elect-new-officers
Woman mauled and killed by bear near West Yellowstone, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/victim-of-grizzly-bear-attack-near-west-yellowstone-has-been-identified
Fire at National Laundry in Great Falls, from Local ABC FOX:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-laundry-company-in-great-falls/article_3cde6012-2af3-11ee-8338-1b595c86ef1c.html
Amtrack derails in Montana...again, from...
Last week the Great Falls City Commission voted 4-0 (Mayor Kelly was not present) to accept the City Manager's FY24 budget which includes adopting the proposed total allowable property tax increase of 4.38%.
The approved proposal includes the 1.92% permissive medical levy and the 2.46% inflationary factor increases.
Those increases would equate to the following for Great Falls homeowners:
$100,00 home -...
From KTVQ in Billings last week:
"Billings, Helena and Great Falls are top hotspots for drug trafficking of fentanyl, while Missoula falls in fourth, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana Jesse Laslovich said Monday at a public forum."U.S. Attorney: Billings, Helena, Great Falls top cities for fentanyl (ktvq.com)
Great Falls appears to be the hub for drug trafficking on area...
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Monica Tranel wants to 'run it back' vs. Rep. Zinke, from Montana Public Radio:https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-07-10/monica-tranel-joins-montanas-western-district-congressional-race
Montana Department of Revenue holds public meetings on property valuations, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/neighborhood-news/great-falls-cascade-county/great-falls-forum-provides-information-about-spike-in-property-valuations
Man charged in recent standoff with GFPD, from Local ABC FOX:https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/great-falls-standoff-suspect-charged-with-felony-robbery/article_5f4a396a-1d00-11ee-944e-5b3b03ba3bc9.html
No one likes paying taxes. I certainly don't.
I don't like handing over my hard earned money to pay for billions in foreign aid to countries that hate us and billions and billions for wars in which we have no business.
I especially don't like handing over my hard earned money to pay debt service for trillions and trillions in national...
Highwood Creek Outfitters is hosting a rally to show support for Second Amendment rights this Saturday, July 1st at 10:00 AM.
The gun shop has attracted a lot of local and even national news coverage over the past week or so due to a warrant served and store records confiscated by armed IRS/ATF agents in mid June.
Here is part of...
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Great Falls officials suspect arson in house fire, from KRTV:https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/gffr-house-fire-in-great-falls-was-intentionally-set
Tim Sheehy enters Montana Senate race, from the Washington Post:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/27/tim-sheehy-montana-senate-tester/
Homeless Man Murdered, from the Flathead Beacon:https://flatheadbeacon.com/2023/06/27/kalispell-teen-charged-in-homeless-mans-murder-as-nonprofit-leaders-urge-compassion/
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Hello E-City Beat -
I am reaching out because several months ago the Cascade County...
