In the immediate wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict #AbolishThe Police was trending in the top 10 on Twitter. Defund the police and return those resources to Black communities as reparations? That is a totally absurd notion that we’d wager the vast majority of minority communities and individuals wholeheartedly reject. “…as long as cops exist…
With the Derek Chauvin murder trial winding down today, tensions have reached a simmer in Minneapolis. One might think, or at least hope, that our national political leaders — particularly the party of “unity” — would, in good faith, act to tamp down their rhetoric, not inflame it. But that’s just not Maxine Waters’ (D…
Continuing our series on the revealing social media posts of local and state candidates/politicians, today we feature Democrat Jasmine Taylor. Taylor lost to GOP incumbent Lola Galloway in Cascade County’s HD 22 in 2020. She also came in dead last out of a field of 6 candidates, losing in the 2019 Great Falls City Commission…
Oh my gosh! Private procurement for architectural and engineering services are one thing, but Federal procurement rules for procurement of such services are quite another. The question is: Did the City of Great Falls violate Federal Procurement Laws relative to Conflicts of Interest – Unfair Competitive Advantage? Federal law places a standard of conflicts of…
At our Tuesday April 6 regular meeting the Great Falls City Commission unanimously passed Resolution 10395 establishing the Great Falls Crime Task Force. As I’ve spoken to many groups and individuals in the weeks since the concept was first raised at the commission goal setting session earlier this year I have found that there’s overwhelming…
E-City Beat has received numerous messages and documents from Great Falls Benefis Health Systems employees and others concerning mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees as a condition of continued employment. Here is a screenshot of the ‘Heads-Up’ email sent from Benefis CEO John Goodnow to all Benefis employees. Here is a comment from a Benefis…
In our continuing series of articles concerning state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages, we’re highlighting Democrat Melissa Smith, who lost to GOP incumbent Fred Anderson in Cascade County’s HD 20 in 2020. Here, in someone else’s poke at Governor Gianforte, Smith equates a vague reference to a ‘gun’ as an example of…
As we continue our series on the revealing social media posts of local and state candidates/politicians we return to Democrat Barabara Bessette, a former Great Falls Representative incumbent who lost to GOP newcomer Steven Galloway in Cascade County’s HD 24 in 2020. After we posted our piece earlier in the week about Bessette’s nasty, extremely…
This is the second in our series of articles with screenshots from local and state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages. Last time we featured the not-so-nice 2020 Montana gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney. Today we’re highlighting Democrat Barabara Bessette, a former Great Falls Representative incumbent who lost to GOP newcomer Steven Galloway in…
Recently we have been getting emails from readers with screenshots from local and state public officials’ and political candidate social media pages. And there are some very, very interesting examples which we will be highlighting in the coming weeks. So let’s start with former Montana Lt. Governor and 2020 Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mike Cooney. Many…