While hypocrisy isn’t exclusive to politicians, it certainly is more disappointing when we see it in our elected officials. Case in point. At last week’s Great Falls City Commission work session, Commissioner Mary Moe presented a draft resolution addressing nondiscrimination, which she authored. Her cover letter includes the following: “I am attaching a draft resolution…
As a Great Falls City Commissioner I am always open to and interested in hearing suggestions, criticisms, and plain ol’ complaints from my fellow citizens about how City employees and officials are performing or how City policy is working, or not working. I do my best to bring citizen’s concerns to the attention of the…
By Daniel Sherwin, Great Falls MT Video games get a bad rap, but they actually offer a ton of benefits for kids when used appropriately. They promote hand-eye coordination, help kids enhance problem-solving skills, and let them build their imagination and explore new worlds. However, there are some safety risks you should keep in mind…
THE GREAT FALLS AQUATIC CENTER – BOON, OR BOONDOGGLE? In 2018, Great Falls’ only indoor swimming pool, the Morony Natatorium, or Nat as it was affectionately known, was closed after 52 years of service to the community. It replaced an older Natatorium which was demolished in 1963. You may be reminded of the original Nat…
The red wave in Montana dealt a crushing blow to state Democrats. In addition to sweeping all of the statewide offices from Governor to State Auditor, Republicans won a strong majority in both chambers of the Montana legislature. In the House, Republicans picked up 9 seats, giving them a 67 to 33 majority there. The…
As of today, the U.S. presidential election is undecided with four states, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania, still counting ballots and their corresponding electoral votes still up for grabs. One thing is certain though – the oft-predicted national blue wave sweeping Republicans from office didn’t happen. There wasn’t even a blue splash. In fact…
The capstone tweet from an American political icon.
Whether one supports President Trump or Joe Biden, almost everyone agrees that Pennsylvania will be the single most important battleground state in 2020. As the polls have tightened in recent days, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, a partisan Democrat called Josh Shapiro, preemptively sought to undermine the legitimacy of his state’s own election. According to Shapiro, Biden…
If virtually all of the polls are to be believed, Joe Biden will soundly defeat President Trump. Don’t count Newt Gingrich among the believers. Despite a similar polling deficit in 2016, the historian and former Speaker of the House matter-of-factly predicted that Trump would beat Hillary Clinton, which of course he did. Today, Gingrich offered…
Something is bothering me about Montana’s Office of Public Instruction candidate Melissa Romano – did she know her husband, an elementary school teacher, was using hard drugs, including LSD, meth and cocaine, before he was busted for it last year? Here’s the article from last year detailing the arrest – https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-news/helena-teacher-and-husband-of-opi-candidate-faces-felony-drug-charge “A former Helena elementary…