On Thursday, October 15 I did a ride-along in a Great Falls Police Department patrol car with Master Police Officer Pat Brinkman. It was a real eye-opener for me to witness first-hand what our local law-enforcement officers deal with, even though I only caught a brief glimpse of what they do and see every single…
One of our readers sent us an email with a screenshot of a Political Action Committee’s Facebook page announcing an event in Great Falls from a week ago called “Rally at the Sign”. The reader had never heard of the PAC or the event so we did a little digging. The political action committee is…
The Montana media has done a very sloppy job of telling the story of the Montana Democrat Party’s (MDP) extreme effort to remove the Green Party (GP) from all Montana ballots for the 2020 General Election. The misreporting of this story, if it was not just unforgivably sloppy, was a deliberate effort to spin the…
In last weekend’s debate with Sen. Steve Daines, Montana Gov. and failed presidential candidate Steve Bullock said that if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, he would be “open” to packing the court in response. Bullock’s justification in favor of court-packing was even more astonishing than his position itself. According to Bullock,…
An NBC Montana journalist called Maritsa Georgiou, in keeping with the rest of her alarmist Twitter feed, recently shared a hospital map that painted a dire picture of COVID-19. One discerning reader took it upon himself to provide the context and objectivity that Georgiou did not. Georgiou later attempted to clean up her misleading tweet….
After reading the E-City Beat profile on the candidates running for state legislature in Great Falls House District 20, a reader sent us the following screenshots of Facebook posts made by Democrat candidate Melissa Smith: We checked Smith’s Facebook page and found that the comments have subsequently been scrubbed. We double checked the page and…
This past Saturday we held a Ride and Rally to show support for local law enforcement in Great Falls. One of the reasons that the ride and rally resonated here is because there are many local law enforcement folks and their families who feel like they’ve been left out of the conversation the last several…
In House District 23 GOP candidate Scot Kerns is running against Democrat Brad Hamlett. Here is Kerns’ response and profile. Hamlett did not respond to our request. Background Information My name is Scot Kerns. I am 33 years old, not married and no kids. In my free time, I definitely enjoy spending time cycling. I am…
Editors note – as a public service E-City Beat is publishing the following information bulletin from GFPD concerning the missing woman, Sally Smith. Great Falls MT Police Department September 29 at 12:35 PM · MISSING ENDAGERED PERSON ALERT! We are concerned for the welfare of Sally Demarais-Smith. Smith was last seen on the afternoon of Friday, September 25th, 2020 in Great…
In House District 20 Democrat Melissa Smith is running against GOP candidate Fred Anderson. Both candidates responded to our request for profiles. Melissa Smith My name is Melissa Smith; I am a Montanan who was raised in Havre. I received a first-class K-12 education there (go, Blue Ponies!). I went on to receive my BA…