Donald J. Sterhan is the President and CEO of Mountain Plains Equity Group. He has previously served as Chairman of the Montana Chamber of Commerce, President of the Montana Chamber Foundation, on the White House Conference on Small Business, and as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors. Rosendale’s plan will…
It’s rare, but occasionally a moment comes along that serves as perfect confirmation for something you say or do. Such a moment popped up for me this morning after I posted the following on my personal Facebook page: “…I have always endeavored to express myself and exercise my First Amendment rights with civility, good humor,…
Wednesday, July 29 was local Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Great Falls and in addition to local residents purchasing and displaying “406 Back the Blue” signs, there were several other displays of appreciation for the work the Great Falls Police Department and Cascade County Sheriff’s Office do for our community. George Nikolakakos organized a GoFundMe…
Earlier in July the Great Falls City Commission asked that our City Attorney, Sara Sexe, conduct a review and provide us with some research and analysis of the local nondiscrimination ordinance, NDO, being proposed by the Great Falls LGBTQ+ Center board. Ms. Sexe responded to our request and provided a fairly extensive analysis covering several…
Former Great Falls Mayor Michael Winters, Bud Nichols, Jan Cahill and Johnny Walker are hosting a local “Sing Along” night event this Thursday evening July 30, starting at 7:00 PM. Here’s the announcement Winters sent to E-City Beat: “Our event is a participation event to be held at Gibson Park at the Gibson Band shell,…
Editors note: below is the post from Friday on rally organizer Rick Tryon’s Facebook page. “After a lot of thought and consultation we have decided to go forward with the Local Law Enforcement Appreciation Day next Wednesday, July 29 but we are postponing the rally that evening until a later date. Here’s why: I have…
Editors note: this article has been updated to reflect new or changed information. The sheer awesomeness of our community amazes me once again. We support the Great Falls Police Department and the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office, their officers, employees, and families – several local businesses and individuals have stepped up to add their support. First…
Editors note: E-City Beat has requested and received permission to copy and paste Great Falls City Commissioner Rick Tryon’s reports from his public city commissioner Facebook page, ‘Rick Tryon for a Greater Great Falls’. Information on the July 21 Tuesday night Great Falls City Commission work session and regular meeting: Work Session – Once again…
There have been lots of headlines recently about the out-of-control violence and unrest in many of our country’s major metropolitan areas. Shootings in Chicago and NYC, as well as other big cities, have reached levels compared to the wild west or Middle East war zones. And of course the mainstream media always describes such madness…
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