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 commissioner’s Facebook page, ‘Rick Tryon for a Greater Great Falls’. “COMMISSIONER TRYON’S GREAT FALLS CITY COMMISSION REPORT FOR 6/2/2020 As a way to partially fulfill my personal commitment to working for transparent…
Back in the Stone Age (12-14 years ago?) I was a member of the Great Falls Tribune Readers Panel, which met on a monthly basis to discuss local issues, newspaper content, and ideas for making our local newspaper more relevant and interesting. I recall going into the relatively new Tribune HQ down on River Drive…
“Well I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” Those remarks were made Friday by Democratic Presidential candidate and former VP Joe Biden in an interview with popular African-American radio show host Charlamagne tha God on his radio program “The Breakfast Club.”…
Signature gatherers wearing face masks have been spotted around Great Falls trying to get local citizens to sign on to their petition to put the legalization of recreational marijuana on the Montana ballot this November. The group sponsoring the petition drive is called New Approach Montana and here’s their mission statement: “New Approach Montana is…
E-City Beat emailed local Montana legislative candidates who are in primaries requesting responses to three questions, which you’ll see below. Ballots for the primary are due June 2nd. Today we are publishing responses from GOP candidates for HD 21, Ed Buttrey and Sally Tucker. Ed Buttrey Why are you running for the office? I first…
E-City Beat emailed local Montana legislative candidates who are in primaries requesting responses to three questions, which you’ll see below. Ballots for the June primary are currently arriving in mailboxes. Today we are publishing responses from GOP candidates for HD 26, Jeremy Trebas, Sheridan Buck, and Rudy Tankink. Stay tuned for more candidate responses next…
E-City Beat emailed local Montana legislative candidates who are in primaries requesting responses to three questions, which you’ll see below. Ballots for the June primary are currently arriving in mailboxes. Today we are publishing responses from GOP candidates for SD 10, Steve Fitzpatrick and Jeni Dodd. Ms. Dodd didn’t include a photo with her response….
For some in the local education/union/non-profit cabal, the passage of yesterday’s school levy wasn’t nearly satisfying enough. “Winning” — which was all “for the kids,” right? — only served as preface to the final act: revenge. If you had the audacity to oppose the levy, you might want to think twice about saying so publicly,…
H/T to The Electric’s Jenn Rowell, who broke the news: As of now, Jan Cahill, Kim Skornogoski, and Bill Bronson are the leading vote-getters among school board candidates. The operation levy stands at approximately 54.7% in favor with 45.3% opposed.
Over the course of this year’s school election, we have been critical of Great Falls Public Schools’ efforts to impose another permanent tax levy on the public. More than one of our readers have asked us: is there anything E-City Beat does support? In short, the answer is yes. Broadly, we believe in fewer regulations,…