You won’t read about this in the local mainstream media, but the federal government is coming to the rescue of Great Falls Public Schools. As a result of the multi-trillion dollar federal response to the coronavirus, GFPS stands to receive $2,382,452.53 (p. 3 from the embedded .pdf via the Montana Office of Public Instruction). Of…
According to a tweet from Lee’s Holly Michels, unemployment in Montana has (predictably) skyrocketed, with 41,000 new claims filed in just Sunday and Monday of this week: Of course, this trend will only continue. People are hurting right now, here and everywhere else. Other Montana communities, like Bozeman and Belgrade, have opted to compassionately cancel…
There is a man. He is a preening gun grabber, a nanny-state Napoleon who crusaded against soda pop (16oz and up), and who spent over $1.2 billion on his presidential campaign before flaming out in spectacular fashion. His name, although incidental to the main point, is “Mini” Mike Bloomberg.
I recently emailed all of the School Board candidates and asked them the following question: Q: In this time of crisis when residents are out of work, are you in favor of acting as Bozeman and Belgrade did by cancelling, or rescheduling the levy for a later time? E-City Beat will publish each of the…
There is a woman. She believes the world will end in 12 years, supports free tuition and health care for illegal aliens, and is hands-down the dumbest member of the United States Congress (a remarkable feat unto itself). Her name, although incidental to the main point, is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Today Governor Bullock extended the state’s stay at home directive and other restrictions. The directives are extended through Friday, April 24. Stay tuned for further updates and visit https://news.mt.gov/ for official news.
In a recent letter to the editor, Gerry Jennings urged support for the upcoming school levy. After making a suspect claim about class sizes, Jennings regurgitated an even more questionable argument about public education and its relationship to economic development. “My four children received the best education the state had to offer during the ‘70s…
Is it time for the Great Falls Public School District to take their foot off the levy pedal and apply the brakes? It is apparent that the school district’s overpaid administrators and the local rubber-stamp school board are heading full speed ahead with guns blazing to take another $1.75 Million from the taxpayer’s pockets on…
If you’re tried to reach us in the past few days, you probably noticed that our website had a few glitches. For that, I apologize. We have been in the process of upgrading to a managed hosting service. Simply put, E-City Beat now receives too much traffic to operate any other way. In March, this…
While the mainstream media continues to provide cover for Joe Biden, the truth is there for anyone willing to seek it: the former Vice President was recently accused of sexually assaulting a former staffer. Detailing an alleged incident from 1993, Tara Reade told Yahoo! News that Biden digitally penetrated her: She told part of her story in…