Thanks to one of our discerning readers, who sent us this yesterday: about six months ago, and without authorization from the City Commission, Great Falls Mayor Bob Kelly signed a letter addressed to Donald Trump, asking the President to send refugees to the City of Great Falls. According to the website Welcome Refugees 2020, Kelly…
Tryon Dissents, Houck Warns In DRB Vote
This Tuesday, the Great Falls City Commission voted 4-1 to extend the terms of Design Review Board (DRB) members. Because some of the members’ terms were set to expire, the commission moved to extend them by one year, thus allowing the DRB to maintain a quorum. The City suspended the DRB in November of 2018….
A Question For Elizabeth Warren (Answered)
We recently linked to a tweet from Brit Hume, who had a question for Bernie Sanders. Today, The Daily Caller tweeted out a short clip of that same question being posed to Elizabeth Warren, who, to her credit, had an answer:
A-Listers, Big Tech Execs, Billionaires, And DC Insiders: Meet Whitney Williams’ Donors
Not too long ago, we wrote about Democratic gubernatorial candidate Whitney Williams’ massive fundraising efforts, and the fact that more than three quarters of her haul originates from big money donors outside of Montana. Given the extreme disparity between Williams’ out-of-state donations compared to the other candidates, I decided to take a deeper dive into…
Three Great Falls Kids Test Positive For Meth
Here’s another edition of our roundup of some of the top national, state, and local stories from various news outlets curated in an easy access format. NationalCBS hires Priebus as political pundit (The Hill) “CBS News announced Wednesday that it has hired former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus to serve as a political analyst on…
Tryon’s January 21 Great Falls City Commission Meetings Preview
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 As a way to partially fulfill my personal commitment to working for transparent and responsive…
Ed Buttrey Gets A Primary
Legislator Ed Buttrey, the incumbent in HD 21, will once again face a competitive primary. Black Eagle resident Sally Tucker filed to run in HD 21 as a Republican today. Buttrey trounced Republicans John Abarr and Rickey Linafelter (winning over 75% of the vote) in a three-way primary in 2018, before ultimately defeating Democrat Leesha…
Impeachment Poll: Should The Senate Remove Donald Trump From Office?
With the impeachment trial set to begin next week, we thought we would ask you, our readers, where you stand … Vote now! [poll id=”18″]
A Question For Bernie Sanders
Not from us, but from Brit Hume: Seems fair to at least ask. What would be the limiting principle of Bernie’s socialist give-away train? Would there be one?
Tryon’s January 7 Great Falls City Commission Meeting Recap
Editor’s 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 As a way to partially fulfill my personal commitment to working for transparent and responsive…