_______________________________________________________________________ Have you ever read ‘Chapter 21 – CODE OF ETHICS’ in the City of Great Falls municipal code? If not, maybe it’s time to take a look at it. Here are a few examples of what you’ll find there: 2.21.020 – Findings. The City Commission of the City of Great Falls finds and declares…
_______________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, August 6th was the deadline for Great Falls city commission candidates to file their campaign donation and expenditure reports, C-5’s, with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices. The reports cover the first reporting period through August 1st. So far, Rick Tryon has far outpaced the other candidates in total money raised and in…
_______________________________________________________________________ I found it interesting that the day after I wrote a piece about transients camping out at our Great Falls Public Library and in our public parks I noticed this piece in the Billings Gazette: “Billings police investigating downtown stabbing at library” From the article: “Billings Public Library Director Gavin Woltjer said he isn’t…
_______________________________________________________________________ Within the past 10 days in Great Falls: The Cascade County Sheriffs Department busted a human trafficking/prostitution operation here. A Great Falls woman was arrested for selling meth and heroin on multiple occasions to undercover cops. I went to the Great Falls Public Library on a Friday afternoon and encountered several people camped out…
_______________________________________________________________________ We took notice of this handy app, linked below, offered up by the Montana Secretary of State. It’s an easy way for Great Falls voters to check their current voter registration status. Click here to see if you’re registered to vote. The next opportunity for Great Falls residents to vote will be a Great…
_______________________________________________________________________ Summertime and the living’s easy…or busy. Either way, I want to thank Mayor Bob Kelly for responding to my second request regarding his plans to either endorse or not endorse incumbent city commissioner Tracy Houck for another term. After finally getting to my email (Glacier Park was beckoning me for some work and a…
_______________________________________________________________________ I have heard several statements from folks recently such as, “the Mayor is mostly ceremonial and doesn’t really have any influence” and “the Great Falls City Commission is just a technicality, the city manager has all of the power.” Wrong. These kinds of misconceptions are not only wrong but they are also part of…
Last month, before the filing deadline for this year’s City election had elapsed, I asked Great Falls Mayor Bob Kelly if he intended to endorse embattled City Commissioner Tracy Houck in her campaign for re-election. Kelly declined to do so. Since it was possible at the time that the mayor wanted to see a complete…
_______________________________________________________________________ Below is more important information provided by Great Falls resident Pam Hendrickson concerning efforts by Great Falls city Commissioners Moe and Robinson to secretly negotiate a partnership between the City of Great Falls and the Maclean Animal Adoption Center. Every concerned citizen in Great Falls should read this and share it widely. The shenanigans…
_______________________________________________________________________ Here’s an interesting item recently sent to me by a friend – according to ‘Business Insider’, a Montana household needs to earn $49,360 per year in order to comfortably afford rent. The estimate is based on a study done by GoBankingRates which “…revealed how big your annual salary needs to be to afford rent…