_______________________________________________________________________ There’s really no other way to say it – Great Falls city commissioner Owen Robinson should not be voting on any issue regarding a proposed City of Great Falls partnership with the Maclean Cameron Animal Adoption Center. But he did anyway. Robinson’s actions as a city commissioner stink to high heaven and anyone who…
_______________________________________________________________________ This week E-City Beat received an article submitted by a writer named Janice Penberthy. After reading the piece, as editor and publisher, I found the article to be well written, entertaining, interesting and relevant so we published it. The article was not written or conceived by anyone at E-City Beat or by any of…
As a feminist, even the thought of writing for E-City Beat makes my skin crawl. However, until we’re able to successfully shut it down, I thought the best, most patriotic thing I could do was drown out the constant stream of negativity with some actual good ideas. Giving me this platform was probably the only…
_______________________________________________________________________ Of the many wonders of our existence, time and free will rank at the top of the list. What is most important is how we use them. The theme here is not that we should choose to make better use of our time, but rather how the Great Falls Public School District and the…
_______________________________________________________________________ In a previous article, “A Development Process Advisory Board For Great Falls Makes Sense”, I explored some of the ways a DPARB could be beneficial for growth and development in Great Falls, as it has been in Billings. Today I want to look at what I consider to be the most important thing our…
_______________________________________________________________________ See Part I here. Spring has arrived and the snow is melting. Which is worse? The snow and ice packed roads or the slush and refreeze? Either way, it calls attention to the City’s need to revise the current snow and ice removal and control plans. But let’s talk springtime roads… And potholes. We…
_______________________________________________________________________ All the evidence indicates that the truth fairy made a visit to the Great Falls Public Schools Budget Committee last week when they recommended that no levy be placed before the voters as part of the May 7th school district election. But before you feel free to spend that would-be tax increase, please remember…
_______________________________________________________________________ As most local folks in Cascade County are now aware, former Cascade County Sheriff’s Office undersheriff John Stevens has been charged with felony theft related to public property, firearms, he allegedly absconded from the sheriffs office and traded for a four wheeler. Of course Stevens is presumed innocent unless proven otherwise. I would like…
_______________________________________________________________________ Yesterday we received a letter from Michael Polaske, Chairman of the Cascade County Republican Central Committee Nominating Committee, in response to the press release we published on Monday from Roger Hagan. We will not be publishing Polaske’s response at this time due to the nature of the content of the letter. Almost every other…
_______________________________________________________________________ PRESS RELEASE FROM ROGER A. HAGAN ON RULING BY REPUBLICAN PARTY ON CASCADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE RULES I am pleased to announce the Montana Republican Party has issued an important decision nullifying rules intended to prevent reform of the Cascade County Republican Central Committee (CCRCC). Last week, a subcommittee of the Montana Republican…