________________________________________________________________________ By now most property owners have received their pre-Thanksgiving gifts from the Cascade County tax folks. A significant amount of the universal tax increase is due to the 2016 $98M school bond passage, the last 1/3 of the bond sale is now reflected in your tax amounts. Once you have recovered from the…
________________________________________________________________________ Last year, we had the City of Great Falls’ Department of Housing and Urban Development/Community Development Block Grant funding conflict of interest debacle. Before that, we had the Electric City Power fiasco. I think you get my drift. It’s important to be ever vigilant about the workings of our government, a government by…
________________________________________________________________________ Today someone directed my attention to a KRTV Facebook post and news story about the next “Future of the Falls Forum”. Here’s how the KRTV story describes the Forum events: “The next “Future Of The Falls” forum will be on Monday, December 3rd, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Civic Center….
________________________________________________________________________ Well, it’s the day after Election Day 2018 and most observers of the national election results are calling it a “split decision”. Being a big boxing fan I have to disagree a little bit – a split decision means that on two of the three scorecards one of the pugilists scored higher than…
________________________________________________________________________ We love us a good horse race. My former employer of many years, Topper Tracy of Stevensville, MT, who started and owned The Racing Journal magazine, has Breeders’ Cup connections this year. The Breeders’ Cup races are this Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3 at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. Topper and his…
With Election Day only a week away we are publishing what we hope will be some useful information for local voters about local and statewide candidates. We’re listing grades and endorsements for candidates from organizations which align with both the left and the right based on the most recent information detailed on the national Vote Smart…
________________________________________________________________________ Editors note: The Montana Farmers Union state convention is in Great Falls this year. Here’s the press release with relevant information. ________________________________________________________________________ Montana Farmers Union to Hold 103rd State Convention Great Falls, MT- “Moving agriculture forward” is the theme of the 2018 Montana Farmers Union State Convention to be held October 26-27 at…
________________________________________________________________________ by Roger Hagan Montana’s mining industry is a bright spot in our state economy. While our state has been facing growing concerns about declining tax revenue and budget shortfalls, mining continues to be one of the largest employers and taxpayers in our state—supporting over 12,000 jobs and generating nearly $200 million in revenue…
We just a call from the Montana Democratic Party informing us that the screenshots we provided of a fundraising email for Jon Tester do not match any fundraising email they have sent out. We are triple checking with our source, the individual who sent us the email screenshots and text, to confirm what we were…
As part of E-City Beat’s continuing effort to help our readers make informed decisions as voters we have sent questionnaires to all local candidates in the upcoming general election and will be publishing their responses starting today. Today we feature the candidates for Cascade County Sheriff, Jesse Slaughter (D) and Bob Rosipal (R). Here are…