________________________________________________________________________ We challenge our readers to take 4 minutes and watch the video we’ve linked below from the Open The Books website. It’s quite revealing and a little shocking. And we would like to remind our readers how much money our Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent and top administrators are making, as we noted…
________________________________________________________________________ I thought it important to share the following letter I recently received from someone in Great Falls and E-City Beat has agreed to publish it with small portions redacted to protect the anonymity of the sender. Let me say a word about that anonymity, which the writer explains his reasons for in the…
________________________________________________________________________ Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent Tammy Lacey’s recent Tuesday proclamation included a defense from the complaints by students and parents that some of the classrooms in the District are too cold and uncomfortable. One of the comments from a reader on the E-City Beat Facebook page actually referred to local students shivering in…
________________________________________________________________________ THIS JUST IN! For all of those requiring verification that Great Falls Public Schools system has heating problems, take a look at this: “Mrs Rossberg’s room (105) is unnecessarily cold. Recent problems with the school heating system has led to this room’s temperature being neglected. The worst part of winter is coming and…
Popsicles are meant to be frozen, not kids. Since the passage of the 2016 $98M school bond, the new construction is popping up all over the district, but what about the repairs that were needed to existing schools? The taxpayers were told over and over again what bad shape our schools were in after 50…
________________________________________________________________________ The following is from the Great Falls Public Schools Board meeting agenda, 11-12-18 page 62. We have some additional information and questions at the end. “TOPIC Proposed District Office and Warehouse Complex Study/Design BACKGROUND On October 4, 2016, the elementary and high school bond elections were approved by the voters. As a part…
________________________________________________________________________ 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…