________________________________________________________________________ We will be hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at the Children’s Museum on September 23rd from 4-9pm at $10 a plate. Hope to see you there. For twenty years the Children’s Museum of Montana has proudly offered families and organizations an option outside of daycare and school to bring their children for quality…
________________________________________________________________________ How to grow the local economy is by far the most asked question we hear. The suggestions range from recruiting hi tech businesses to getting a Red Lobster. Besides Malmstrom Air Force Base and the local poverty industry, the most significant business in Great Falls is the import-export business, and it has been…
________________________________________________________________________ There have been two disturbing stories in the last 10 days about Great Falls which have raised a lot of discussion and a lot of eyebrows around town. First is the article which corroborates an unpleasant reality about our town, a reality that many folks have been concerned about and sounding the alarm…
________________________________________________________________________ In “Pretty Little Lies: Part One” we were looking at how Great Falls city commissioner Tracy Houck’s recent comments on a local Facebook post provide “an example of how public officials and politicians skew and massage facts to make themselves look better or avoid accountability.” Continuing now with Houck’s “clarification” (You can see…
In an article titled “What city is hit hardest by extreme poverty in your state?”, written by Evan Comen and Samuel Stebbins of 24/7 Wall Street for USA Today and published July 13, 2018 in the Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls gets the dubious distinction of being the hardest hit by extreme poverty in Montana. Here…
________________________________________________________________________ I happened to be reading a Facebook comment thread the other day in which quite a few Great Fallsians were weighing in on what they’d like to see in our town. One of the comments, from Great Falls city commissioner Tracy Houck, provides an example of how public officials and politicians skew and…
________________________________________________________________________ Groovin’ all Week with You All most all high schools have off-campus hangouts where students congregate to pursue their interests in food, the opposite sex and cars; not necessarily in that order. These hangouts vary, but they all share a commonality and serve a highly beneficial purpose. University of Cincinnati Professor Keith King…
________________________________________________________________________ An E-City Beat reader sent us this video which was posted on Facebook last week after President Trumps visit to Great Falls. It shows the very long lines waiting to get in to the Four Seasons venue for the Presidents speech. This confirms that the interest in and support for the Trump rally…
________________________________________________________________________ Fire Sprinkler Follow-up In my previous article, “Fire Sprinklers at Great Falls High School”, I posed the following question; Why has the school district ignored the urging of City of Great Falls building officials and the Great Falls Fire Rescue Department to include a fire sprinkler system in the plans for the…
________________________________________________________________________ Local readers continue to send us screenshots and reactions to Presidents Trumps recent visit to Great Falls. Some of the comments are positive and in support of the President while others are downright vile and vicious in their hatefulness. Here’s an example of both from the Tribunes own Facebook page: What we…