New Lawsuits Filed in FM Diversion Project
New Lawsuits Filed for water impacts that reach beyond FM Diversion Project.
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Aaland Law Defends Landowners Rights in Quick Take Eminent Domain
North Dakota Century Code: (CCJWRD) A district may not include or utilize any reference to quick take eminent domain during negotiations to acquire the necessary easement for a right of way. Not only did land agent Lisa Kilde direct the Sauvageau’s to the quick take timeline in her letter and offer to purchase of February 1, 2021, she repeated the direction in every email she sent.
Continue ReadingFM Diversion Policy Leadership Group Seeks Permitable Plan
Bear in mind, the FM Diversion Policy Leadership talks that recently concluded should have taken place before the first shovel of dirt was turned for any aspect of the ill-fated project.
Continue ReadingFargo Dam and Diversion Is All About Duplicity
The Governors Task Force was intended to explore potential alternatives and compromise rather than Fargo’s attempt to re-litigate the project that received a Prelimary Injunction.
Continue ReadingLetter: MN DNR Tom Landwehr
Since the Diversion Authority declined to consider a more modest project alternative, the only options included for consideration in the permit application were the “No Action” and “No Action with Emergency Measures” alternatives. This left the DNR with two choices: 1) permit the project or 2) deny the project.
Continue ReadingFargo Mayor Tim Mahoney “OUTED” Himself
“…it’s important to not go against market forces…”
Continue ReadingBuffalo Red Watershed District NOT Obligated to Support Diversion
It is simply not true that managers of the Buffalo Red Watershed District have an obligation to support or implement this plan. In fact, it is completely improper for a Minnesota governmental entity to be moving forward with this plan, because the Minnesota environmental review has not yet been concluded, and necessary permits have not been issued.
Continue ReadingHypocrites Define Fair Differently
North Dakota legislators were wise to strip House Bill 1415 of guaranteed new state money for flood control in Fargo. It puts the onus back on Fargo to prioritize work on internal Fargo flood projects, rather than spending state monies at will on whims that do not provide direct flood benefit to Fargo residents.
Continue ReadingFargo Forum Gets It Completely Wrong Again
The Fargo Diversion Authority is nothing more than the “illusion” of credibility with a propensity to spend money on flood control for future growth rather than the residents that are paying for protection in the here and now.
Continue ReadingDarrell Vanyo’s Empty Offer
Project opponents care more about protecting the city of Fargo than the Fargo Diversion Authority and Fargo city leaders.
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