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Fargo’s media criticizes Moorhead for being trashy and backward and described as “more than sad.” Suggesting that Moorhead has only themselves to blame for their lagging development, they are castigated for failing to take advantage of their natural advantages and lectured on what they should or should not be doing.
Continue ReadingWe are certain that the FM diversion is not the next step in providing Basin wide protection, no matter what the politicians say.
Continue ReadingSunday night, with money in their hands, they came to Christine to preserve their communities and their future.
Continue ReadingPOLL: Do you believe Keith Berndt and others are being fraudulent by alleging the 2009 flood was only a 50 year flood event?
Continue ReadingThe Diversion Authority voted unanimously to file a motion to intervene in the case. “We want a seat at the table, in that way, we are a little bit more in control of the destiny of things.” – Darell Vanyo, Diversion Authority Chairman
Continue ReadingDespite the feigned reassurances of Keith Berndt on August 12th, 2013 during the MNDak Upstream Coalition/Richland Wilkin JPA meeting, there is little comfort that one of the largest earth moving projects in North America, second to the Panama canal, will be a secure structure.
Continue ReadingA false choice is again being served up: “cooperate with the ring dike details or we’ll build it without your cooperation.”
Continue ReadingCommissioner Vanyo has said retention will never be part of the project. The U.S. Army Corps says that basin-wide protection is the solution to protecting Minot, so it must be part of the solution for the Red River Valley as well.
Continue ReadingThe “open house” format has in recent years become an increasingly common way for public agencies to fulfill the letter of the law that requires public input, , but with no opportunity for open dialogue with those who have come with concerns.
Continue ReadingIt turns out that our criticism was valid and the Army Corps numbers were quietly changed back in September 2012. You would think this would have come up during the North Dakota legislative session, when they were asking all of us for $450 million.
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