Fargo Moorhead Diversion Authority Monitor | An Independent News Organization
The FM Diversion is just one more un-achievable, un-fund-able development plan. The FM Diversion Project is just another unfunded government mandate or subsidy that is simply not feasible.
Continue ReadingWhen the 3 a.m. summer storm comes knocking on Bakke, Hickson and Oxbow’s door with 10-20 inches of rain filling the ring-dike, who will come with the body bags to float the dead away?
Continue ReadingMoorhead’s competent leaders completed their affordable permanent protection and now have nothing to fear from the coming flood “Armageddon.”
Does Fargo’s mayor feel responsible for risking his city by neglecting its dikes and levees just so the $2 billion diversion can be made to appear more necessary?
If Fargo doesn’t get its diversion, will the Red River Valley stop functioning? Will Fargo face a wall of water running down its streets if the gavel falls against them?
Continue ReadingPOLL: Cast your vote! Fargo officials have admitted they could have done a better job of permitting. They blame the developers and offer the excuse that the developers have put the city in jeopardy with threats of legal action.
Continue ReadingFargo, Cass County, the Army Corps of Engineers, planning and designing a non-flood area for water storage, however temporary, will cause a loss of value, loss of marketability for the affected property owners, within the Fargo flood water storage area.
Continue ReadingImperial Fargo, Cass, Diversion Authority bend words and offer half truths to North Dakota legislators in pursuit of state funding a removal of spending restrictions.
Continue ReadingDiverting the truth is a methodical obsession for Fargo Dam and FM Diversion proponents. It’s not just about the PR spin, it’s about the core belief and creation of “data” that is being used as the justification for a plan that will not benefit 80 percent of North Dakota taxpayers and 99.96 percent of American […]
Continue ReadingThe Diversion’s Authority Public Outreach Subcommittee chaired by Rodger Olson seems to be concerned about losing the battle of public opinion.
Continue Reading“The Corps and sponsors have invested approximately $60 million in the project through the end of fiscal year 2013,” according to Diversion Authority publicist Daron Selvig.
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