Wealthy Welfare Oxbow, ND (Part 3)
Oxbow’s Country Club elite were salivating over the high-end Robert Trent Jones plans and the FMDA was looking for a way to buy-off Oxbow and only had to dangle money.
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Wealthy Welfare Oxbow, ND (Part 2)
Why should Oxbow be considered a city when it appears they cannot even meet a minimum level of self sufficiency and the lines between the alleged city and Oxbow Country Club are conveniently blurred?
Continue ReadingWealthy Welfare Oxbow, ND (Part 1)
To Jim Nyhof: You have made a direct threat to residents of Bakke (using 81 as the western edge) that is very disheartening.
Continue ReadingFargo Dam and FM Diversion Costs as of June 30, 2016
Fargo Diversion Authority spent another $ 10,316,231.48 from April 30, 2016 to June 30, 2016. 1/6th (17.78% ) of the original projected cost and they haven’t even started on the actual main project. The Fargo Diversion Authority has pumped over $71.3 million into OHB ring-dike-levee and private country club, which provides ZERO FLOOD PROTECTION BENEFIT TO FARGO.
Continue ReadingSomething Wicked This Way Comes
Even worse is the taxation without representation of any future generation that will be denied their right to accept or reject the tax obligation being imposed upon the yet un-born generations.
Continue ReadingMike McFeely Finds His Nuts
As much as it pains me to admit that McFeely got something right…, or at least partially right, the hub-bub over the Kinzler house along Rose Coulee was a fair deal to bring Fargo closer to adequate permanent internal flood protection.
Continue ReadingLetter to Editor: Greg Bauman
Oxbow and Fargo have the same problem I like to refer to it as the Forrest Gump Syndrome. Stupid is, stupid does. Just let people build where there is danger of flooding and we’ll deal with it later.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties May 26th, 2016
It’s heartbreaking that Fargo’s intimidation extends to the Attorney General’s office. Whether Stenehjem’s political opportunism made him seek the support of Fargo’s political bullies, or whether he truly believes quick-take eminent domain is a useful tool of government is hard to say.
Continue ReadingFEMA Flood Insurance, Fargo, Cass and the USACE
How can homes that were surrounded by flood waters in 1997 and 2009 be considered new impacts if project alignment is moved north?
Continue ReadingFargo Dam and FM Diversion Costs as of April 30, 2016
Fargo Diversion Authority spent another $ 15,308,057.61 from March 31, 2016 to April 30, 2016. 1/6th (17.21% ) of the original projected cost and they haven’t even started on the actual main project. The Fargo Diversion Authority has pumped over $67.5 million into OHB ring-dike-levee and private country club, which provides ZERO FLOOD PROTECTION BENEFIT TO FARGO.
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