Fargo 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.
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Part 6: Exposing Fargo Moorhead (FMDA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Continued from: Part 1 – Exposing the FMDA and USACE Part 2 – Exposing the FMDA and USACE Part 3 – Exposing the FMDA and USACE Part 4 – Exposing the FMDA and USACE Part 5 – Exposing the FMDA and USACE If Fargo-Moorhead were a house with a leaky roof and Fargo had 100 […]
Continue ReadingPart 5: Exposing Fargo Moorhead (FMDA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
WRRDA 2014 was so stuffed full of pet projects that of the 514 votes cast between the house and senate, only 11 dissented. It’s not like the entire U.S. Congress took a hard look at the FMDA project and considered it worthy.
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Part 4: Exposing Fargo Moorhead (FMDA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
“How in the world did this get this far?” ~ With incompetent leadership selling a development project disguised as flood control.
Continue ReadingWDAY Meteorologist Alludes To Fargo’s Real Flood Problem
If the pro-diversion ilk truly believes that distributed retention doesn’t work, then remove all dams upstream of Fargo and increase the sizing of all culverts to prevent any water from being held back and let the water decide where it should be.
Continue ReadingOxbow, ND Buyouts and Tax Valuations
Oxbow, ND Buyouts Greatest to Least – Cited Source: Director of Equalization, Cass County, ND
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties September 18th, 2014
Minnesota’s Governor Dayton, Representative Marquart and a few others are not “going along to get along.” They are speaking out for the people and communities they represent, declaring “unacceptable” the plan to flood 35 square miles of rural Minnesota for Fargo’s future development.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties July 17th, 2014
It’s unfair and unethical to force family farmers, homeowners and communities to pursue their own costly legal recourse to Fargo’s development project. But then again, maybe we’re expecting too much of our neighbors and elected leaders.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties June 19th, 2014
Beth Askegaard and Rolaine Askegaard write to MN Attorney General Lori Swanson to question leaders in St. Paul and Washington value our community, Clay and Wilkin Counties, as belonging to Minnesota. Fargo Diversion Authority insists on developing the natural flood plain south of the city and relocating water impacts onto Minnesota.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties June 12th, 2014
The PR gang at the Diversion Authority have been turning themselves inside out trying to vilify the benefits of retention. The simple fact is that if upstream retention, as has been laid out by the various publicly funded organizations, had been in place in ’09, the biggest flood in recorded history would have been approximately 3 feet lower.
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