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Moorhead’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?

POLL: 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.

The special interests, with big money, want the diversion alignment to “protect” as much area as possible as then they can have a larger area to develop at a lower cost.

In America, the Fargo Fool’em can continue channeling Joseph Goebbels or whatever other propaganda ministry they worship along with the feigned public outreach, public relations, psychological operations, education, or simply the mis-information they choose to advocate.

It is unfortunate that taxpayer money was not spent to protect the city that exists…, and not the one that is outlined in Fargo’s Tier 2 (50 year) growth plan.

by author: Leah Rogne, Mankato, MN I agree with The Forum’s Dec. 22 editorial that the diversion OK by the Army Corps of Engineers chief is more than a gift. The squandering of good-hearted Fargo and Cass County taxpayers’ dollars on planning for the diversion is the “gift that keeps on giving.” It is no surprise [...]

Executive Order 11988 — Floodplain Management SOURCE: The provisions of Executive Order 11988 of May 24, 1977, appear at 42 FR 26971, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 117, unless otherwise noted. By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and as President of the [...]

This picture is taken from the WildRice River bridge on Cass 16 looking Northwest towards St Benedict, ND. The proposed LPP for Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management will remove 69.8 square miles of natural flood plain protection for the region and cause impacts to outlying areas. The proposed Fargo Dam and Diversion will wipe-out [...]