Pawluk’s Pen Perils (part 7)
The danger of losing objectivity is that a pragmatic solution for Fargo’s contrived flood levels becomes harder to reach, largely because the goal is financially unrealistic.
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Pawluk’s Pen Perils (part 6)
What happens when taxpayers get to pay sales tax and tax assessments for local and federal share for the dam, diversion and then flood insurance?
Continue ReadingPawluk’s Pen Perils (part 5)
Rather ignominious to bellyache that people need a flood so that Pawluk and his ilk can pompously deliver a “WE TOLD YOU SO”, when they’ve had SIX LONG YEARS to complete internal flood protection and help those 20,000 property owners avoid FEMA flood insurance,
Continue ReadingPawluk’s Pen Perils (part 4)
It is unfortunate that the very agencies that should be working in tension to each other are expected acquiesce or be cast out, much like what happened with the Buffalo Red River Watershed District and West Fargo.
Continue ReadingPawluk’s Pen Perils (part 3)
Ken Pawluk, Here’s a thought…, pull your heads out of your derriere’s and stop leveraging future development against the existing homes of hard working taxpayers funding the escapades of you and your ilk.
Continue ReadingPawluk’s Pen Perils (part 2)
I’m sorry, but there are no accolades for internal flood protection that is long overdue. What the city and county can build in mere weeks before a flood, could have easily been completed in the six years since the 2009 flood.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties April 24th, 2014
Fargo Diversion Authority uses straw man arguments to distort viable solutions to Fargo flood protection. Fargo, ND is demanding a plan that only protects the city. Distributed retention protects the entire Red River Valley, included Fargo, which protects more land, more cities, more people, more property and infrastructure.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties May 23rd, 2013
U.S. Army Corps: additional growth and development on the Minnesota side is the obvious alternative to Fargo’s huge dam and diversion.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties May 2nd, 2013
To say the commissioners stepped up would be an understatement. Senators Larry Luick and Jim Dotzenrod, Representatives John Wall, Clark Williams, Jerry Kelsh, Bill Amerman, Perry Miller, Sid Berg, Dan Thompson, Tim Campbell, Jason Heitkamp, Richland County State’s Attorney Warren Stokes, Stephanie Miranowski, Lyle Hovland, John Blaufuss, Robert Perry, Neal Folstad, Wilkin County Attorney Tim Fox – thank you.
thank you.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties December 12th, 2012
The Corps of Engineers has rejected any use of distributed retention as part of the project and instead has mandated its own dam and reservoir. In fact, the dam and reservoir component causes harm to farmers and residents of southern Clay and northern Wilkin counties.
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