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The rules of the meeting were plainly spelled out. We were not to debate the diversion, just seek out information. The request by the DA to meet with them implies a knowledge of impacts that need to be addressed. Possible impacts for this home and other properties in the area outside of the staging/storage area (the Red Box) are acknowledged, but no compensation is provided.
Continue ReadingImpacts, damage costs and red-tape… Why should cemetery boards be obligated to volunteer more hours as a result of a land grab that represents the bigotry of the Fargo Diversion Authority agenda? These are vital issues that should have been addressed at the formulation of this project rather than an attempt to marginalize the sanctity of the burial sites after the fact.
Continue ReadingThink of the political side. If upstream residents voice concerns to the North Dakota Legislature, they’ll bulldoze ’em with their representatives. They’ll even get the governor to sit alongside in the cab. No need to bulldoze the local (Fargo) newspaper, they’re supplying diesel for the engine.
Continue ReadingAaron Snyder, U.S. Army Corps: “we want your land, or we’ll take it from you.” Message to Richland and Wilkin County Commissioners a year and a half ago.
Continue ReadingIt turns out that our criticism was valid and the Army Corps numbers were quietly changed back in September 2012. You would think this would have come up during the North Dakota legislative session, when they were asking all of us for $450 million.
Continue ReadingState Water Commission’s Chief engineer, Todd Sando, told the Senate Appropriations committee that the state can typically construct a water project for half of what a Corps project would cost.
Continue ReadingThe relationship between displacement of water and increased river crests are the most obvious fingerprints in North Dakotas crime of the century.
Continue ReadingND House members (voted 90-4), stated unequivocally that Fargo should take $102 million, in addition to the $75 million given them in previous sessions, and build up their dikes before they start digging what could be a ditch to nowhere.
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.
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