Oxbow Country Club Living In A Bubble
Oxbow Country Club – a wealthy welfare bubble. Over 1,200 percent buyout for a private and exclusive country club that was purported to be $600,000 in debt.
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Tag: Property Value
Defending Richland and Wilkin counties June 6th, 2013
What do you suppose the endgame is for the Diversion Authority? Fargo was successful in leaving no dollar unturned, and no arm untwisted in the recent legislative session in Bismarck.
Continue Reading101.9 FM Tom Becka: Craig Hertsgaard and Stephanie Miranowski Interview August 29th, 2012
Talk FM 101.9 Tom Becka interviews Craig Hertsgaard and Stephanie Miranowski on August 29th, 2012 regarding the Fargo Moorhead Dam and FM Diversion project. Hertsgaard is a committee member of the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and Min-Dak Upstream Coalition and Miranowski is a Wilkin County Commissioner and JPA board member. Listen to the Tom Becka […]
Continue ReadingJean Anderson Comments to the USACE re: Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion
The impact and importance of cultural and community heritage should be valued with the same weight as other economic values. If the diversion project proceeds, please confirm, with historical examples, what federal law means by: “each affected parcel will be appraised and assessed for impact: as a way to determine what “just compensation” might be”.
Continue ReadingIs it true that property in the proposed buyout area has no value and cannot be sold?
Each property has value and that value shall be determined as though no project were considered. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires the government to provide just compensation to the owner of the private property to be taken. What is unique about the Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion is the unjust relocation of the natural floodplain, in violation of Executive Order 11988, causing new potential flood impacts onto property owners, many of whom, that derive their lively-hood from the land being force-ably taken.
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