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ND Lawmakers Should Ignore Fargo Demands for Dam and Diversion Funding

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021Marcus Larson1 Comment

The FMDA talking heads recite their script about FEMA Flood Insurance costing thousands per year without the FMDA project, yet the average price in Fargo, ND – $618.14 as of November 30, 2020. The most insane part is Fargo and Cass county encouraging growth into areas flooded in 2009.

Fargo City Commissioner and Deputy Mayor Dave Piepkorn Blasts Farmers

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020Marcus Larson2 Comments

Just to be clear, the over hyped Top 5 2020 flood currently ranks about number 26 at 28.23 feet. Meaning there have been 25 greater floods in history than Fargo’s “Top 5” Fake Flood of 2020.

Fargo, YOU NEED A NEW MAYOR!

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020Marcus LarsonLeave a Comment

2020 was predicted to be a Top 5 flood, yet is turning into a Top 5 dud!

Fargo Moorhead Metro Debt Spiral Is This How the Diversion Ends

December 1, 2018April 8, 2019Marcus Larson2 Comments

So how does inventing a higher property value, out of thin air, which allows the city and county to net more tax revenue, without raising the mill, not get viewed as leaning hard on taxpayers?

West Fargo Brace for Tax Assessments

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018adminLeave a Comment

Revenue projections are only part of the financing dilemma forcing the assessment issue. Spending on the stalled project is hemorrhaging at a higher rate than tax collections.

Mac Schnieder "flipped" Votes for Fargo, ND.

Defending Richland and Wilkin counties May 3, 2018

May 3, 2018May 4, 2018adminLeave a Comment

Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority Original Publication Date: May 3, 2018 Wahpeton Daily News Republished with permission from: Trana Rogne, Richland County In 2013, the North Dakota Senate passed an amendment to a spending bill to fund Fargo’s flood protection. The amendment directed that any state tax dollars going to Fargo needed to be spent on […]

Looming Tax Assessments Causing Headaches for Fargo and Cass County Residents

May 27, 2017May 28, 2017Marcus Larson3 Comments

Even the devil would sleep with one eye open around these guys.

Letter: Re-evaluating the Need for the FM Diversion

May 16, 2015May 16, 2015admin1 Comment

Oxbow had already built a dike system after 2009 which would have protected the city to another similar record flood. But instead of pointing this out, the Diversion Authority instead bought out Oxbow’s strong opposition to the diversion project by offering a new golf course, new clubhouse, and additional housing, and cowardly Oxbow leaders took the check and ran.

Defending Richland and Wilkin counties April 9th, 2015

April 10, 2015May 8, 2017admin1 Comment

Cass County taxpayers receiving an assessment ballot and an “invitation” to support Fargo’s Diversion learned that the election is fixed. The un-elected Cass County Joint Water Board deciders stacked the deck Soviet-style, the vote is a sham and the outcome pre-determined.

FM Diversion Authority Bubble Will Eventually Burst

January 3, 2015January 3, 2015Marcus LarsonLeave a Comment

The December 31, 2014 Distributed Storage Alternative Screening Analysis is neither a fatal blow to opponents or a victory for proponents. It is simply the Minnesota DNR following it’s process and laws to ensure that their final permit determination, which is supposed to come after a public comment period, is both legal and defensible.