Sid Berg’s Second Calling
Hey, Hey Ho! The Dam Has Got To Go! $500 dollars…going once…going twice…
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Mr. Vanyo, What Do We Have Here?
Darell Vanyo’s actions and decisions as Cass County commissioner and Diversion Authority chairperson define that he is inept as an elected official and wields his authority recklessly placing regional populations at risk.
Continue ReadingFargo, Cass County and Corps of Engineers Leaders Just Don’t “Get it…”
A cocky reply from a public servant. Col. Michael Price, USACE ( Corps of Engineers ) “We have full confidence we’re in good shape,” ~ to Fargo-Moorhead leaders, shrugging off threats of a legal challenge.
Continue ReadingFMDam Salutes Veterans That Served In Peace Time and War
As I sit by a campfire remembering my relatives that have served, some as POW’s who escaped and were presumed dead, I reflect on the sacrifices they made that made “today”…possible. After reading an email response from Craig O. Evans (Chief, Plan Formulation Section US Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District) words in […]
Continue ReadingCan the USACE be trusted?
Can the USACE (United States Army Corps of Engineers) be trusted with designing and building one of their most complex dam and diversion systems in North Dakota, when much easier projects have landed the Corps in court for negligence over the past few years.
Continue ReadingDiversion PR Machine Counts Chickens Before They Hatch
The only pivotal step in the process is whether or not congress can fund the $2.04+ billion project, at a taxpayer cost of over $40,998 per structure in the metro area. How will history record their actions? Defenders of property rights or sell-outs to greed?
Continue ReadingRichland and Wilkin Counties Unanimously Form JPA
Fargo, Cass County and the USACE may have overplayed their misinform, divide and conquer hand. The USACE, Cass County and Fargo will need to come to the table with previously excluded opponents and provide answers to defiencies and impacts evident in the current FEIS. A tough pill to swallow for those that have routinely marginalized opponents with denigrating disregard: “They had no place there. Why would diversion supporters who are trying to get the project funded invite project foes whose goal is to scuttle the project? They were not invited for good cause.”
Continue ReadingThe Black Cloud, Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion
Labeling and profiling is the easy way for media to sway public sentiment. Despite the financial falterings the Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion “is” and “will continue to” experience, the uneducated belief that a Dam and Diversion is the “only solution” for Fargo Moorhead underscores how little proponents have read the FEIS and really how […]
Continue ReadingFargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion Tax Vote
Currently, taxpayers are on track to spend at minimum $36,825 per residential and business structure in the metro area for the Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion. If this project passes taxpayers will be saddled with the burden of funding the equivalent of more than 37.5 FargoDomes in 2012 dollars!
Continue ReadingCrack in the FM Diversion: Will it Break Under Pressure
Take any single aspect of the Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion, scrutinize the data and the findings don’t pan out. When one considers the lack of a real 500 year flood threat versus the impacts and benefit to cost ratios the entire document that the proposed Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion is being based upon, […]
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