WARNING: Fargo Dam and FM Diversion Authority
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Continue ReadingFargo, ND’s Big Pile of Poo
Even more curious is the alleged AE2S involvement in drafting the Diversion Misinformation documents being used to pressure commissioners Gehrig and Piepkorn. Why is compensation for AE2S’s involvement in most aspects of the Fargo Dam and FM Diversion matters shrouded in a cloak of mystery?
Continue ReadingMcFeely Rant: Hopes for Near Disaster
Typical and pervasive FMDA cult rhetoric. Merchants of fear, whose agenda is to galvanize weak-minded people, then prey on their fears of the “next big one” or “mandatory flood insurance”.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties April 14th, 2016
What’s appalling is the Diversion Authority demands North Dakota tax dollars but doesn’t want to follow the state’s laws.
Continue ReadingFargo’s Taxpayer Funded Cult
Prognosticate future weather conditions years, if not decades into the future. Yet, repeatedly miss short-term flood forecasts by several feet and ignore flaws in methods and flood prophecies.
Continue ReadingFargo Dam and FM Diversion Costs as of March 31, 2016
Fargo Diversion Authority spent another $ 22,764,904.07 from February 29, 2016 to March 31, 2016. 1/6th (16.35% ) of the original projected cost and they haven’t even started on the actual main project. The Fargo Diversion Authority has pumped over $65 million into OHB ring-dike-levee and private country club, which provides ZERO FLOOD PROTECTION BENEFIT TO FARGO.
Continue ReadingND State Water Commissioner letter to FM Diversion Authority RE: Dam Permit
According to OSE staff analysis, approximately 10,380 acres of the area in North Dakota inundated by the FM Dam below 925 feet NAVD 88 are within Richland County. As Richland County is not a member of the Diversion Authority, it is uncertain whether the Diversion Authority has the power of eminent domain in Richland County.
Continue ReadingDenial is NOT Just a River in Egypt
P3 is not a savings at all! It is $400 million in instant up-front costs for the local share, which will be funded directly and indirectly via sales and property tax.
Continue ReadingBlind Leading the Blind
It would be interesting to find out if the law firms representing their clients on the Minnesota side are willing to guarantee their legal advice (cover clients losses), should that lead to a decision to move forward with the new JPA agreement that proves to be against Minnesota law and the interests of landowners.
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Judge Tunheim Decision 3-31-2016
The Court’s order today is not the end of this case. The JPA’s Minnesota law claims are still pending against the Diversion Authority – those claims were not at issue in the motions decided in this order of the OHB ring levee remains in place. Those matters will await resolution on another day.
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