ND Legacy Fund Fargo Funding Focus
Restrictions on the funds were necessary as it appeared that the funds earlier appropriated were being “spent in a fashion that was thought not to be entirely appropriate.”
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Oxbow ND the Losing Proposition
With these properties for comparison, it appears that the new clubhouse is seriously undervalued for taxation purposes and most likely cost more to construct than the 2017 taxable valuation of the entire country club.
Continue ReadingOxbow, ND – Land of Golden Parachutes and Private Golf Course
The “black cloud” hanging over Oxbow, ND is not flood waters, lack of home sales or refinancing. It is the inequity created by Oxbow’s elite in an opportunistic effort to orchestrate golden parachutes for around 40 homes and the Exclusive Oxbow Country Club.
Continue ReadingOxbow, ND Buyouts and Tax Valuations
Oxbow, ND Buyouts Greatest to Least – Cited Source: Director of Equalization, Cass County, ND
Continue ReadingTaxpayer Tolerance Wearing Thin for T-Times
As all things government tend to go, incompetence and greed have driven the cost of the Oxbow project well over budget. As you go to the polls to vote on the sales tax extension, just remember that the financial projections and assurances that this project is fiscally manageable come to you from the same folks who missed the Oxbow project’s costs by half.
Continue ReadingWealthy Welfare Oxbow, ND (Part 4)
So what did the taxpayer get for their $78.5+ million spent thus far?
Continue ReadingWealthy Welfare Oxbow, ND (Part 3)
Oxbow’s Country Club elite were salivating over the high-end Robert Trent Jones plans and the FMDA was looking for a way to buy-off Oxbow and only had to dangle money.
Continue ReadingWealthy Welfare Oxbow, ND (Part 2)
Why should Oxbow be considered a city when it appears they cannot even meet a minimum level of self sufficiency and the lines between the alleged city and Oxbow Country Club are conveniently blurred?
Continue ReadingDeath of The Honorable Man
Reinvention of the country club, meanwhile, is now estimated to cost the taxpayer $28 million (look for the final number to go higher). The Honorable Man would hang his head in shame. It would be more than he could bear.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties July 16th, 2015
So many questions, too few answers…, taxpayer subsidized buyouts to mitigate a project that does not have federal funding or turned a shovel of dirt for the diversion channel.
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