Arrogance and Overreach
If Darrel Vanyo is just another empty suit reciting the hearsay of the Corps of Engineers, project proponents and project designers – are taxpayers really receiving fair representation?
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Defending Richland and Wilkin counties December 5th, 2013
A large number of those at rest were pioneers who came to the Red River Valley following a dream, the promise of a homestead, and a fresh start at making a future for themselves and their families. Our ancestors in these cemeteries deserve better than being rolled over by the powers and “Big Money” hoping to develop the floodplain south of Fargo. Their final resting places should remain intact and undisturbed so they can truly rest in peace.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties October 24th, 2013
Fargo Diversion folks used creative accounting to justify their project to Congress. They couldn’t get a good enough benefit/cost ratio to have any hope of getting funded, so, they cooked the books.
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Question from the Corps of Engineers regarding septic systems in Bakke, Hickson, Oxbow, ND.
Continue ReadingSafety is a Dam Concern
Despite the feigned reassurances of Keith Berndt on August 12th, 2013 during the MNDak Upstream Coalition/Richland Wilkin JPA meeting, there is little comfort that one of the largest earth moving projects in North America, second to the Panama canal, will be a secure structure.
Continue ReadingSpecial Kind of Stupid
It takes a special kind of stupid to buy into another empty promise issued by Fargo, Cass County, the Diversion Authority and the Corps of Engineers.
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FREE NO Fargo Dam Sticker! Something special for Halloween! Send a message to Fargo, Cass County, the Diversion Authority and Corps of Engineers to get rid of the dam(s), stop the destruction of upstream communities, impacts on Kindred and Richland-Colfax school districts and farming operations for Fargo’s unnecessary future development of the last natural flood […]
Continue ReadingDaily News Editorial Cites Abuse of Power by Fargo and Corps of Engineers
Dennis Walalker: If we don’t get federal aid for the diversion, it won’t happen.
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.
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