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Fargo needs plan C: Quit building in the floodplain. Build your dikes to 43.5 feet and get out of FEMA insurance requirements. Invest in basinwide retention to give protection beyond the 100-year flood level. Moorhead should be congratulated for getting their city safe from spring floods.
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Continue ReadingMayor Dennis Walaker: “It’s the Federal Government’s problem, and they are as dysfunctional as you can imagine.” ~ Maybe it”s high time that Mayor Walaker takes a long hard look at high own city government and Diversion Authority.
Continue ReadingThe mayor then cast the tie breaking vote and Oxbow moved from opponent of the diversion to its #1 cheerleader. The mayor even appeared with Fargo leaders to testify before the ND Legislature against his neighbors and former allies and in support of the project he had recently opposed.
Continue ReadingCommissioner Vanyo has said retention will never be part of the project. The U.S. Army Corps says that basin-wide protection is the solution to protecting Minot, so it must be part of the solution for the Red River Valley as well.
Continue ReadingThe “open house” format has in recent years become an increasingly common way for public agencies to fulfill the letter of the law that requires public input, , but with no opportunity for open dialogue with those who have come with concerns.
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