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Fargo City Commissioner and Deputy Mayor Dave Piepkorn Blasts Farmers

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020Marcus Larson2 Comments

Just to be clear, the over hyped Top 5 2020 flood currently ranks about number 26 at 28.23 feet. Meaning there have been 25 greater floods in history than Fargo’s “Top 5” Fake Flood of 2020.

USACE Warns ND Diversion is Risky and Rushed

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020adminLeave a Comment

Fargo City Commissioner Tim Mahoney said to get the project approved, and to have it affordable for taxpayers, it looks like a Minnesota diversion should be the local choice.

Mike Hulett is Full of Horse Hockey

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020Marcus LarsonLeave a Comment

In reality over 123,954 acres (193.6 square miles) of flood plain are impacted by the proposed project to allegedly protect a 90 square mile metro city area that existed in 2009.

Deny Motion to Lift Injunction Against FMDA Project

Case Civil No. 13-2262 (D633) | US District Court, District of Minnesota (DNR’S OMNIBUS RESPONSE TO THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO MODIFY THE SEPTEMBER 7, 2017, ORDER GRANTING A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION)

March 21, 2019adminLeave a Comment

Once a contested case hearing was requested, the Permit was no longer valid. Deny Motion to Lift Injunction Against FMDA Project: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison requests that US District Court MN deny Fargo Moorhead Diversion Authority and USACE motions to modify its September 7, 2017, Order granting the preliminary injunction, or, in the alternative, modify the injunction to incorporate the conditions and requirements of the DNR’s permit until resolution of the contested case.

Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney Clueless on Flood Related Issues

January 11, 2019January 12, 2019Marcus Larson1 Comment

Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney disseminated false and misleading information during the 2019 State of the Cities event on January 10, 2019.

West Fargo Brace for Tax Assessments

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018adminLeave a Comment

Revenue projections are only part of the financing dilemma forcing the assessment issue. Spending on the stalled project is hemorrhaging at a higher rate than tax collections.

Moorhead Mayor Gets Schooled by Local Residents

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018Marcus Larson2 Comments

Wake up and smell the coffee. Moorhead has awesome flood protection for less than what the FMDA has pumped into Oxbow, ND boondoggle and the member only Country Club.

Final Comments: Cash Aaland, MN DNR FM Diversion Policy Leadership Group

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018adminLeave a Comment

Fargo’s proposed Plan B, as outlined in the Diversion Authority’s press release and the TAG documents reflecting the size and shape of 7A/10D, would actually increase the Diversion project from the 72,923 acre project that was denied a permit, to a 76,812 acre project with the dam located further south.

Facts are Important

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017adminLeave a Comment

When the Vice Chair of the Diversion Authority, Del Rae Williams, Governor Burgum, sit around that table – they are doing so without conceding MN’s right permit this project.

Mike McFeely’s Myopic Musings

November 1, 2017November 2, 2017Marcus Larson1 Comment

Then again…, this is the rantings and ravings of a mediocre talk show host pandering to a dwindling peanut gallery on parsed information provided to him by the very proponents being paid directly or indirectly to develop the project.