Fargo, YOU NEED A NEW MAYOR!
2020 was predicted to be a Top 5 flood, yet is turning into a Top 5 dud!
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Fargo Moorhead Metro Debt Spiral Is This How the Diversion Ends
So how does inventing a higher property value, out of thin air, which allows the city and county to net more tax revenue, without raising the mill, not get viewed as leaning hard on taxpayers?
Continue ReadingMoorhead Mayor Gets Schooled by Local Residents
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.
Continue ReadingMike McFeely’s Myopic Musings
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.
Continue ReadingLTE: Diversion IS NOT the Right Way to Secure Area Flood Protection
I cannot support a project which clearly violates state law. I will continue to be a voice for the farmers and residents of rural Minnesota and will not let the state of North Dakota run roughshod over our interests. We need a process that follows the law, treats people fairly and looks at all options to provide permanent flood protection to the area while protecting the livelihood and interests of upstream property owners.
Continue ReadingFM Diversion Damage Control Raises More Questions
Does Zavoral’s wealth of experience undermine or subvert Fargo’s ability to keep engineering and project management hands out of taxpayers pockets? What doors, access or influence does Zavoral provide AE2S beyond that of any other employee?
Continue ReadingSituational Ethics Part 1
If the city of Oxbow is truly at risk of a 2009 level or greater flood event, why would the Oxbow mayor be so carelessly “ineffective” and prioritize a full 18 holes of golf course play over the safety of his city residents?
Continue ReadingFM Diversion Authority Bubble Will Eventually Burst
The December 31, 2014 Distributed Storage Alternative Screening Analysis is neither a fatal blow to opponents or a victory for proponents. It is simply the Minnesota DNR following it’s process and laws to ensure that their final permit determination, which is supposed to come after a public comment period, is both legal and defensible.
Continue ReadingFargo Diversion Authority Violates Charter Joint Powers Agreement
When public entities join forces to work towards a common goal Joint Power Agreements (JPA) are the framework of rules presented to constituents to provide a sense of security that all members of the JPA will operate in an open, ethical and diligent manner. These written JPA “assurances” are a fundamental part of the “trust” […]
Continue ReadingKevin Campbell Doesn’t Use Common Sense
Fargo taxpayers, especially those with new flood insurance requirement should be up in arms over Fargo channeling funds towards the wholly unnecessary OHB ring dike-levee project.
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