Defending Richland and Wilkin counties August 29th, 2013
A false choice is again being served up: “cooperate with the ring dike details or we’ll build it without your cooperation.”
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Defending Richland and Wilkin counties August 15th, 2013
The other residents from Bakke and Hickson were asked to vote whether they would agree to a ring dike. After they overwhelmingly voted no, Fargo leaders decided to ignore their votes. Now the only votes that count are the 61 from Oxbow. There are 190 residences that will be encircled.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties August 8th, 2013
The 2009 river flows at Oxbow exceeded a FEMA 500-year event. As a result of the work done to protect Oxbow after the 2009 flood, the city is protected to levels in excess of that same 500-year event today. Cass County along with Oxbow leaders devised a way to ignore 67 percent of property owner not in favor of an unnecessary $65 million ring dike that affects 190 internal properties and all external properties in Pleasant Township.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties July 18th, 2013
The 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.
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Perry Miller (Moderator): “Is raising Interstate 29 going to be a part of the ring-dike project for Hickson, Bakke and Oxbow?”
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties May 16th, 2013
Dennis “my way or the highway” Walaker and the Diversion Authority Gang plan to steal land and equity to benefit private land developers using the United States Army Corps of Engineers as “hired” guns.
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When the 3 a.m. summer storm comes knocking on Bakke, Hickson and Oxbow’s door with 10-20 inches of rain filling the ring-dike, who will come with the body bags to float the dead away?
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties April 12th, 2013
Moorhead’s competent leaders completed their affordable permanent protection and now have nothing to fear from the coming flood “Armageddon.”
Does Fargo’s mayor feel responsible for risking his city by neglecting its dikes and levees just so the $2 billion diversion can be made to appear more necessary?
Defending Richland and Wilkin counties March 21st, 2013
ND House members (voted 90-4), stated unequivocally that Fargo should take $102 million, in addition to the $75 million given them in previous sessions, and build up their dikes before they start digging what could be a ditch to nowhere.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties March 14th, 2013
Biewer’s response was clear: we don’t flood, we have never flooded and we don’t need a ring dike. Fargo’s plan to spend 65 million state dollars to purchase Oxbow’s silence certainly validates Representative Skarphol’s concerns.
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