Dorso Column: Keep Property Taxes Local
I am having a real problem trying to agree with my Republican friends in the legislature and Governor Jack Dalrymple....
Month: January 2013
ND House Strips $30 Million From Dalrymple's Budget For Housing Incentive Fund
Today there was floor debate over Governor Jack Darlymple's Housing Incentive Fund. The fund asks for private sector donations to...
"We need to move away from the idea that every act we find immoral, repugnant, or unsavory needs to be criminalized."
"Every new criminal law gives prosecutors more power," writes Radley Balko. "Once we have so many laws that it’s likely...
Legislature Considers Bill Allowing Local Elected Officials To Order Mandatory Evacuations
In the 2011 legislative session a bill to allow mandatory evacuation orders from local officials was considered, and rejected, by...
Kudos To The Fargo Police Department
Here's a YouTube video, recorded by a private citizen, of a group of Fargo Police Officers confronting and then eventually...
Why Can't We Call It Fascism When It Is Fascism?
The CEO of Whole Foods - yes, you read that right, Whole Foods - recently referred to Obamacare as fascism....
Guest Post: Fargo Diversion Is Redistribution Of Wealth
“Redistribution of wealth.” Few phrases provoke a bigger response from either side of America’s political divide. For some, the words...
TSA Is Removing Nudie Scanners From Airports
After insisting to the public that the Rapiscan - or "rape scan" as critics called them - machines could be...
After Re-Electing A Bunch Of Incumbents, Americans Demand Term Limits
There is nothing that baffles me more than the term limits issue. On one hand, term limits are a pretty...
Interview: Rep. Todd Porter Defends Conservation Board
State Rep. Todd Porter told me in an interview that he didn't feel a bill to create a state conservation...
