Dorso Column: Look Forward, Not Back, To Solve Flooding Problems
Sad but true is the fact that almost every major city in North Dakota is on a river. Minot,Grand Forks,...
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Dorso Column: Build Fargo's Flood Diversion
In my book When Governance Worked there are two chapters relevant to the legislative debate that is now taking place...
Controversial Flood Diversion Wouldn't Help Fargo With This Year's Flood Forecast
Folks in Fargo are worried about flooding this year, and for good reason. According to the Associated Press, the National...
Fargo Fail: Amendment Passes To Require Federal Funding For Flood Diversion Project
After well over an hour of heated debate on the floor of the Senate, an amendment to HB1020 (the water...
Guest Post: What Mayor Walaker May Have Seen On His Flood Trip
The Mayor of Fargo recently made his celebrated annual trip south into Richland County and South Dakota to assess the...
Ed Schultz: In Fargo High School "Slave Labor" Fills Sandbags So The Rich Don't Have To Build A Dike
The last we heard from Ed Schultz he was being banished the viewer wasteland that is weekend television programming. Apparently...
Is The Oil Patch Hotel Bubble Collapsing?
Driving down Broadway in Minot yesterday I happened to catch these signs out in front of a hotel that, not...
Guest Post: Fargo Attempting To Bribe Oxbow Into Conceding To Flood Diverson
The future of House Bill 1020 was the subject of the testimony heard before the North Dakota Senate Appropriations Subcommittee...
Guest Post: Fargo Leaders Aim At Spending More Than Necessary For Flood Protection
It is my understanding that the proposed 2nd street tunnel project in Fargo would provide the same protection that a...
House Passes Mandatory Evacuations Bill, Senate Kills Limits To State Auditors
The legislature voted today on a couple of bills I've written about in the past. First, the House passed HB1120...
