Too many things have become political and divisive in this country and that has crept into local government. As an elected city official I think it’s important to separate the decisions where public input is important versus the decisions that are simply a question of right versus wrong. On March 15, 2021 the West Fargo City Commission ignored doing what is right for political reasons. … Continue reading More thoughts on Special Assessments
I’ve written about the topic of annexation before and how it impacts Special Assessments. Let me start by saying Special Assessments suck. However, it’s the tool we have today to pay for our city infrastructure needs and if we are going to use them, we need to make sure we strive for making the assessments as fair as possible. How would you feel if the … Continue reading Annexation and Special Assessments
Last night the West Fargo City Commission had additional discussion related to a 3-2 vote to purchase 5 homes on (or adjacent to) Sheyenne Street in our last Commission meeting of 2020. This topic has certainly gotten the attention of many West Fargo residents who are questioning various aspects of this decision. I wanted to put my thoughts together on why I strongly support moving … Continue reading Sheyenne Street Development
There is little doubt that 2020 will go down as a pretty sucky year for most of us. It created a lot of struggles, but it also gave Jacob and I the opportunity to spend even more time outdoors exploring North Dakota and enjoying a ton of fishing and hunting. We spearfished for pike, caught walleyes on the Missouri, caught unbelievable catfish on the Red … Continue reading 2020 Hunting and Fishing Recap
During our West Fargo City Commission meeting on December 21, 2020 I shared an idea for Covid relief targeted at local small businesses. The idea is pretty simple…to send each household in West Fargo a $25 gift card that is only redeemable at West Fargo area businesses. The approximate $400,000 would come out of Economic Development Sales Tax which currently has a balance of over … Continue reading West Fargo Covid Relief
This kid is unstoppable! Last Saturday morning was cold, windy, and included snow. I wasn’t very excited to get up to shoot ducks; but, my 11-year old son insisted on putting on the waders. We have had an awesome waterfowl season in North Dakota so far and this next week should get even better as more birds come down from up north. Gotta love this … Continue reading Unstoppable
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