On Monday, August 5th the West Fargo City Commission approved the preliminary budget for 2020. What this means, is that the overall mill levy from the city can’t be further increased beyond what was set in this meeting. The city can still tweak the budget or lower the mill levy (if possible) but the maximum mill levy is set for 2020. The mill levy for … Continue reading 2020 Preliminary Budget Set
Our favorite North Dakota State Park from 2018 was Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park; so, we added it to our list of parks to visit in 2019! This trip included my wife, son, and niece. Our first-time visitors were a little nervous of our accommodations for the evening…a teepee (especially since the weather forecast included rain)! The consensus though the next morning was that the … Continue reading Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park 2019
My son and I set a goal in 2018 to visit every North Dakota State Park. We made it to about half of them in 2018 and have plans to visit the rest (and some duplicate parks) in 2019. Our first trip of the year was over the first few days of July. We visited Little Missouri State Park, Sully Creek State Park, and Theodore … Continue reading First Camping Trip of 2019
What’s missing far too often in today’s society is accountability. Few people fired from a job want to take accountability for the outcome. In politics, fewer want to be accountable but everyone is quick to point the finger. So, it should come as no surprise that free college education is being thrown around as an idea to ‘fix’ our broken college system. Let me be … Continue reading Investing in Education
This is a duel of the fancy bottle bourbons! I really should have included some Willett based on that description but for Father’s Day 2019 I opted for Blanton’s and Old Fitzgerald. Two great options to say the least! Blanton’s So, I’m a big fan of the Buffalo Trace Distillery! Blanton’s was first launched in the mid 80’s by master distiller Elmer T. Lee (that … Continue reading 2019 Bourbon Battle – Round 3
West Fargo residents ask me all the time about Special Assessments. It goes without saying that the general attitude towards specials is that they are not very special. Here is a quick overview of the common discussion points. People would love to get rid of specials; however, the money still needs to come from somewhere. That could be higher lot prices, higher utility fees, higher … Continue reading Specials are not Special
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