Category: Politics
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Understanding the Assessment Process
I wanted to provide a little more data to a post I made last week. Following the January 20, 2020 West Fargo Commission meeting a resident made a somewhat misleading post claiming the city commission handed out over $30 million…
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Pain in my Assessment!
I’ve written on this topic before (Fair Assessments and Specials are not Special) but I wanted to provide a few quick thoughts on Special Assessments given a flurry of Facebook posts today. “He will win who knows when to fight…
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2020 Preliminary Budget Set
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…
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Investing in Education
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…
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Specials are not Special
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…
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Parks and Zoning
At tonight’s West Fargo City Commission meeting we discussed the desire of the West Fargo Park District to sell/develop the Beaton Farm property. This is unchartered territory for the Park District to sell what many consider to be a park. …
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