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You want it, you pay for it

Bob McNamara, Upham I’ve advocated previously how many people want things but want others to pay for them. Fortunately, the property tax measure went down. Unfortunately, too many still want things for others to pay for. They don’t want to invest in their future. We consider ourselves conservatives but every week you can read in the MDN how our senators in their free spending frenzy brought money for this or that from the federal government to pay for something ND wants but can’t or doesn’t want to pay for. Now I see the city plans to go after 1.5 million from the feds ...

PSC should not have issued permit

Patricia Marquard, Minot The Public Service Commission issued a permit for Summit Carbon Solutions to go ahead and build a CO2 pipeline in North Dakota recently. When I heard about it I started thinking that the commissioner and board should be recalled. In short, Summit Carbon Solutions is a bad actor. In my opinion they don’t care about the environment, they don’t care about you or me. They are in it to make money off North Dakota, and think we are an easy target. A CO2 pipeline doesn’t have any purpose unless it is transporting it for fracking purposes. It will cost ...

Dispersing dominion would elevate drone technology

Joe Cozart, Grand Forks Once, the skies of this republic were free — a shared realm of birds, man, and the occasional daring invention. Now, they are encumbered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a bloated gatekeeper of progress. The advent of drones, particularly Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, has been shackled by Washington’s labyrinth of waivers and delays, serving entrenched interests rather than innovation. This is no longer a republic of invention, but a stagnant empire of bureaucracy. The FAA’s preferred model, exemplified by North Dakota’s ...

Authority supports more electric transmission

Claire Vigesaa, executive director, North Dakota Transmission Authority Bismarck The power grid in North Dakota, much like the state’s highway system, requires expansion to meet growing demands. Just as Interstate 94 connects communities across the Midwest, new transmission lines are needed to connect power producers to regional markets. This expansion is essential to meet both current and future electricity needs, ensuring our communities have electricity when they need it and provide export opportunities for our generation developers. The North Dakota Transmission Authority, ...

Stop spending money taxpayers can’t afford

Jim Soltis, Minot It has been a long time since I wrote a letter to the paper. But what is happening in our city forced me to speak my piece. I am looking for volunteers to go with me on a search for the hidden bucket of money that the city big spenders are using to fund the exorbitant buildings and projects within the city. I have one thing to say….STOP SPENDING MONEY WE CANNOT AFFORD! We are already the highest priced city in North Dakota to live in. – Two ramps costing millions of dollars and keeping us in court for years. – New wall around the OLD city hall and ...

Blue building has interesting history

ML Berg, Minot To provide a little more background to the “blue building” being removed on 3rd Street NE, the following information might be of interest. An inscription centered above the four windows on the second floor of this building reads “19 Bettin Bros. & Marshall10.” The year 1910 is given there. The owners are also indicated by their last names. The three owners were Albert and Edward Bettin and Herbert Marshall. They opened their Riverside Mercantile Company, a general store, on Thursday, May 26, 1910. They offered free Minot City Ice Cream to customers from ...