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Submit a comment about the websiteEditorial: Minnesota fire crews win roses
PRAIRIE ROSES: To the firefighters and other emergency services workers who mobilized to fight the fires in northwest Minnesota, specifically the wind-whipped blazes near Park Rapids and Menahga.
Letter: High-profit food giants target sugar producers
Since the great recession, investors have been inundated with tips for turning losses into profit, ranging from gold to social media IPOs. But through it all, a pretty obvious profit center garnered very few headlines, and now this “secret” soon could have public policy implications.
Letter: Great response to potential flood
The residents of Elm Circle in north Fargo would like to express their appreciation to the city for its response to the potential flood of 2013.
Letter: Giving recognition of DFLers’ courage
This is a brief statement of the deep respect I hold for some courageous men and women.
Omdahl: Tax cuts go out of state
The legislative leadership responsible for the big tax cuts is calling them “the largest tax-relief package this state has ever seen.”
RELATED CONTENTForum editorial: The stink? West Fargo lagoons
West Fargo stinks. OK, not the entire city. It’s the sewage treatment lagoons. The stench rising from the lagoons is a perennial spring insult to eyes, lungs and nose, but this spring, probably because spring was late, the smell wafting from the ponds has been especially noisome. And in all probability, it’s unnecessary.
Zaleski: How easily we buy into the scams
Modern marketing is so effective that it fools people into buying into a lot of nonsense. By “buying into,” I mean literally buying.
RELATED CONTENTAhlin: Angelina Jolie, cancer and health care choices
Only once did I come close to seeing Angelina Jolie in a movie and that wasn’t in a theater. While flipping TV channels, I happened onto “Mr & Mrs Smith,” the movie infamous for beginning her relationship with Brad Pitt. I remember watching for a few minutes and thinking, “Gee, this is dumb,” and changing the channel.
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Letter: Is Fargodome adequate for future?
I asked recently whether Fargo needs a new stadium for North Dakota State University Bison football. Or, in the alternative, whether a new multipurpose events center to replace the Fargodome needs to be built. Either would potentially give NDSU the flexibility to perhaps one day pursue a move to the premiere NCAA Division I football level of competition.
Letter: Careless, reckless legislative assembly
Now that the North Dakota Legislature has closed a record-setting 80-day assembly, I’d like to review the apparent lack of concern shown by the super-majority Republicans for a number of public health issues.
Letter: Good results from 80 days of legislative sausage-making
As the dust settles following the 2013 legislative session, voters from both sides of the aisle should be proud of the work that their elected Republican majorities have done on their behalf.
Letter: NTSB proposal in unworkable
The National Transportation Safety Board is proposing reducing the legal driving limit from .08 to .05. Here we go again with government’s one-size-fits-all solution: punish everyone equally regardless of severity of the crime.
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