I love being able to do the work I do. It is work that I am privileged to do and I am honored to be able to contribute to the emergency management community. Alas, it often requires travel and too much travel can get old. I am a Cancer - as in, that is my astrological sign. Cancers [...]
Tag: North Dakota
Mama knows best.
When I moved to North Dakota in 1997, my two oldest children were teenagers in high school. They were not fond of the idea that they were moving from Orange County, California to Kindred, North Dakota. When we arrived in small town North Dakota and settled in on the corner of Elm Street they captured their [...]
We may be easy, but we are not cheap.
I have expressed my concerns about the North Dakota oil patch before. My fear has been, and continues to be, that the North Dakota we know and love is for sale. There is no going back now though - the course has been set. The good news, if you can call it good news, is that [...]
Victimless crime…
I believe that the term "victimless crime" is an oxymoron. I think some folks think if a person isn't hurt it isn't a crime. I say - sure, but victim may not be a person, but that does not mean there is no victim or victims. The victim of the crime could be a creature, the [...]
Muskrats and showers…
There is a great A.P. story today about an entrepreneurial teen named Evan Jensen in The Forum. Evan, who is all of 18 and just graduated from high school in May, conceived, started, has been running, and is now ready to sell his first business. The business, a mobile shower facility called Better Showers, is located in [...]
The singular designation – I am North Dakotan.
I was drawn today to Teri Finneman's last Ask Your Government column. Teri's started a doctoral program and will not be doing this column any longer, but she leaves it with a powerful exit. The column addresses this question: Can someone be fired in North Dakota because they are gay? Teri went to Labor Commissioner Tony Weiler for an [...]
Say it ain’t so Denny!
I have a big question for Denny Walaker, Mayor of Fargo, today. The question: Is what Bruce Brovold is saying today in his letter to the editor in The Forum true? Is the City of Fargo turning its head while innocent creatures die? Is the City of Fargo actually complicit in their deaths? Okay, that is actually three [...]
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