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Monthly Archives: August 2010
The young and engaged
Those of you who checked the paper Sunday will have noticed a GIGANTIC story about young leaders in the Grand Cities. I wrote the story because Tyrone and Becca Grandstrand were elected, respectively, to the Grand Forks City Council and Grand Forks School Board. That they won by pretty decent margins was surprising to me because the Grand Cities, even though we’re a college town, has long had a reputation as a place that’s not very friendly to the young. Then I thought about it some more and had face-palm moment. While these are pretty high profile positions and the Grandstrands are pretty young, there are actually a lot of young people that I personally know who are in leadership positions or who have affected change in the community. Continue reading
Banning whatever’s bad for you
Talk about making sausages! The Grand Forks City Council has once again put the ban on texting and driving back into committee. It’s been almost exactly two months since this thing came up in the safety committee at Council President Hal Gershman‘s … Continue reading
Quickies: N.D. freedom, Ronald Reagan optimism
Look at that, North Dakota is free of politically-motivated surveillance. Well, the ACLU hasn’t found any incidents, which means we’re either very free or very very sneaky, though I’d bet on the former. Breaches of public trust always infuriate me and … Continue reading
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Two ways to classify sex offenders and the battle over which is better
A couple of weeks ago — the City Beat forgets when because time flies when you’re writing lots of stories — I wrote about North Dakota’s failure to comply with the Adam Walsh act, better known around here for its … Continue reading
A few long-term issues to watch for
Having skipped blogging for a week, the City Beat has had a chance to think in the long-term as I’m not reacting to any immediate events. Here are a few things that City Hall watchers might like to keep an … Continue reading
Technical difficulties
Hi readers, You’ve probably noticed the City Beat blog has changed.�We’ve transition to Word Press, which is a superior system to our old one, and this pleases me. I’m less pleased about the lost readers’ comments, the missing header and … Continue reading
