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July 28, 2016
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To the editor: it. I believe it is time to give them
I have decided that it is time for clear task. purpose and direction. If
action, we need to determine who is Mike is unable or unwilling to fol-
responsible for the path of decay our low it then we start dealing with him.
city crew and mayor have put us on If Walt is unwilling and or unable to
and deal with them accordingly, actually take charge and get some
It seems that we the council have things done then the time for a recall
decided to turn a blind eye to the is- election is now! Something needs to
sues we see and a deaf ear to all happen soon! I tried a committee that
those who are complaining. This let- put some effort into some oversight
ter was provided to all the council but the majority of the City Council
members at the June 20 meeting, and felt we should abolish and let Walt
added as an agenda item that was provide the city crew with purpose,
never acknowledged during the direction and motivation. That hay-
meeting, The topic was not allowed ing been dissolved we are now are
to be heard at the meeting, faced with some different options.
I clearly do not believe that our As for Mike if he is unwilling or
city crew is doing anything; much unable to take charge and get busy
less all that they could or should be we need to give him some guidance
doing. It is mid-July and at the last and if he is unable to follow it clearly
several meetings, Mike stated they and quickly we need to give him 30
were starting to patch streets! The days notice and deal with him ac-
mornings of June 10, June 17. July cordingly. Riding around in the
20 and July 22, I ran through 90 per- pickup or parked at Cedar Liquors is
cent of the city and I could not locate clearly not taking care of our streets
a single sign that any street work was or services, and we are paying for
happening. What have they been much more. Seems thatCouncilman
doing? It appears most of the other Marman believes that all we need to
cities around us started patching do is make a motion at the next City
streets in March, and have com- Council meeting to get things done.
pleted the patching of streets. That in itself brings forth some ques-
Walt is clearly not providing the tions: what is the purpose of the
city crew with adequate direction, or streets and sewers committee? Every
if he is they are clearly not following time we mention anything about the
ing
Mike or Bart, Walt gets ang ' and ig-
nores the issue. At no meeting for
the past years have we been able to
calmly and quietly discuss these is-
sues of who supervised the city efi ---
ployees and what is expected of
them.
Mike has not responded to many
of the requests from the council: how
much longer should we allow this in-
subordination and complete disre-
gard continue? Per my opening line
the time for action is now. I am just
asking you to start thinking about
what it is you are willing to support,
and start preparing for action.
Seems the current reason/excuse
that nothing is happening is because
the city does not have enough
money to conduct street repair. I
don't think that is true; on the finan-
cial report at the end of June the
city's balance was $1.5 million, I
think we can afford some street re-
pair, and if we can't maybe we
should look at dismissing a city em-
ployee or two.
The time to start some sort of ac-
tion is now, so that we can save our
city from the path of decay we have
now been on for 3 years!
Thanks,
Henry J. Gerving
City Councilman, City of Beach
Constitutional convention not a good idea
To the editor: amendments might eventually be Constitution but in adhering to it.
The last North Dakota legislative considered, how delegates are se- There are no enumerated powers in
session passed another call for an Ar- lected, what the rules of the conven- Section 1 Article 8 given to Congress
ticle V U.S. Constitutional Conven- tion would be, etc. Will Congress to meddle in such things as educa-
tion for a balanced budget give up the power to control one? tion, agriculture, foreign aid, and
amendment tothe U.S. Constitution. Many liberals also promote the much more. About 80 percent of
The late Supreme Court Justice Article V vonvention so they can in- spending is unconstitutional and if
Antonin Scalia said, "I certainly sert their own amendments, Former eliminated would easily balance the
would not want a constitutional con- Supreme Court Justice Stevens sup- budget.
vention. Whoa! Who knows whatports it, wanting six new amend- Twenty nine of the 34 statesnec-
would come out of it? Y0u'll get ments, including attacking our essary to call a convention have al-
everything but the kitchen sink writ- Second Amendment right to keep ready done so! The 2016 N.D. GOP
ten into the Constitution." and bear arms by adding the words platform urges the L gislature to re-
Article V speaks of calling a con- "when serving in the militia." scind all calls for such a convention.
vention to propose amendmentsOur present Constitution already Contact our state legislators to spon-
(plural). The only power given states limits the authority and jurisdiction sor or cosponsor a bill to do just that.
is to ask Congress to call one. None of the federal government - if fol- Judy Stahl
is given states to specify how many lowed. The problem is not with the Valley City
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N grantappliCations due July 31
The North Dakota Community acting as its fiscal sponsor,manages over $70 million in assets
Fotmdation is accepting applica- Applications are available online for the betterment of North Dakota
tions for grants from its Statewide at www.NDCF.net and must be communities and citizens. The
Greatest Needs Fund. postmarked by July 31,2016. The foundation distributed over
Eligible organizations in the NDCF board of directors will re- $124,500 in Statewide Greatest
state include those designated by view the applications and make Needs and field of interest grants to
the IRS Code as 501(c)(3) non- final decisions at its fall meeting. 37 organizations across the state in
profit tax exempt groups, govern- Grants are paid out in late October 2015.
ment agencies, such as a parkor November. More information is available at
district or school district, or an or- Established in 1976, the North www.NDCF.net or by calling (701)
ganization thathas one of the above Dakota Community Foundation 222-8349.
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Except for the oil-rich Three Af-
filiated Tribes, a 'Marshall Plan' for
Native-American reservations will
require new forms of cooperatives,
corporations and partnerships that
appeal to investors on and off the
reservations.
Before investors will part with
their money, however, they will
need the assurance that tribal gov-
ernments are transparent, account-
able and professional. Over the past
two decades, tribal governments
have been none of these.
The headlines about tribal gover-
nance tell the story:
FORMER LEADER CHARGED
WITH EMBEZZLING
TRIBAL CHAIRMAN FACES
RECALL ELECTION
SPIRIT LAKE OUSTS TRIBAL
CHAIRMAN
CONRAD: SPIRIT LAKE A
'RUDDERLESS SHIP"
COUNCILMAN, EX-UNI-
BAND CEO INDICTED
TRIBAL MEMBERS WANT
• TRIBES AUDITED
SPIRIT LAKE TRIBAL CHAIR-
MAN DISPUTE CONTINUES
TURTLE MOUNTAIN
CHIPPEWA AGAIN FACE POLIT-
ICAL TURMOIL
TRIBAL CHAIRMAN'S
MEETING SCUTTLED
TRIBAL COURT OFFERS NO
HOPE OF APPPEAL
BOARD CALLS TRIBAL
JUDGES INCOMPETENT
TRIBAL COUNCIL MEM-
BERS REQUEST TO INVESTI-
GATE FORMER TRIBAL
CHAIRMAN
FEDERAL JURY INDICTS
THREE MORE
Events that reach the media are
only tips of the icebergs. Democ-
racy is being mutilated on a daily
basis. The rights given reservation
citizens by their constitutions are
abrogated by those exercising au-
thority.
The lack of trans-
parency and ac-
countability worries
reservation citizens,
Because the leader-
ship plays fast and
loose with proce-
dure, the citizens
can't rely on their
constitutions for
protection.
The lack of transparency and ac-
countability worries reservation cit-
izens. Because the leadership plays
fast and loose with procedure, the
citizens can't rely on their constitu-
tions for protection.
This contributes to conflict and
high turnover of councils which,
under the present system of infor-
mal and arbitrary action, means that
new councils can abrogate the ac-
tions of previous councils. Investors
don't like instability.
Reservation casinos are generat-
ing millions of dollars but tribal
councils and casino managers re-
fuse to provide reservation citizens
with detailed income and disburse-
ment reports, offering the claim that
this information must be secret to
keep it from leaking to competitors.
Consequently, reservation citi-
zens have little or no information
about payrolls, double salaries, pos-
sible payoffs, unwarranted subcon-
tracts, or unjustifiable overhead
expenditures. All they get is hearsay
and rumors.
Now before non-Indians become
self-righteous, we need to admit
that American governments in the
1800s were blatantly corrupt. We
had all of the problems that are
plaguing reservation governments
today.
It took the assassination of a
president to get professionalism in
the federal civil service. A nation-
wide movement was needed to out-
lawing corrupt practices in state and
local governments. Then it took a
U. S. Supreme decision to curb par-
tisan patronage in state government.
The first step toward political
stability on reservations is the adop-
tion of constitutions and ordinances
that guarantee democracy in prac-
tice as welt as in law.
Open meetings, open records and
an independent press should be
guaranteed, with provisions for
swift and certain punishment by an
independent judiciary for viola-
tions.
The vesting of all policy, execu-
tive and judicial powers in the
hands of a small group of coun-
cilmembers is the root of the prob-
lem. These powers should be
divided into three equal and inde-
pendent branches that can check
each other.
The reorganization plan pro-
posed by Turtle Mountain Chairper-
son Richard Monette in 2002 is as
good today as it was the day he pro-
posed it. It called for three branches
of government - an executive, a 16-
member volunteer assembly and an
independent judiciary.
Because it would eliminate the
$60,000 salaries for councilmem-
bers, the plan was quickly buried by
the sitting council and Monette was
summarily dismissed.
Yes, we stole Indian lands. Yes,
we should support a Marshall eco-
nomic recovery plan. And, yes,
reservation leaders should provide
stable governments that investors
can trust.
Department of Health reports recent Hantavirus case
DUNSEITH - Sen. John Hoeven,
R-N.D., on July 24, along with North
Dakota and Canadian officials, dedi-
cated a new monument at the Inter-
'hational Peace Garden.
The monument, titled the
"Promise of Peace," is a sculpture
that depicts two hands releasing a
dove.
"For more than 200 years, the
United States and Canada have
peacefully shared the longest inter-
national border in the world," Ho-
even said in a prepared statement.
"The monument we dedicate today,
built to stand for 800 years, symbol-
izes the enduring peace, friendship
and cooperation between our great
nations." The International Peace Garden
The North Dakota unit of Wally was dedicated in 1932, and a cairn,
Byam Caravan (Airstream) Club In- built of stones from North Dakota
ternational (WBCCI) raised mostly and Manitoba, was erected to com-
private funds to build the monument, memorate peace between Canada
which was designed by artist Arthur and the United States. The cairn still
Norby. The sculpture is the most re- stands and marks the border between
cent addition to the garden and will the two countries. The garden -
replace a sculpture WBCCI had which attracts thousands of visitors a
placed at the garden in 1975, but year - spreads over 2,300 acres and
which had deteriorated completely includes trails, camping facilities, a
by 1979. chapel, a lodge and a formal garden.
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Baker Hughes Inc. on July 22 re-
ported:
- The rig count in North Dakota
is at 27, the same at the previous
week.
- U.S. rig count is up 15 rigs from
last week to 462, with oil rigs up 14
to 371, gas rigs down 1 to 88, and
miscellaneous rigs up 2 to 3.
- The U.S. offshore rig count is
19, down 3 from last week, and
down 12 rigs year over year.
- Canadian rig count is up 7 rigs
from last week to 102, with oil rigs
up 4 to 48, gas rigs up 3 to 53, and
miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 1.
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