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Schmid: Looking Back From the Left Coast

Wednesday, August 04, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 2, 2021

Note:  This will be the final edition of this newsletter.  I have enjoyed preparing it -- I hope you have found it interesting.   Dale Schmid   ******************************   INCONCLUSIVE…...

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 26, 2021

OIL GIVETH AND TAKETH  If oil prices hold up, they will have a very favorable effect on the ND two-year 2021-2023 budget.  Oil prices were plugged in the budget at…...

Monday, July 19, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 19, 2021

THE LEGACY FUND  In the two-year ND budget cycle ended June 30th, the fund had earnings of $872 million — $136 million greater than budget.  The impact of a rebounding…...

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 12, 2021

TALE OF TWO RESERVATIONS  An Associated Press article discussed the political and social implications of oil production on American Indian reservations.  The article used two ND reservations to illustrate the…...

Monday, July 05, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 5, 2021

A SIGH OF RELIEF swept Underwood, ND, as the sale of the Coal Creek power plant was announced.  The plant employs 240  people, while an adjacent coal mine that supplies…...

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 28, 2021

THE F-M DIVERSION took a big step forward with the selection of the Red River Alliance as the private partner who will design and build the diversion channel for a…...

Monday, June 21, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 21, 2021

ALDEVRON is a fast-growing, Fargo-based biotechnology company, which may be ND’s most important privately-owned company.  Aldevron is being acquired for $9.6 billion by Danaher Corp., which is a company with…...

Monday, June 14, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 14, 2021

REMOTE HEARINGS  During the pandemic the ND court system had to adapt.  The courts are catching up and returning to normal, but some adaptations during the pandemic are going to…...

Thursday, June 03, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - june 1, 2021

DAPL STAYS OPEN  "It's time to let this pipeline do what it was designed to do.  I think it's time to move on.” — ND Petroleum Council President Ron Ness…...

Monday, May 24, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 24, 2021

GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE  ND is ready to go.  Gov. Doug Burgum said “I have an enormous sense of optimism . . . and we are poised for the economy to grow.”…...

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 18, 2021

UNQUALIFIED ENTHUSIASM  “You’re sitting on the last, best undeveloped tourism land in the country.” — Bob McTyre, founder of Apogee Attractions, the consulting firm which recommended the $60 million Buffalo…...

Monday, May 10, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 10, 2021

THE 2021 LEGISLATURE ended after Day 76 and approved a $17 billion budget for the 2021-23 biennium — $2.5 billion more than the current budget.  The general fund budget was…...

Monday, May 03, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 3, 2021

STILL IN THE RACE  Both of ND’s largest universities won their FCS playoff football games last Saturday.  Next Sunday, May 2, UND will play at James Madison; NDSU will play…...

Monday, April 26, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 26, 2021

ND WELL-REPRESENTED  Both NDSU and UND will be hosting a Saturday afternoon FCS playoff game this weekend.  Both are in the playoffs as at-large teams.  NDSU will play E. Washington…...

Monday, April 19, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 19, 2021

THE CHESS GAME CONTINUES  The owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline had thought by this time there would be a definitive ruling from the Corps of Engineers whether the pipeline…...

Monday, April 12, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 12, 2021

THE FARGODOME is not doing well during the pandemic — it lost money in 2020 and is expected to have a loss this year.  But ordinarily the Dome is a…...

Monday, April 05, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 5, 2021

MYSTERY BUYER  The most jolting development in the ND coal industry in recent years has been Great River Energy’s decision to close Coal Creek Station, the state’s largest coal-fired power…...

Monday, March 29, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 29, 2021

BRANDON BOCHENSKI used his State of the City address to assess his first year as mayor of Grand Forks.  He was most proud of the way the city held steady…...

Monday, March 22, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 23, 2021

NDSU v. UND - a football showdown in the Fargodome between NDSU and UND.  The game has attracted unusual interest because for years UND football has lived in the shadow…...

Monday, March 15, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 15, 2021

YOU BE THE JUDGE  When Forum columnist Mike McFeely wrote the following was he “telling it like it is” or “being mean-spirited:”  “Rural conservatives and Republican state legislators probably aren't…...

Monday, March 08, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 8, 2021

FIRST EXPULSION IN STATE HISTORY  Thursday, the ND House voted to expel Rep. Luke Simons of Dickinson for sexual harassment.  The issue has been around for several years, but last…...

Monday, March 01, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 1, 2021

HITTING ON THE LEGACY FUND  A $680 million bonding proposal is moving down the runway in Bismarck.  HB 1431 passed 74-17 and will be sent to the Senate.  The bond…...

Monday, February 22, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 22, 2021

WHENCE THOU GOETH  Carson Wentz will be traded to the Indianapolis Colts.  The former Philadelphia hero is rapidly becoming its goat.  Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes wrote: "Carson Wentz is…...

Monday, February 15, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 15, 2021

KEYSTONE XL  “It's not fair, or good for the nation for an already-issued permit to be suddenly rescinded when the political winds blow in a different direction.” — U.S. Rep.…...

Monday, February 08, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 8, 2021

FRONTRUNNER  ND has seen a dramatic drop in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and positive test rates over the past 2 ½ months.  Deaths have been steadily dropping and this week only…...

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 1, 2021

THOMASSON’S FINGERPRINTS  In early November 2019, nothing seemed unusual when Lutheran Social Services CEO Jessica Thomasson announced she was stepping down to take a position in the ND Dept. of…...

Monday, January 25, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 25, 2021

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND is abruptly closing its doors.  Bankruptcy appears likely for the 100-year-old organization and all 238 employees will lose their jobs. The announcement was made by…...

Monday, January 18, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 18, 2021

GOOD JOB!  As of Wednesday, ND was the second lowest state (Hawaii the lowest) for active coronavirus cases per capita and was the tenth lowest state for deaths (both are…...

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 11, 2021

GOVERNOR IS BULLISH  In his State of the State address, Gov. Doug Burgum said that during the last year ND “has seen a ‘flock of black swan events’ that disrupted…...

Wednesday, January 06, 2021

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 4, 2021

THEY TOOK THE VIRUS SERIOUSLY  ND and its neighboring states saw the nation’s worst rates of coronavirus in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.  An AP article said that over…...

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