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Schmid: Looking Back From the Left Coast

Thursday, November 06, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 3, 2014

CALIFORNIA REFINERIES are eager to process ND crude oil, but have difficulty getting permits to bring Bakken crude in by rail. California environmentalists dislike oil in any form, but especially…...

Monday, October 27, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 27, 2014

DEVILS LAKE GIRL IS A WINNER Melanie Bailey, a cross country runner from Devils Lake, was shown in national news photos with a larger runner on her back. Melanie was…...

Monday, October 20, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 20, 2014

  A DECADE OF RAPID GROWTH The economies of Fargo-Moorhead and Bismarck-Mandan grew about 75 percent during the last decade, greatly outflanking the national metro rate of 36 percent, as…...

Monday, October 13, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 13, 2014

THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN JAMESTOWN is a supporter of “man camps” for the 1,800 workers expected over the three-year construction of the CHS fertilizer plant. He said “having a…...

Monday, October 06, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 5, 2014

  FORMER MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE DOUG BURGUM says ND has generations of people that are used to seeing small towns shrinking and kids leaving. He sees a mentality of scarcity at…...

Monday, September 29, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

  THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THERE . . . Most miners left the 1849 California gold rush the way they arrived -- empty-handed. The people most likely to make lasting…...

Thursday, September 25, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

TEX HALL IS DOWN He lost Tuesday’s election for chairman of the Three Affiliated Tibes, badly, trailing Mark Fox, tribal tax officer, and Damon Williams, tribal attorney. However, don't count…...

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

MUSHROOMING TAX REVENUES ARE HARD TO ESTIMATE ND appears headed for a general fund surplus of $600 million at June 2015 -- greatly above the initial forecast of $80 million.…...

Sunday, August 31, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 29, 2014

A CULTURAL DISASTER -- a leading purveyor of “Ole and Lena” jokes has died. Larry Ritzo (60) ran the Valley News and Views, a weekly newspaper in Drayton. Ole and…...

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 22, 2014

SONGS FOR A SOGGY DAY The gold t-shirt had outlines of ND and SD with the words “Friends Forever.” The t-shirt was held on one side by SD Gov. Dennis…...

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 19, 2014

  WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? A front-page article this week in the Wall Street Journal traces the diverging fortunes of ND and Alaska. AK’s oil production, employment and population are dropping,…...

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 11, 2014

  THERE’S A REASON TO BE TIMID UND is talking about a new nickname -- little more. The GF Herald calls that timid. The Herald editorial states the obvious: “The…...

Monday, August 04, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 3, 2014

  NEW PHASE OF THE ND OIL BOOM The boom is stabilizing and the mix of job openings is shifting. The Bismarck Tribune said, “As the boom stabilizes, job openings…...

Monday, July 28, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 28, 2014

  LET THEM VOTE What would cause a roar of approval to sweep across the Northern Plains? The restoration of the Fighting Sioux nickname at UND. There is a faint…...

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 21, 2014

WHAT IF JESSE WAS STEERING? The Dept. of Mineral Resources announced record ND oil production in May. A Minneapolis Star Tribune article about the new record drew mostly admiring responses.…...

Monday, July 14, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 13, 2014

“I LIVE FOR THIS. I’ve been coming to this my whole life. It gets me in the spirit. It’s tradition for me.” -- Missy Anderson, 43, dismayed by the cancellation…...

Monday, July 07, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - July 7 , 2014

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING Last week, I mentioned public higher education in ND was benefiting from steadily rising budgets -- a contrast to public colleges in most states.…...

Monday, June 30, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 30, 2014

  WOULD YOU LIKE A NEW FIGHTING SIOUX JERSEY? Is yours becoming tattered? The UND Fighting Sioux nickname and logo is a valuable brand. Hard to estimate the financial worth,…...

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 23, 2014

TOUCH AND GO Elsewhere, it was inside news, but in ND it was front page news. Air Force One touched down in Bismarck shortly after 2 p.m. last Friday. In…...

Monday, June 16, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 16, 2014

THE FORUM WANTED TO DUMP THE FLOOD MAYOR “In moving from earned confidence to a detectable measure of subtle arrogance, he has risked confirming the ‘Imperial Cass’ moniker that has…...

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 10. 2014

MEET YOU ON BROADWAY IN FARGO “It’s just an incredible time to be in this market. Not only with the business growth, but we have this incredible entrepreneurial ecosystem.” --…...

Wednesday, June 04, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - May 1, 2014

ARE THESE MODEST CLAIMS? “With no other comparable retail development in a 125-mile radius, we expect it will soon become the number one retail destination.” -- The claim of a…...

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 26, 2014

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES “At a time when other parts of the country are trying to attract jobs, generate tax revenue and secure large capital investments, North Dakota stands out as…...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 21, 2014

“The sun will shine brightest on North Dakota” -- The lead-in to a Federal Reserve discussion of the 2014 economic outlook for the Minneapolis District. Brisk employment, high wages and…...

Monday, May 19, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 20, 2014

MINIMAL GOVERNMENT Columnist Lloyd Omdahl says ND is a fiscal anomaly among states. State government and individuals in the state are having unprecedented prosperity, but the wealth is not trickling…...

Monday, May 12, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 12, 2014

  IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE AIR? The first week of May turned out to be a risky week for key executives in ND. Paul von Ebers, the CEO of…...

Sunday, May 04, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 4, 2014

  BARONS VISTA A “lighthouse to travelers arriving in Dickinson.” -- That’s the description of a 15-story hotel tower which is proposed as the centerpiece of a $300 million residential,…...

Monday, April 28, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 27, 2014

  KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF The Next Generation Energy Act is a Minnesota law which imposes restrictions on power plants outside the state -- think ND lignite plants. ND…...

Friday, April 18, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 18, 2014

Fargo had record low temperatures on April 15th, but it didn’t seem to bother anyone, in fact, it seemed to inspire the hundreds packing the Fargo Theatre to see the…...

Saturday, April 12, 2014

SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 12, 2013

Trust in state government is higher in ND than any other state, according to a Gallup poll which showed that 77% of Nodaks trust their state government. A cluster of…...

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