The Diversion Authority made news recently by hiring New York lawyers who charge $1,000.00 an hour. Spending money on lawyers is nothing new for the FM Diversion Authority. To date this committee has paid out more than $4,700,000.00 to lawyers. Marcus Larson, a vocal opponent of Fargo’s dam project, has been tracking Diversion Authority spending and…
Cash Aaland
Cash Aaland is a resident of rural Richland County, near Christine, North Dakota. He is an attorney practicing in Fargo, ND. He is a board member of the Mndak Upstream Coalition, a non-profit organization composed of 100s of residents and property owners in harm’s way of Fargo-Moorhead and the US Army Corps’ plans to construct dams on the Wild Rice and Red rivers south of Fargo. Cash is also a committee members of the Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority, a political organization made up of 36 political entitles from Richland and Cass County, North Dakota, and Wilkin and Clay Counties in Minnesota. Members include 3 counties, 9 cities, a water-resource district, two school districts and numerous townships.