The name-calling, angry, “retired” attack dog of the left Jack Zaleski has been at it again. Readers have to wonder why The Forum still gives him a platform to spew his dishonest venom. The poor excuse of a column he wrote on April 16, 2017, “‘Quality’ in eyes of beholder,” is the epitome of poor…
Roscoe Streyle: Doug Burgum Will Say Anything To Win
In a desperate attempt to save a failing campaign, Doug Burgum unleashed a nasty new TV ad attacking Republican statewide elected officials and legislators. In the ad, Burgum claims to be a conservative who opposes state spending and property taxes. Here is the truth. The increased state spending Burgum complains about was mostly one-time spending…
Roscoe Streyle: Fargo Forum Should Stop Pitting East vs. West
The Fargo Forum describing the needs of Eastern North Dakota in a recent editorial is important, but to pit East versus West in terms of funding water projects needs correcting, because they forget to cite many facts that are important. I am proud to report that the North Dakota Legislature has supported water and flood…
Streyle, Holmberg, Rohr: Senate Vacancies Bill Not About Politics
This was submitted by Rep. Roscoe Streyle of Minot, Rep. Karen Rohr of Mandan, and Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks. Critics miss the mark when they assign motive to the sponsors of the legislation (HB1181) to change North Dakota’s method for filling U.S. Senate vacancies. While there is no doubt that the decision to forward this…
Legislators: Let's Increase Western Share Of Oil Revenues To 60 Percent
Western Republican Legislators and Candidates last week released a very detailed and comprehensive $800M “surge” plan to address oil producing and non-oil producing counties immediate needs. This was step one of a two part plan to address the states infrastructure needs. The surge plan is meant to quickly and efficiently get money out to all…
Roscoe Streyle: University System Politics Threatens Information Security
The State of North Dakota Information Technology Department (ITD) has successfully protected the states many agencies from hackers for years by using state-of-the-art Intrusion Prevention and Intrusion Detection Systems (IPS/IDS). These types of systems monitor all traffic coming in and out of the state’s network and alert staff if certain security events occur in real-time.…
Streyle Column: Dalrymple Should Oppose "Special Places" Designations In Bakken Oil Patch
North Dakota has a lot of great things going for it; one of the best run states, low unemployment rate, thousands of open jobs, rising incomes, 2nd largest oil producing state, rising tax revenues and an increasing population. So, why would the North Dakota Industrial Commission even consider putting all this at risk? More specifically,…
Guest Post: The State Board Of Higher Education Should Apologize To Shirvani
When I read the Minot Daily News June 19th editorial “Shirvani Must Quit Right Now” and other newspaper editorials I find myself “laughing out loud” for the clear message it sends to any chancellor with a vision and an agenda different from the presidents. I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised with the location of…
Guest Post: Legislator Doesn't See Any Truth To Charges Of Fraud Against Shirvani
In response to the theatrics that occurred in the House committee yesterday in which charges of fraud were alleged. I found the whole thing to be unprofessional, inappropriate and without merit. Anyone who listened to the NDUS CIO and Chancellor Shirvani’s response to the allegations couldn’t possibly find any merit to the charges. There has…
Guest Post: Protecting Gun Rights Is Not A "Stunt"
The Fargo Forum editorial board believes that the protection of our inalienable rights is a “stunt”. They prefer feel good “solutions” coming out of Washington, DC. Solutions that will not accomplish the stated objectives but which will take yet more of your individual freedom and liberty. As legislators we swear an oath to uphold the…