In a Facebook post put up last night Fargo City Commissioner Tony Gehrig claims someone is impersonating him on the internet. “So someone has created an account named ‘T Gehrig’ here in Fargo giving some 60 or so local businesses and charities 1 star reviews,” he wrote. “I’m sure it has nothing to do with…
The Fargo City Commission Approved A Bad Buyout And Now They're Embarrassed About It
Tonight the Fargo City Commission gave final approval to a sweetheart of a buyout for the Kinzler home, property the city needs for its on-going build out of flood protection. The Kinzler family got to triple dip on the taxpayer’s dime. Not only did they get $565,000 for their property, a value set by an…
Fargo Bans Columbus Day
In a resolution passed 4-1 last night which describes the Columbus expedition to America as “brutal history,” the Fargo City Commission banned Columbus Day and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples Day. Columbus is “somebody that doesn’t deserve any recognition,” Commissioner Mike Williams is quoted as saying. One of the supporters of the change – Don Warne, director…
You Can't Make This Up: Fargo Says No More Than 6 Ounces Of Juice For Daycare Kids
The war on fat kids gets more absurd all the time. Last week Tony Gehrig, who ran for the Fargo City Commission in June but lost, submitted a guest column to SAB about city leaders instituting a new ordinance on juice in daycares. I wrote about it at Watchdog.org today: “Juice shall only be provided…