The Sicatoka

My beef is with people who appear to look down their noses at open meetings laws as well. As far as Williams, his view on issues I learned by listening to the regional radio news (KFGO) when I'm driving and reading the newspapers. Would you like to know Coates' pet projects? Wimmer's? The mayor's? Go back to the post that started this. I knew the HPR (Strand's) agenda too. I try to stay informed about regional governments and what they are doing because I'm a North Dakotan and taxpayer first*. Then a Sioux fan. I don't know Williams and never have met him. I can't even say I've voted for him. I don't have a dog in this fight, but yet I do: Sunshine, and ND's open meeting law. * Re-read first sentence here.

He's not my boy; he's Fargo's. The people there elected him. But, if I were to "lobby" people about possibly illegal quarums (that should have been noticed as public meetings), those people would be in Bismarck (think: Governor or Attorney General), not Fargo. Shouldn't the folks in Bismarck be asking why two folks investigated in summer of 2006 for possible open meetings violations, one of them being the ND State Board of Higher Education president, find themselves in the mix of possibly another just months later? and shady, questionably legal meetings? If it involves Fargo tax dollars, he should. He is on the city commission.

D'oh!

(insert snide National Hockey Center comment here)

Just how close are Tech and Wisconsin? Team KRACH Record SOS 12. Michigan Tech 67.2380 18-16-5 60.6782 13. Wisconsin 66.8170 17-17-4 66.8170[/code] Or how about: [code]Team Win % RPI PWR KRACH 12. Michigan Tech 25 17 15 12 13. Wisconsin 29 18 20 13 Run those KRACH numbers out head-to-head and Tech wins 50.157% of the time to Wisconsin's 49.843%. Data courtesy: http://siouxsports.com/hockey/rankings/krach.php

I thought he was talking about the guy that used to hang out with Tommy Chong.

UConn MBB and WBB won titles the same season. Wisconsin MH and WH won titles the same season (2006). Minnesota hockey and wrestling and WBB? Iowa basketball and wrestling? UCLA 2006 mens soccer (#2) and womens volleyball (#3)? Did they play FB last fall?

You're getting warmer ....

On average, yes.

The U of Florida is a football school. It's the first love of those fans. But does this sentence make sense? "This is why Florida will NEVER amount to anything in basketball." Florida: 2006 NCAA DI Mens Basketball Champions.

So a city commissioner having ideas that maybe Fargo needs an arts center, or sewer and water improvements, or to improve low-income housing in the city, instead of another arena/basketball venue, is "flies" in someone's "ointment"? Please define "someone" and their desired "ointment". Williams is an elected commissioner. He is duly sworn to define the Fargo "ointment" to the best of his views and abilities. However, given the attendees of that meeting, and where it was held (NDSU president's office), it gives the distinct impression that someone else, possibly an unelected set of officials, are defining and prescribing the "ointment" (that would best suit their purposes) for Fargo. Hold that meeting in the sunshine and there's not much anyone, even Williams, can say. Do it this way and it's wide open to skepticism and cynicism.

"Quarum" is defined as a minimum number to do business. In this case a quarum is more than half of the members of a board. Fargo city commission is five persons; three makes a quarum. Coates, Wimmer, or Mr. Mayor should have left the room. It would have solved the open meeting problem.

Let's go talk Sac St. on your board instead.

With those two teams playing (UW and MTU), when Hak says "it will be a one-goal or two-goal game" does he mean score differential, ... or total goals.

That's been hashed through here far too many times. The summary is: A brand new DI conference would not be BB autobid eligible until almost 2020, and the BB autobid is the tap into the BB television money. Moving up the NCC to DI is not living in reality of the situation.

The closest thing to a "must have" in there is:

Great minds, eh PCM.

"He made it sound like ... " = "I filtered and interpreted his words to mean ... " I'm with GeauxSioux and PCM on this one: I need a quote or a transcript.

Great (word here) move by the xDSUs:Pray someone leaves the Gateway for DI-A. Well, they got it (Western Kentucky). Some would fill that "(word here)" in with "strategic", others with "lucky". Things changed quickly and things worked out for the xDSUs. But that could never happen again for UND (or USD). Never.

Folks the key in there is simple: - It will take four tournament autobids low (or no) PWR teams and UND not winning a game. Could it happen? Sure, they even laid out how. Don't blame USCHO for reality. How do you prevent it? Control what's yours to control: Win.

You guys know my opinion already.

Yes, there is. There's DI, DII, and DIII as the link shows. The NCAA only sponsors a DI National Championship and a DIII Championship. DII doesn't have enough members to force the NCAA to sponsor a DII championship.

Let me translate that: Fargo has not three but four city commissioners that conspired (3 together, 1 alone) for more than 90 days to keep the AG in the dark about an open meetings violation. (They put you in jail based on the letter, not the spirit of the law. ) There's adding to an already great reputation. There's building the public trust. And the head of the ND State Board of Higher Education (Paulson) and NDSU president (Chapman) each just months removed from their own little open meetings exam by the AG didn't say a peep about it either? They have to know the law that a quarum is a meeting and they had to know they had 3/5 (a quarum) of the Fargo city commission, yet, nothing. This situation is very disappointing from both a Fargo city government and state officials point of view.

I found out a while back on Bisonville that all that matters is "Division I". Thus I adapted to that: UND 7, NDSU 0. Sorry, but NDSU fans made me do it.

No need to get that perm into any tighter of a twist because I'm sure we can create a special "day of beauty" package to include hot tub time too if you'd like. But expect that $0.77 per day rate to go up some.