Cratter
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Just pointing out the rest of the story.... NDSU can't compete for billions of dollars of research funding that UND can. The main university research dollars for their industries are: USDA AFRI (ag) and NIH (med). One gives out like $400 mill, the other $30 billion a year. Just the facts. You can form any opinion based on it you wish.
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One has an ag school and one has a med school. Ag might give out less competitive grants. But med funded research going to universities is multiple times larger than ag. $billions vs $millions So at best it's a wash argument.
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Ever since the Berry family was caught with the trademark... Maybe he'll step down if UND gives the trademark back to them?!
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Which means.....finally caught up to a state peer.
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Lol. Idk logic would definitely tell you the numerous Indian reservation casinos all over the state was built with drug money.
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Can't have any Chinese company building within a million miles of gf cause....scary! And natives americans wanna build a casino near gf must be drug dealing gangs..scary!
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For sure. He was just hanging out at "Snowed In" with our local YouTubers, CBoys. I always find that little annual series pretty entertaining.
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It's Daytona week! Which means the start of the Nascar with the biggest race of the year: Daytona 500! ARCA: the lower Nascar series will also be racing. And there's a NDSU student driving a NDSU car. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.valleynewslive.com/2025/02/11/ndsu-student-make-daytona-international-speedway-debut-bison-car/%3foutputType=amp Which will be nationally televised on big Fox this Saturday at 11 am Central time.
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The city gets a million dollars a year. The people get more job options. The visitors get more hotel and entertainment options. Downside: we can't let people decide how they want to spend their money. The other downside is when money is involved people really perk up. You: "We need more money!" Spirit Lake: "It'll take our money!" Other cities: "Hey, why they get that money and not us. Not fair!" 💰 💰 💰
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Two decades of wasted UND hockey... 20 years.... Only two championship game appearances... 😔 We're what we despised (the gophers). Sad but true. We all had such high expectations with the new Ralph. Reality is hard to face.
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Don't worry just remember it's not your grandparents Colorado College anymore. Parity has happened remember. UND just can't be as good anymore because of parity.
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You're a fool of you think the AD has the power to fire the head coach of the hockey program without the President's approval. Everytime you say Chaves name you must then include Armacost. Armacost runs the entire university. Chave's boss is Armacost. Fire Armacost for not firing Berry!
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And oddly enough, Fargo and Bismarck are closer to their "Indian reservation" gambling than GF. If anything just grant GF an exception clause. Bismarck is so close to their casino they have/had shuttles for (my) grandparents.
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ND Legislation should do everything in it's power to help "underperforming" entities in its state. Swallow your pride and help the less fortunate finally. GF and Turtle Mountain are those two perspectives in their individual categories. If it fails, it's partially petty and shallowness to blame. "A, beat the little guy down so you grow more... Vs... a rising tides lifts all boats mentality."
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No casino ≈ $0 Any money is better than zero. Property taxes are an odd entity. If it gets shot down, they'll collect the exact same amount as if it was built then?!
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Nah, state just shot down sports betting. We're barely removed from shopping on sabbath before church services. Feds could give two sh!ts. North Dakota lawmakers hate gambling. Still no scratch offs. Just finally got powerball "recently." But like I said before, those things don't hurt GF and Fargo because they're border towns. "We" have legal weed in our "cities" because we ain't all "true North Dakotans." ...also, 2 out of 3 ND's biggest "cities" have scratchoffs. Someday maybe "Bismarck" will realize this...
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I just think too many hurdles to jump through. How's this time different than last time? Although I'm all for it. And hope it becomes a reality.
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Hakstol era told us those days were long ago retired thanks to parity. "Expect to lower your expectations."
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Berry is mentally retarded retired.
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Sure would think that would have been a key contractual part. "How many man hours are you planning per week?" "OK put that in the contract." One person at 40 hours. The city could have just hired their own and broke even or paid less. Wonder if the contract is online? They don't patrol after 5 (or was it 6) pm.
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In 2017.... Looks like it fell just short of passing. But now there's these parking meter lobby groups gaining power throughout ND. So probably just a matter of time.
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I guess this has already slowly been happening. Interstate took over management of the ramps downtown a year ago. Told the city it needed to raise rates. The city raised rates. I have to imagine gates and pay tickets to enter the ramps are inevitable. Followed by parking meters throughout downtown. With this new contract, the city recently added new "enforceable areas" for Interstate Parking:
