Cratter
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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:
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This reminds me a Vice video I watched awhile go, Private companies come in to do parking enforcement. Boots then become more popular. And then another "private company" comes in to fight that private companie's boots. But parking boots are the past, windshields barnacles, are the future.
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So GF is gonna subcontract downtown parking enforcement to a out of state company. GF will pay them $85,000. But the city says it "potentially needs two people downtown to cover enforcement." Which makes sense parking enforcement is basically 80+ hour duty. But if Interstate Parking hired two fulltime employees. They'd have zero profits. It says the ticket revenue will go back to the city and not the out of state company. How does this company make money? Maybe they get their foot in the door and come back next year: "We lost money. We need part of the parking tickets." City raises the cost per ticket by $10 to go to Interstate? Other cities say these private parking companies set their own rates and issue their own tickets. Or maybe there will be no more free parking and Interstate will convert the parking ramps to a pay and park. Am I missing something? I feel like there's more to this story that's not being told.
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NCHC league play goalie stats this season so far: Save % ASU 3rd UND 9th GAA ASU 4th UND 9th Text Oxbow, early Nov, team wouldn't win a playoff game without a goalie. I thought I meant NCAA, guess it meant NCHC tourney playoffs.
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Top 15? There's only 60 college hockey programs and only about half of those even try. But it was a general statement over the last decade of watching UND hockey. Not geared toward this game per se.
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When you shoot the puck and made average goalies look hot, That's a sign of a bad team. Scared to pass it around, no chemistry, no trusting teammates. Just shots.
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Story of UND hockey the latest decade according to Schlossman: UND Hockey Runs Into Hot Goaltending
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UND not offering enough NIL?
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Chaves working on a new Athletic Department position for Berry tonight?
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No goal scorers on this team.
