The following article was submitted as an op-ed for publication. When I was growing up, our family conversations around the dinner table often ended with, “You always have to trust the people.” This is one of the beliefs that led [read more…]
We’re 29 days out from the General Election. As is often the case in a presidential election year, the question of who will occupy the White House dominates the news. Yet, for North Dakotans, there’s another vitally important issue on [read more…]
We recently ran a poll on Facebook that asked a simple question, “If you could vote on a ballot measure to simply ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAX, how would you vote?” The results were overwhelmingly in favor of the idea. Admittedly, this [read more…]
On election night, we published “The Minuteman’s 2018 Election Night Predictions“. I can honestly say that being 100% correct, when it comes to predicting winners in an election, isn’t altogether a good feeling. I’ve taken some time to reflect on [read more…]
As you’re likely aware, there are four initiated measures on North Dakota’s general election ballot for 2018. Each one is deserving of the electorate’s consideration. If you’re a regular reader of The Minuteman, then you probably know where we stand [read more…]
The Forum took this week to publishing an editorial on all four initiated measures set to appear on North Dakota’s November 6th general election ballot. And while they got it right on Measure 1, they’re absolutely wrong on 2, 3, [read more…]
Folks around the State of North Dakota are receiving their property tax bills. And reports are that expected hikes have once again become a reality for many "property owners". We wrote back in April that the finger pointing had once [read more…]
Back in April of this year, I wrote about the fact that the finger pointing in regards to property taxes had begun again. As part of that article I wrote this: “While [the initiated measure to abolish property taxes] was [read more…]
The issue of property taxes in the most recent Legislative Session brings back memories. Five years ago North Dakotans did the unthinkable and rejected an initiated measure to eliminate property taxes. As part of the campaign to end the immoral [read more…]
Five years ago property tax was a hot topic in North Dakota. Not only because people were dissatisfied with their property tax bills, but due in large part to what was then known as Measure 2– the initiated measure to [read more…]
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