Dome Upgrades

[HerdBot]

Burgum didn't kill this upgrade directly but there are some city officials and others like Burgum that believe some of the FD reserve could help fund a downtown project. I believe the FD expansion will not proceed until there is a more clear direction on a downtown project. I believe that we need to keep reminding our city officials that the FD reserve should ONLY be used for the FD and that the west side expansion should be pursued sooner, rather than later.

The upgrade was proposed AFTER the convention center was proposed.

I'm definitely a fan of the Fargodome site but I'm still not completely opposed to downtown. Not ad much as I originally was.

But the truth is the dome needs these upgrades no matter what happens with the convention center and that needs to be the #1 priority.

Personally I think we should do the fancy upgrade on my picture and do a smaller addition to the dome. The more I see how much space a new convention center would take up in the parking lot, the less I like it.

I also think instead of putting the convention center downtown, they should just upgrade the civic center and do it right this time.

[td577]

So if DB is governor, all these projects will get done on the state's dime. Mmmmm.

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[bisonaudit]

So if DB is governor, all these projects will get done on the state's dime. Mmmmm.

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ROFL. The governor has exactly zero votes in the legislature.

[HerdBot]

So if DB is governor, all these projects will get done on the state's dime. Mmmmm.

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Burgum has stated we are over spending and thr government is growing faster than the oil boom. The dude is a fiscal conservative. He's also a great philanthropist. He flat out donated one of the downtown ndsu buildings and is a huge donor. He has ndsu buildings with his name on it. I like Burgum for governor over the other career politicians and stiffs and it's not even close. Dude built an empire. He knows his shit.

[bisonmike2]

Burgum has stated we are over spending and thr government is growing faster than the oil boom. The dude is a fiscal conservative. He's also a great philanthropist. He flat out donated one of the downtown ndsu buildings and is a huge donor. He has ndsu buildings with his name on it. I like Burgum for governor over the other career politicians and stiffs and it's not even close. Dude built an empire. He knows his shit.

Not a ND resident so ultimately I don't have a dog in the fight but he strikes me as a dude who will do things because it's the right thing to do, not because his party tells him to. He's obviously intelligent and it's not going to hurt to have a pro-NDSU, or more importantly, pro-higher ed voice in the capital.

[td577]

ROFL. The governor has exactly zero votes in the legislature.

I didn't think I needed purple, but of course I was kidding.

[Gully]

Burgum has stated we are over spending and thr government is growing faster than the oil boom. The dude is a fiscal conservative. He's also a great philanthropist. He flat out donated one of the downtown ndsu buildings and is a huge donor. He has ndsu buildings with his name on it. I like Burgum for governor over the other career politicians and stiffs and it's not even close. Dude built an empire. He knows his shit.

This isn't meant as a slam on Doug Burgum, I think he's a good guy but isn't it his mother's name on the building at NDSU? I could be wrong about that but I thought his family was quite wealthy.

[Gully]

I do realize he's also given NDSU a lot of money.

[StL Bison Fan]

This isn't meant as a slam on Doug Burgum, I think he's a good guy but isn't it his mother's name on the building at NDSU? I could be wrong about that but I thought his family was quite wealthy.

Library (i think) and the Kathrine Kilbourne Burgum Family Life, 4H Center
Building that is part of Plains Art.

[tony]

Library (i think) and the Kathrine Kilbourne Burgum Family Life, 4H Center
Building that is part of Plains Art.

The library was built with state money... took about 50 years to get it though.