Although the flood of Grand Forks did not reach the magnitude of the catastrophe in the Gulf Region, there are many 'lessons learned' that we can share with the region to help it recover,

We've got a farm bill that is not working and needs to be fixed,

In North Dakota, shippers are at the mercy of a railroad monopoly that sets rates in an anticompetitive manner, ... This unfair practice costs our producers millions, and there is no reason that railroads should have this monopoly status protected under law. This legislation will ensure that railroads play by the same rules as any other business, which will increase competition and help lower shipping prices.

I think the state wins when its senior elected officials are not running against each other,

You do not discriminate among farmers based upon the natural disaster that took their crops. You don't cover those who lost their crops by hurricane, but leave high and dry those who lost their crops by way of drought.

I just wish there were investors here that could do it, so it would remain the Grand Forks Herald, period. Nothing against the Forum, but I like the Herald the way it is. By the same token, the Forum is a very good newspaper in Fargo.