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Park Board Candidates Comment on Our Most Needed Facility

From a facility perspective, what’s Minot’s most urgent priority? Map a pathway to delivering this facility politically, financially, and perhaps collaboratively into the community? [candidate_quotes question=”2018_pb_q4″] [...]Read More... from Park Board Candidates Comment on Our Most Needed Facility

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Mayoral Candidates Comment on Special Assessment Policy

The City of Fargo is in the midst of a debate over the use of special assessments as a revenue tool. Locally, Minot hasn’t used ‘specials’ to the same degree as many other North Dakota cities, but the special assessments for Minot’s[...]

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Council Candidates Comment on Special Assessment Policy

The City of Fargo is in the midst of a debate over the use of special assessments as a revenue tool. Locally, Minot hasn’t used ‘specials’ to the same degree as many other North Dakota cities, but the special assessments for Minot’s[...]

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Park Board Candidates Comment on the Park District Mission

A mission statement sits at the very core efforts and goals of an organization. In this second question directed to Park Board candidates, we asked them to evaluate the Park District’s mission statement. This is the Park District’s mission statement: “To provide[...]

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Mayoral Candidates Consider a City of Minot Mission Statement

Somehow, the City of Minot has made it through 130 years without a mission statement. In this edition of TheMinotVoice’s candidate forums, City Council candidates are asked to write one. The City of Minot doesn’t presently have a mission statement. Write one[...]

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City Council Candidates Consider the City’s Mission Statement

Somehow, the City of Minot has made it through 130 years without a mission statement. In this edition of TheMinotVoice’s candidate forums, City Council candidates are asked to write one. The City of Minot doesn’t presently have a mission statement. Write one[...]

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Park Board Candidates Provide a SWOT Self Assessment

The first of The Minot Voice’s Minot Park Board election coverage begins with an executive summary SWOT. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and the analysis is used to help organizations begin a self-assessment. Below you’ll find each[...]

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City Council Candidates Comment on a Community Self Assessment

The first of The Minot Voice’s City of Minot election coverage begins with an executive summary SWOT. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and the analysis is used to help organizations begin a self-assessment. Below you’ll find each[...]

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Mayoral Candidates Provide a Minot Self-Assessment

The first of The Minot Voice’s City of Minot election coverage begins with an executive summary SWOT. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and the analysis is used to help organizations begin a self-assessment. Below you’ll find each[...]

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On Becoming Informed, Minot, and Public Service

On May 24th I attended a candidate forum for the candidates running for Minot City Council. It was sponsored by the Minot Daily News which I credit for its dedication to community awareness. Although the attendance was pretty good, I suspect the[...]

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Candidates comment on the size of city government

Question ten of eleven in our online City Council candidate’s forum is on the size of Minot’s city government and departments. For more on this forum and information about Minot’s City Council election and candidates, check out our election headquarters here. If[...]