Really, Really Sad -- March 28, 2023

$90 million. That is what is costs to drill nine wells (in round numbers). Simply require oil companies drilling in North Dakota to pay for the school lunch program on a pro rata basis. It might cost CLR two wells annually.

Link here. And here.

Meanwhile, what incentives will the legislature give energy companies to build in North Dakota? 

The governor just signed a bill eliminating state income tax for active duty military who just received one of the largest COLAs in history. 

 

The party continues to move away from me.

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Oranges

News today: Walmart will close all their stores in Portland, OR, due to safety and theft issues. 

My dad talked often about his memories of growing up in northwest South Dakota. This was some of the "poorest" farmland in the western Dakotas. He said he thought "he had died and gone to heaven" when an orange showed up in his house during the winter (or perhaps ever, some years).

Because we have so many Walmarts in the area we have this: