If you’re a resident of Bismarck, then you’ve probably heard about the recreation complex being proposed for North Dakota’s capital city. It’s a doozy— a 25 acre, $114.5 million doozy. The Bismarck Tribune covered it yesterday. Over the years, we’ve [read more…]
When the people of Bismarck voted in the June 12, 2018 election, the message was clear that they were looking for new leadership on the City Commission. Steve Bakken’s defeat of the unpopular Mike Seminary — by over 20 percentage [read more…]
At the end of last month, North Dakota’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler announced 13 finalists for open positions on North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education. Among them was former Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary. We made our case of [read more…]
Last time we published anything about Mike Seminary, he had just been walloped by Steve Bakken in the June election for Mayor of Bismarck. That 20-point defeat earned Seminary the title of “Former Mayor of Bismarck”. It was a fitting [read more…]
Washington politics dominates media headlines. I think it’s safe to say that for many Americans – including North Dakotans – they’re more familiar with what is going on in The Swamp than they are with what’s going on in Bismarck. [read more…]
It’s turning out to be a rough week for Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary. And rightfully so. Yet, he has nobody to blame but himself. We published an article earlier in the week in which I wrote about the fact that [read more…]
We’ve published enough articles trying to raise awareness to the City of Bismarck, regarding Mayor Mike Seminary’s violation’s of the Corrupt Practices Law, that even I’ll be grateful when the June 12th election is over. Just last week, I wrote [read more…]
Over the weekend, we were contacted by two employees from the City of Bismarck. While asking that they remain anonymous, they sent us some information that doesn’t exactly reflect very well on Mayor Mike Seminary. This comment sums up what [read more…]
Early last year an effort began to petition for the recall of Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary. By May the signatures that had been gathered were all turned in. But Bismarck City Administrator Keith Hunke held a press conference to announce that [read more…]
There’s an entire section of the North Dakota Century Code devoted to something known in political and legal circles as “Corrupt Practices”. Chapter 16.1-10 spells out all the specifics in regards to the law. And while there’s many reasons for such legalese, [read more…]
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