Media Alert: Hosting KFYR This Afternoon

Former Governor Ed Schafer will be my guest as I fill in for Daryl Lies on the KFYR Kafe at 3pm

Dustin Gawrylow

Mar 8

I will be guest hosting this afternoon, filling in for regular host Daryl Lies.

Tune into 550 KFYR on AM radio, or online at https://kfyr.iheart.com/

Call-in number is (701) 258-0550 for those interested in asking questions or making comments this afternoon.

In the 3pm Hour, Former Governor Ed Schafer will be my guest.

Topics that will be discussed will include:

The Legacy Fund and whether it is being used as intended or whether it has been hijacked to fund special projects. For a background on this topic, read the article I wrote a few weeks ago.

North Dakota's Watchdog Update

Special Report: Financing Schemes Put The Legacy Fund In Danger

Watch now (39 min) | Note: this is a more complex and winding issue to follow than most, which is part of the point of why this approach to state spending is problematic. Previously, I wrote you about Senate Bill 2196 which is essentially restructuring the way the current loans for the Western Area Water Supply Authority (WAWS) are set up…

a month ago · 3 likes · Dustin Gawrylow

As well as the Fargo Forum’s article last Friday:

North Dakota's Watchdog Update

Ed Schafer: Original Intent of Legacy Fund Has Been Lost

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the problematic schemes the legislature has been putting into play over the last decade, and how many of them involve the Bank of North Dakota and The Legacy Fund. The Fargo Forum did a follow-up article to that piece today…

16 days ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Dustin Gawrylow

And their editorial over the weekend:

North Dakota's Watchdog Update

Forum Editorial: Legacy Fund Trajectory Unsustainable

On Friday, the Fargo Forum published an article about how the legislature’s use of The Legacy Fund has deviated from the original intentions. This was a follow-up to an in-depth article I wrote a few weeks ago talking about how the schemes the legislature has put in place put the Legacy Fund at risk…

15 days ago · 2 likes · Dustin Gawrylow

Other topics may include: the rapid growth in state spending over the last 23 years, attacks on the citizen’s right to initiate ballot measures, and anything callers may bring up.

Tune into 550 KFYR on AM radio, or online at https://kfyr.iheart.com/

Call-in number is (701) 258-0550 for those interested in asking questions or making comments this afternoon.