campaign stops:
Fargo, West Fargo,
Jamestown, Bismarck,
Mandan, Richardton
North Dakota Tour / Summer 2005
- In Mandan, North Dakota, we met with Mike Liffrig. He
was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate here in Campaign 2004.
Mike's wife, Julie, was a Peace Corps volunteer in central Africa where
the average income was a mere $150 a year. Parents seldom have
medicine for their children there, she said, while we in America often
spend money lavishly on ourselves.
- In Richardton, North Dakota,
I interviewed the Prioress of the Sacred Heart Monetary. The nuns
here installed the first commercial wind turbines in North Dakota in 1994.
Sr. Ruth told me North Dakota has the "highest wind potential"
of any state in the U.S. (Our administration would propose many
wind turbine projects in states like North Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas...
See our Energy Policy.)
- We did a whistle-stop event
in Bismarck, North Dakota. During the event, I talked with Bruce and
Paula Kuhnley. They own the Country House Deli here. Paula
told us one of the deli policies is: no gossip! She said
gossip hurts morale and camaraderie. (At the Broken Spoke Restaurant
back in Valley City, North Dakota, a sign read: "I don't repeat
gossip. So listen carefully...")