Math 101

We live in a new base house. Love my house. It's sweeeeeeeeeeeet! Newest house I'll likely ever live in, unless we build our own upon retirement.

Announcement a few days ago: New squadron.

Looking around my neighborhood and down the street to see: Desolation (even more, if you can imagine that for North Dakota) and destruction. They spent the last 2 weeks or so, tearing down the original housing built all those years ago. (Minot opened in 1957 it would seem and they're still thinking that way - ie, real commercial, business growth) The majority of the houses torn down around me? Fourplexes. Those going in? Duplexes.

Williston can't build housing fast enough for its abundance of oil workers, it would seem. Solution? Drive to Minot and commute from Minot for work and live in Minot. Ok, housing crunch now becoming apparent to those of us living on base and in the area.

Math 101? You tear down 100s of units that many were fourplexes, replace with duplexes. Loss of approximately 600 units total. God in DC has spoken, and it is so: "There will be a new B52 squadron stood up." Well, Wonder Triplets! What shall you join together and form? I highly recommend forming HOUSES. Supposedly a new squadron is 1000 more people in the area, and at least another $75Million for the city fathers. The Wonder Triplets have just dug themselves a HUGE hole, and are trying to not get covered by the piss poor planning on Minot city fathers or THEMSELVES in just how this affects the area and the base and most importantly THE PEOPLE of Minot AFB.
All the Triplets care about is the almighty $$$$$$$$$$$ staying in this hole. Basically one of them said the other day that since we've paid for the plane, we might as well use it. Children visiting our Capitol in DC, please skip the North Dakota delegation on the tour. Or demand a refund. These people make decisions for ALL OF US... supposedly. If we could make it ONE WEEK without seeing any of those 3 on the local (or national for that matter) news, I'd be happy.

Something for the Triplets to ponder this evening as you finish my rants for the night.........
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton, Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887