Threatened with flooding Churchs Ferry refuses to dissolve as a city
January 10, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Voter rejected by a 5-2 vote Tuesday a measure to dissolve the city’s incorporated status, according to unofficial election results. The Ramsey County Commission will meet Friday as the county canvassing board to certify the election. “Keeping the city designation is important to us,” Mayor Paul Christenson said Tuesday.
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CHURCHS FERRY (WDAZ-TV) – To be or not to be a city? That’s a question Ramsey County Auditor Elizabeth Fischer has never heard before.
To the background music of country pianist Floyd Cramer performing Simon and Garfunkel’s hit song from the 1970s, “Bridge over Troubled Water,” and a mix of country, gospel, reggae and pop, Howard Blegen narrates a story of despair, of third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation families who are losing their homes to a flood that started 17 years ago and has not gone away. 
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