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• "In the long run, what we've seen is language we can live with it and it got strong support from both sides of the aisle and both houses," Zavoral said of the water bill. "Making legislation is like making sausage. But it got done."
• It was Zavoral who came up with the idea of holding daily public briefings when the river reaches major flood stage, at which time city, county, state and federal officials give televised updates. Mahoney, 63, a fast-talking master of one-liners, tries to break up some of the tension during those meetings by cracking jokes.
• At Wednesday's public meeting, city officials presented Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar with a personalized Fargo flood vest. Mahoney joked that Klobuchar, a former county prosecutor, needed the vest to distinguish her from county prisoners who were sandbagging alongside her earlier in the flood fight.
• "However, when she did do the sandbagging she did see somebody there who she had put in prison," Mahoney said.
• Mahoney said he purposely tries to lighten the load on a stressful situation.
• "I think people want us to be concerned, but not overly worried you're going to lose," he said. "You want a team that thinks they're going to win."
• North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple told Walaker during Wednesday's briefing that the city's flood fighting prowess has become "almost legendary." This year's flood campaign started when volunteers began to fill more than 1.5 million sandbags at a city warehouse, all but about 100,000 of which went unused.
• "To have everything break our way like it has in here the last week or so is just a joy as far as I'm concerned," Dalrymple said. "I know what it's like to go the other way on you, like it did every day a couple of years ago. This is a lot better."
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SD judge orders legal fees in candidacy lawsuit
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A judge ruled Tuesday that a Rapid City woman who unsuccessfully sued to try to get Republican state Rep. Brian Gosch kicked off last November's ballot must reimburse him for the more than $21,000 he spent defending himself.
• Stephanie Strong, who acted as her own lawyer, had argued that Gosch should be removed from the ballot because he notarized a part of his own nominating petition in early 2012. Gosch stayed on the ballot, was re-elected and later selected to be House speaker.
• In her Tuesday ruling, Circuit Judge Kathleen Trandahl said Gosch is entitled to legal fees because Strong's lawsuit was frivolous and malicious. She said the lawsuit was filed too late to get Gosch's name off the ballot and that she believes it was (Continued on page 27)
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