Hey indoor pool supporters, get over it already;
Meanwhile, the two women who collected signatures and brought the issue to voters watched the ceremony from the audience. Cheryl Rath and Theresa Stehly were not acknowledged, nor were they permitted to participate.
Rath called it an “emotional” and “wonderful” day. But she said supporters of the indoor pool still resent the fact that voters rejected their plan.
“I guess my hope was that there would be more grace,” Rath said. “I guess I was hoping they would let go after the public vote.“
Once again, citizen advocates are treated with disdain by the Munson administration. No surprise. I really believe if the indoor pool plan presented would have been different then the other over 8 indoor pools we have in Sioux Falls at private fitness centers already, the voters would have approved it. I also think that if the city would have budgeted for the pool out of the CIP instead of borrowing for it, it would have been met with no opposition. But the city doesn’t listen to the public, heck, even when the SnowFox swim team had scores of supporters show up to a council meeting to give their vision for the indoor pool, they were rejected. A freaking swim team!
Another head shaker goes down in the books for Sioux Falls.