Phallacy to the Falls
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Yesterday while I am watching my favorite Sunday comedy show, KCPO’s the FACTS(?), I couldn’t help thinking to myself, who believes this guy? Not the host, but their monthly visitor, Dr.(?) Allen Unruh. He can tell five lies in a single sentence without taking a breath.
The topic of the show was national healthcare, and as you can imagine, Allen is enraged over it. In fact he is so mad that he is hosting a rally at the Fairgrounds where he is bringing in a bunch of speakers (who have made millions off of for-profit healthcare) to speak about how terrible socialized medicine would be (for their pocketbooks).
I’ll admit, it was one of Unruh’s funniest diatribes in a long time. I almost watched the rerun of the show last night just so I could get in a few more laughs. Of course, Allen couldn’t resist bringing up liberty and justice, blah, blah, blah. But the real jist of what he was saying was that people don’t have a right to healthcare unless they can afford it. He blames the government (medicare/medicade) for driving up healthcare costs on the rest of us. Yeah, Allen, it has nothing to do with insurance companies and pharma companies making billions in profits.
But, it gets better. I was searching for the website that has all the featured speakers at his ‘rally’ and I found this site. How ironic that the tea baggers are asking you to donate to their cause – sounds kind of socialistic to me.
What a bunch of hypocrites. It you weren’t so pathetically funny, I might be upset about all of your bullshit.
Looks like Sioux Falls’ biggest developer is pulling the strings at City Hall again;
When the Sioux Falls City Council approved the sale of land on the north edge of downtown two years ago, it was meant to jump-start the transformation of a key part of the city’s core.
But two years later, the city still holds the title to the land on North Phillips Avenue, records show. And the ambitious development plan councilors envisioned is stalled, a result of the economic downturn and a soil contamination problem that could significantly raise the price on the project.
Both the city and the developer – Uptown at Falls Park – say they remain committed to developing the area. But Sioux Falls city councilors say they haven’t been updated on the development since approving it. And despite a development agreement that called for the city to sell the land, unexpected complications have prevented the sale.
This shouldn’t surprise those of us who have been following Mr. Lloyd’s chokehold on city hall. First he orchestrated getting our retail taxes raised so the taxpayers would have to build roads for developments on the edge of TEA, SD (still trying to figure out how this benefits SF residents.) But what is disheartening is that the council approved the downtown development two years ago and hasn’t received one penny yet. Why?
Craig Lloyd, a partner in the Uptown group, complimented city officials for trying to work through the problems.
What? You agreed to buy the land, why are we using taxpayer money to ‘work through the problems’? I’m sure you are very happy with the help. We are footing the bill for all the ‘tests’ and you haven’t given us one single penny.
I have always felt that Phillips to the Falls was a stupid idea. I said from the beginning, if developers want the land, let them develop it, build the road, etc, etc. Then there is the mayor breaking city ordinance to approve a 100% spending increase on the project ($1.5 million) without council approval. He claimed he needed to approve the increase ASAP so he did not have time to contact the council. Bullshit. We are almost five years later and not one shovel has been stuck in the ground yet. I am still frustrated that Munson wasn’t charged with breaking city charter and thrown out of office. Phillips to the Falls is quickly turning into another Lloyd / Munson boondoggle on taxpayers. Staggers says it best;
“I thought we made a good-faith contract to get the money and we don’t have it yet,” Councilor Kermit Staggers said. “It’s a surprise, but not a surprise.”
We shouldn’t let private business or even our mayor take advantage of us. It is inexcusable. Someone on the council needs to step up and hold Munson accountable, in a big way. Enough is enough.
Figuring out how to adequately serve a growing community is tough enough without the bickering that’s going on between these two sides.
Lines at the Minnehaha County Administration Building have resurfaced, and it’s clear the commission and treasurer need a better staffing plan.
Residents are the ones who suffer the most when a poor relationship among county officials hinders progress toward that end.
That’s just it, there was a simple solution. A staffer needed to be replaced, the money was in the budget and the CC said no. Who’s to blame? The County Commission. They need to replace the staffer, apologize to Nelson then STFU.
Their egos are really getting old.