South DaCola food club w/ Yucky
l3wis 
When I saw this coupon this weekend I became sick. Has anybody tried either of these? I like Root Beer and Dr. Pepper, but I don’t want my grilled chicken tasting like it.
2009
Say something silly like “Peanut Butter Popcorn”
Issue# 6 of Found Magazine is out, and I delve into it today. From now on if I am not having a good time I’m just gonna tell myself that my “Season of Unhappiness” is over with.
South DaCola art club w/ COOP
Coop’s wife and I at a show in Minneapolis. She’s a real peach!
How will the vote go down tonight? 7 YES & 1 NO. Probably
Ahhhh, much better. Thanks city council!
The council votes on the monkey crapper quality of life bonds tonight and the mayor’s office cleverly put enough different things in it to appeal to (almost) every councilor. I mean, gee willickers, who would vote against funding a new library?
Spartan hd INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
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2nd Reading:Â AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA (THE “CITY”), AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF ITS SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF TO PAY THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF THE WESTSIDE BRANCH LIBRARY TO BE LOCATED WEST OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-29, IMPROVEMENTS ON AND EQUIPPING OF THE RIVER GREENWAY, CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX TO BE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WESTPORT AVENUE AND BENSON ROAD, AND IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY’S ZOO, PLEDGING THE SALES AND USE TAX PROCEEDS OF THE CITY TO THE PAYMENT OF SAID SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, FIXING THE TERMS OF SUCH SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN SIOUX FALLS (THE “TRUSTEE”), AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE, EXECUTION, AND DELIVERY OF SUCH SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,500,000 PLUS COSTS OF ISSUANCE AND DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUNDS. (Quality of Life II) |
I was thinking about drinking a 1/5th of Wild Turkey and showing up to chew ass, but I predict that almost all the councilors will vote yes on the loan no matter who shows up to dissent it. I have no doubt that Dr. No Staggers will vote against it, and that will be it.
I do expect some lively debate. With Vernon giving his usual ‘Everything is Unicorns and Rainbows’ speech and Quen Be De telling everyone what a wonderful job every city employee does, and Bob Schlitz talking about progress and moving forward even though those two things have nothing to do with football. We will also probably here an impassioned speech from Gerald that really has nothing to do with anything.
Another evening wasted in futility.
Cap & Trade and Green Energy production will drive energy costs up?
Public Utilities Commissioner Gary Hanson solicited money for an energy conference from many of the Midwest utility companies that the PUC regulates.
If this is the kind of thing that Gary thinks is okay, I would prefer he does not run for Mayor of Sioux Falls next year. We already have enough of that shit going on in City Hall.
Otter Tail Power Co., a $2,500 sponsor of last week’s conference, has a 15.3 percent rate increase, or $3.8 million, pending before the South Dakota PUC.
Kind of like Sioux Falls developers funding the campaigns of the City Councilors who voted for an unecessary tax increase last year that benefits them. But hey, there is no connection, just look the other way.
“The simple answer is, they should have never done this,” said David Schultz, a professor of business at Hamline University in St. Paul and a frequent lecturer on political ethics. “I question the motive, the conflict of interest is there. Customers, going forward, will question whether their next rate increase is on merit, or based on a trivial, but important, sponsorship as the utilities came through for these commissioners when they needed it.”
I have questioned utility sponsorship for years. This story is way overdue. For instance one of the biggest sponsors of SculptureYawn is Excel Energy, with it’s state director being the key founder, who probably spends countless hours of company time and resources to organize the event. I even talked to the VP of Excel about it once on the phone, wondering how the SD director can be critical of SculptureWalk dissenters (myself) on company time? Of course he defended him, basically saying he has to freewill to do what he wants. How do I get a job like that? While I am all for corporations sponsoring public art, I question our rates going up every year while service gets poorer. How about finding ways to save customers money on utilities instead throwing thousands of dollars around for din-dins and gigantic welded metal geese and turtles?
Once again, pay to play is alive and well in South Dakota and it’s time the State Legislature ponied up and made this practice illegal. Yeah right, who am I kidding?