I found the ‘Sweet Velvet Hammer’ Case
l3wis 
2010
Quote of the day, Ed Schultz on John Thune (H/T – Helga)
Ed Schultz started his radio show off with a real bang this morning. Schultz started his show by taking after John Thune. He said Thune has presidential aspirations so he supposes that is why Thune is warning House legislators that you vote for the bill you own it. Schultz said,
“Thune doesn’t know his ass from a hole in a ground. Does Thune have a couple of turds in his pocket telling him what to do?”
Yeah, I would call those turds McConnell and Boehner. Ed said if it doesn’t pass he says the fear mongers, the John Thune’s of the world win.
Why are streets bad in Sioux Falls? Because Munson and the City council squandered our 2nd penny on stuff we didn’t need instead of the roads
Don’t let King Dave and the rubberstamp council fool yah, it takes more then one snowstorm and one rainstorm to turn our streets into a battleground;
“Potholes aren’t that serious. We just had a bad winter. That’s all.” I recently heard that comment on the evening news. Well, I think the potholes are serious. In fact, the streets in Sioux Falls are horrible. And they have been that way for years.
I have been saying that for years, while our street infrastructure has been crumbling for years, Munson and the city council have been spending our 2nd penny, which should be allocated for streets instead of things we don’t need, like monkey crappers. But now they are all of sudden ‘Fiscal Conservatives’ that are gonna fix our streets. Give me a fucking break. It’s kinda like diagnosing Cancer too late, there is no ‘Catch Up.’
These poor road conditions weighed heavily on my decision to move. I was born and raised in South Dakota and lived, worked and spent my paychecks here for the past 15 years. But no more. I see where the city’s priorities are. The money that went to beautify Falls Park and downtown should have gone to fixing the roads.
I have had enough. I hate driving here, but I am going to enjoy driving away from here.
Can I hitch a ride? My front end went out on my car.
Staggers, a proven record
This letter writer seems to get it;
Too many candidates espouse fiscal prudence only when they are running for election. Staggers’ entire record shows he can be trusted to responsibly manage and allocate our taxpayer dollars.
Heck, we even had Sweet Vernon ‘The Velvet Hammer’ Brown coming out saying he is a fiscal conservative. This letter writer is correct, just look at Kermit’s voting record, he has consistently voted against unneeded spending.
Unemployment rising in Sioux Falls? No surprise.
I said it all along, just because the recession hit us late doesn’t mean it will leave early, in fact, I think it will take Sioux Falls longer to recover, just like in the 1990’s. But don’t take my word on it, just listen to Augustana economics professor Nesiba;
He said that one of the problems particular to Sioux Falls is not so much unemployment – which tends to be lower than in many parts of the country – but “persistently low wages.“
This has been a problem for a long, long time. Even when times are good, it seems business finds a way to keep wages low here.
“There are plenty of people in Sioux Falls that have multiple jobs,” Nesiba said. “Women with school-aged children here have high labor force participation rates. It isn’t because this is such a great place to work. It’s because two or three incomes are needed to get by.”
I can’t even remember in the 18 years I have lived in Sioux Falls that I did not have at least two jobs, at one time I even had four. For someone who is single, there really is no reason I should have to have two jobs to get by.
With a U.S. population of 300 million and a labor supply of about 150 million people, a 10 percent national unemployment rate means you have 15 million people out of work, Nesiba says.
“If you add in discouraged workers who have dropped off unemployment rolls or those who want more work, you get a number like 16 percent unemployment,” he said. “That’s a lot of people we need to put back to work.”
Those are the secret numbers that neither Washington, Pierre or SF City Hall want you to know about.
Nesiba said that even if the country could add 200,000 or 300,000 jobs per month – a rate not seen for a long time – a high unemployment rate is probable for years to come.
“I fear we’re going to have high and persistent unemployment for some time,” he said. “The advantage in South Dakota, and Sioux Falls in particular, is that we have lower unemployment than the rest of the nation. But the question is, how do we create higher living wages and jobs for middle-class people? I don’t see the leadership at the state or city level for that.“
That’s because the State’s and Sioux Falls’ motto has always been, “Business first, citizens second.” They are all bought and paid for. Just look at Pat Costello’s donor list. I hope Sioux Falls residents wake up and elect an honest fiscally conservative mayor and council for once.