Oh, what a great feel good story about saving Christmas trees on Christmas, except the fact that the story is inaccurate on many levels (READ FIRST)
I can’t tell you everything that is wrong with the column, nor can I tell you my source, but let’s just say it is pretty dependable. This is what I can point out though;
1) The city did not ask her to cut down the tree, it was, however, an option, they were simply asking her to trim it.
2) She appealed to the city council instead of the adjustment board, which would have been proper procedure.
3) But here is the kicker, some wonder if this is a political stunt by the ‘savior of widows and orphans‘ Jacobson who is considering a run for either a possibly redistricted County Commission seat, or a newly created legislative district seat (Dist. #6) – that has only one current incumbent? Rumor has it he spoon fed this story to Callison. Not sure if that is true, but with all the errors, one wonders.
Lastly, my two cents. I amazes me that the AL would do a column about the supposed corruption of Lennox’s city government when it comes to code enforcement, but throws a blind eye to the ‘George Orwell 1984’ style of code enforcement in Sioux Falls. Next time may I suggest you write a column about big brother in our own backyard.