The mayor starts off his presentation about being neighborly and how it is okay to ‘tattle-tale’ on your neighbor about their lawn. Uh, okay. I guess being neighborly to me would be to help your neighbor when they need help not turn them into the FAUX code enforcement police (who have ZERO constitutional authority to do anything).
Otherwise the video was pretty good with questions and such.
Jesse from the Blues Bashers will start giving guitar lessons again (Click on image to enlarge)
I’ll have to give props to Callison from the Argue Endorser for writing a pro-snowgates column today;
More than 125 people attended last week’s meeting on snowgates.
As the allotted hour stretched to the 90-minute mark, when I called it quits, one thing quickly became clear: Sioux Falls residents who live in the test areas last year really love snowgates.
So much so that when Huber, the city’s street and utilities manager, broke the news that they would have to do without them this winter, people groaned in disappointment.
I whimpered a little myself.
Count me among those who love-love-love snowgates.
That’s because #1 they work (even better when they don’t use an inferior product) and #2 it is a service being provided to citizens, something we already pay dearly for. There are some drawbacks though;
The negative feedback mainly dealt with how narrow streets became after being cleared with the snowgates, he said.
Fair enough. But ALL streets get narrower, with or without snowgates, especially in central SF. I cut thru Pettigrew Heights almost everyday on my way to work, and those streets are narrow without snow. The other drawback is it will take longer to plow the city out. I can live with that, I have often said if we are going to plow the streets, do it right. Which of course brings it to costing more. Well duh. But if we have all kinds of money for monkey crappers and events centers, we certainly have a couple of million more a year for snowgates, which brings us to this comment;
Young with kid: I’m a fan of snowgates. There are very few things I would ever say charge me for, but I am willing to pay more for that. (After he finished speaking, someone called out, “I’d rather pay for snowgates than the events center.†That drew the biggest applause of the evening.)
To Hell with Build it Now, I say Plow it Now!
Tonight the council votes on the bonds for the Events Center;
The City Council is expected to approve the sale of $125 million in bonds at its meeting tonight, the largest bond issue in city history. The money would build a $115 million events center, provide a reserve fund to pay off the bonds and pay issuance costs.
Officials sold the plan as one that would be paid off in 22 years. But they are leaving room to extend that. The ordinance being considered tonight leaves the city the option of extending that to 25 years. Other key details of the ordinance include a maximum interest rate of 4.75 percent for tax-exempt bonds and the option for the city to also sell a mix of taxable bonds, which carry higher interest rates.
It will be interesting to hear the debate tonight and if any councilor has the backbone to bring up the ‘Bait & Switch’ by the finance department and the mayor’s office.
(I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AFTER VIEWING MEETING)
The TJN Recycling Yard was approved.
I often try to explain the OWS movement and facts about the super-rich to non-political people, but they seem clueless.
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