South DaCola

Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

2011

Event Center Sioux Falls

Not confused enough about the EC studies?

l3wis 16Comments

Well, there is going to be another press conference today to confuse you even more;

SIOUX FALLS, SD – The City of Sioux Falls recently released an economic and development impact study on the proposed Events Center.

Now, several management companies want to respond to questions about the study. So the city is holding a news conference on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Convention Center to do just that.

It will include representatives from Global Spectrum and SMG, the City’s Convention Center and Arena management companies, along with the Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Okay, am I the only one that is starting to feel that all of this stuff is beginning to run together? We have the studies, they are available online, we can read them there. This matter is now in the council’s hands, let them deal with it. Thank You.

US Constitution

City of Sioux Falls reacts to the Daily case

l3wis 10Comments

While I liked most of the city attorney’s testimony during the public services meeting about the changes to the city’s administrative appeals process, I was a little concerned about the city attorney’s statement in the opening (paraphrasing) “Due process is open to interpretation (in reference to code enforcement)” DAN DAILY CASE

HUH? Let’s review;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process

http://www.lectlaw.com/def/d080.htm

This guy has a law degree? Innocent until proven guilty? Do you know what that means?

This says it best;

The idea that laws and legal proceedings must be fair. The Constitution guarantees that the government cannot take away a person’s basic rights to ‘life, liberty or property, without due process of law.’ Courts have issued numerous rulings about what this means in particular cases.

In other words, government cannot tell you how much fucking concrete you can pour on your own property. Do you understand? It is equivelant of someone telling you how much you should clean your toilet.

Washington Pavilion

Pavilion did better in 2010 then in 2009 – but look closely

l3wis 4Comments

As I suspected, and you can see from the financial report, the PAV got almost $400,000 from a one time donation due to the naming of the Hall in 2010. This of course is not a thorough or clear financial report. It is obvious that the original report was cherry picked and simplified, which is fine, but I would love to see the whole audit. It seems contributions were up quite a bit in 2010. You can watch Toll brag about the Pavilion during the informational meeting.

Event Center Jim Entenman SF City Council Sioux Falls

SF Councilor Entenman finds out what it means to be a public servant, but does he understand it?

l3wis 16Comments

Councilor Entenman, a self-proclaimed ‘Crowning Jewel’ of a city councilor

Just a few minutes ago, at the beginning of the SF city council’s informational meeting, councilor Entenman went off on a written diatribe about the ‘attacks’ on him by the Build it Downtown group. They filed a complaint/opinion to the ethics board on whether Jim had a conflict of interest when it comes to his property by the Arena and the possible construction of a new EC at that location. Didn’t seem like an attack to me. Any citizen can question the ethics of any public servant. That’s part of the job Jim, listening to the public that elected you and pays you. When you take an oath of office, you no longer work for a motorcycle franchise, you work for us. If you have a problem with that, instead of crying in an informational meeting, why don’t you do us all a favor and resign. Otherwise, buck up and take the punches with the back pats.

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