March 2012

Mayor Huether is starting to sound like Lyndon LaRouche

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If you didn’t have a chance to hear yesterday’s press conference, you can view it on the non-free online newspaper, if you have a subscription. Ahem.

Anyhoo, during the press conference Huether kinda sounded like he wanted to star in the movie, Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

First he said he would fly to Fort Worth, TX to talk to officials. Then he talked about how there is talk of a high speed train to be built across the country, because lastly, people will not be driving cars in the future. Okay, LaRouche.

The highlight of the press conference was when Ellis, from the AL asked Huether if this was a project that ‘That benefits a few, at the expense of many.’

Well, Mike didn’t like that question and he took about half the press conference to explain why, glaring at Ellis the entire time.

Things are getting weirder everyday at City Hall.

Support the Pavilion?

I got another donation letter in the mail the other day. I was a bit surprised, it was from the Pavilion. Thought I was off of their mailing list, a long time ago. I didn’t get around to opening it until this morning, and I found this note at the bottom from Larry Toll;

Before you all freak out, I have posted in the past that I think the Pavilion putting on a drag show was a good thing, it opens our minds to different forms of art. Shortly after the drag show occurred, I approached Mr. Toll at a local watering hole one day and thanked him for putting on the event.

I was in the other day and enjoyed the FREE visual arts center. Sorry Larry though, it’s going to take a lot more then a good drag show for me to donate to the Pavilion. Been there – done that.

Important Press Conference today on the RR Relocation project?

Mayor Mike Huether and Mark Cotter, Director of Public Works, will conduct a press conference at 1:30 p.m. today, March 1, 2012, to discuss the recent public meetings held on the Railroad Relocation Project and provide a summary of the next steps in the environmental assessment process.

The press conference will be held in the Commission Room at City Hall, 224 West Ninth Street. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

The railroad relocation meeting at the Orpheum will be broadcast on Channel 16 this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 3 pm.  Also at 10:30 am on Sunday.

They will repeat this same schedule next week on March 9, 10, and 11.

It should be the 30 minute formal presentation and the Q & A session.

A more thorough presentation of this project is available on siouxfalls.org. at City Council Informational meeting,  February 27, 2012.  All of the documents that were part of the presentation are also available on the meeting’s agenda.