‘Just another schlump looking for the easy story?’
So a KSFY reporter decides to show up to a parade named after our mayor, where MMM will be handing out free sandmiches, then asks people in attendance to grade the mayor;
It was a simple survey of three questions, each asking if Mayor Huether has delivered on his three campaign goals. Campaign goal number one: keep moving Sioux Falls forward.
The questions were ‘topical’ in nature. I would have asked them about transparency and open government. I would have asked them about catering to special interests, I would have asked them about personal gain. Afterall, anybody can tell someone to fix a street, it’s our money, yah know. While I will give the mayor high grades on fixing the streets, it really is just smoke and mirrors.
I also wonder if KSFY tracked anybody down yesterday who was not a Huether fan? Like I said, this was a parade named after him, so that is highly unlikely that those peeps were in attendance, except for me 🙂
The thing that bothers me the most is our local media putting themselves in positions where they know they will get no negative press. There also seems to be a bit of ignorance.
I watched the AL promote the F’ck out of Tour SF this past couple of weeks, GREAT! I love riding bike, and I will give kudos to Managing Editor Patrick Lalley for his passion for bike riding in SF. But Pat, I really think you need to focus on your job, you know, editor. He likes to brag about the ‘100 Eyes’ show being the #1 political talk show in the region, so you would suspect he would know his ‘politics’. On the last episode he mentioned that Sue Roust still works for the SOS, and did not realize she was only a temp employee. WOW!
And then the AL wonders why they have to go door-to-door to try to scrape up subscriptions. Have they hit your neighborhood yet?