First, let’s have fun with snow falls, this is how much snowy we get in SF so far this winter.
Here we go again, the revisitation of TIF applications;
I am wondering if they will write a musical about this back and forth eventually? Who would play Q-Tip Smith’s character?
Then we have this fantastical piece of legislation from the Charter Revision Commission. Let’s hire a city attorney that works for ?????
Charter Amendment Proposed by Councilor Sue Aguilar Jan. 9, 2014
Section 4.03 Legal officer.
There shall be a legal officer of the city appointed by the mayor effective with the advice and consent of a majority of the eight members of the council. Notwithstanding Charter Section 2.05(b), the legal officer may be removed by the mayor during the mayor’s four-year term of office only with the consent of the majority of the eight members of the council. The consent of a majority of the council is not required for the expiration of the legal officer’s term of office that occurs upon the mayor’s expiration of term of office. The legal officer shall serve as chief legal advisor to the city council, the mayor and all city departments, offices and agencies, shall perform other duties prescribed by state law, by this charter or by ordinance, and shall handle or monitor the representation of the city in legal proceedings.
Tuesday nights at Carnegie, always entertaining, just don’t cross the 3 foot fence. Chasing arguments in the ‘out of bounds’ area may get you a broken elbow and a robotic arm.
I have no clue who q-tip Smith is BUT
Who in SD names their kids this way,
They sound like Yailey or commifornia imports.
Time for those guards on our borders barring trespass (nee Chicago implants and such).
New post to add:
Robotic Arm?
I thought it was a playpen only populated by TOYS.
Drone Flybyes,hellfire punishment?
OBG
Geez I hate PowerPoint slides. How much time $ did it cost the city employee to create this work of art?
Mean while there is an organization holding beginning planning meetings for the future of SF and area cities tonight – including a special group addressing issues with local government and I’ll bet NONE of you will be attending. See how you are?
I knew about the meeting, I have to work at my night job so I can’t attend.
I make my night job CHANGE MY SCHEDULE so I can participate in these things – more important than $$$$.
Mean while there is an organization holding beginning planning meetings for the future of SF and area cities tonight
Would that be siouxfallstomorrow?
Ruf, well done. You get 4 gold stars today and an extra milk at lunch.
You’re correct Poly. There were probably 100 local citizens there – 90% of them people that DL and the crew rail against on a daily basis here.
I sat at a table and strategized with a County Commissioner, a County Sherrif, an evil developer, a DOT representative, and a Lewis and Clark official. Sounds like a vast conspiracy don’t it? Except the meeting was open to anyone who wants to participate, including just plain ordinary citizens like me. The goal is to develop a framework for shaping policies for the Metro area for the next 10 years.
You all MISSED IT and will probably miss all the future meetings over the next 6 months as well. Of course – you will always have the opportunity to protest having been “left out” via referenda and whining on blogs and the like down the road.
Looks like rufusx thinks he’s the only one who attends local government meetings!!
No cr – I don’t. But I do think that MOST (and I mean over 95%) of the whining about the oppressive doctorial evil government on THIS blog is done by folks that don’t get involved up front – just sit on the sidelines and snipe. And that MOST of the attendance by those on this blog is done with the intent of gathering information for the purpose of same sideline sniping – and NOT for being engaged in the planning processes themselves.
Ruf. I filed out the online survey yesterday for this organization. Have not hit the send button just yet. Was this survey discussed last nite, and how much weight will they give it in the final analysis?
“Looks like rufusx thinks he’s the only one who attends local government meetings!!”
Right? I have been to more public meetings in the past year then Ruf has been in the last 5 years. I have found that ‘public input’ at least at SF meetings, is just basically ignored. So I suppose, I could have gone to this meeting (missing out on lost wages) spoke my mind, but it would have just been a waste of time. My ‘whining’ on this site accomplishes a heck a lot more then attending some public meeting drinking coffee and eating donuts with some public officials who claim they WANT to hear from the public. Yeah, right.
but it would have just been a waste of time.
I found out about this group thru an insert thrown in with my argus. Went to there website listed below.
http://www.siouxfallstomorrow.com
Before I completed the survey I read the PDF document from there last get together ten years ago. Read every line and find their vision was in fact tunnel vision. Events Center? River Greenway? That they’ve accomplished. But for how many millions, and how many really benefit? Who fills out these surveys? What percentage of adults who live in the central district or core area of this city do you suppose even know about this survey? With the exception of the metli’s of the core area, I would venture less than 2% of the adults in that area fill it out.
Read the report from ten years ago and see if their core beliefs are the same as those 50% who send their kids to schools and get reduced or free lunches.
Also, take a look at some of the committee steering group. Pam Homan? Pulls down over 190k while half the kids in her school district get free or reduced meals? What is wrong with this picture?
And yet Poly – you didn’t attend – didn’t volunteer to be a part of this process – so that you voice could be heard. And FYI – many of the concerns you raised WERE brought forward – and the same concerns that DL mentions – how will the analysis be done – will what we are providing as concerns and input be in the final report/work product etc.
Yep – just avoid actual participation – READ a bout someone else’s efforts and SNIPE from the sidelines – ’cause that’s so much easier and you’re guaranteed not to be able to be held accountable/responsible for anything.
So – just out of curiosity – of the supposed 12,000 readers of this blog – did even ONE other to me actually attend?
FWIW – one of my core issues and one I will be pushing for is creating a program/process that will encourage a broader spectrum of the community to actively engage in governmental planning and policy development processes. The people at my table whole heartedly agreed. ESPECIALLY the county sheriff.
Oh, BTW DL – this is not is a “public hearing”. This is a working group – developing policy guidelines for the next 10 years. It isn’t “approval/disapproval” of someone else’s work product. This is the group that will produce the policies – not simply provide “public input” on someone else’s work. The public input meeting will be in March – middle of the process. Then we’ll go back to work on what we’ve done up ’til then again for another two months to get to a final outcome.
Ruf. I really don’t need to hear even more about phase 3, 4, and 5 of the river greenway project or any other project that will enhance the lives of the condo owners DT. Did you read the report from 2004? Lay out for me what they accomplished for Joe and Jane Sixpack. Water was a big issue in 2004. What has happened, other than water rates quadrupling during that time?
Read the 2004 report Ruf. It’s all there. What you did for Joe, and what you did for the crowd that eagerly awaits the Justin bieber concert.
Several years ago, the State removed the requirement that a property be “blighted” in order to qualify for a TIF. See SDCL 11-09
At a 2012 Council Work Session, Darin Smith (Director of Community Development) addressed this change in the requirements.
He likes to quote the large number of TIFs Rapid City has done, as if this is some kind of competition!!
The current Mayor and his Administration are constantly talking about transparency, at the same time that MMM’s wife is involved in TIF #11 all the while hiding behind a LLC.
Just one more reason to cast a vote for Jamison in April.
Poly – you really haven’t understood what this meeting is about. It is not a “report” or a “presentation”, or a “hearing”. It is a working group – setting policy goals for the metro area for the next 10 years. It is looking AHEAD – not back.
The group’s process is FINISHED – it is beginning. It is an opportunity for Jane and Joe to SHJAPE POLICY.
Yeah – you go ahead and revert to the standard negative rhetorical rejoinders all you want -= and DO NOTHING yourself. As I suspected.
Excuse me – stupid sticky keyboard – “the group’s process is NOT finished”. This is a 6 month long project.
Thank you jesus. Rufux is on the case. I feel so much better already.
LJL – the phrase “on the case” implies that I am investigating something after-the-fact of it having happened.
Nyet!
That would be YOUR MO. I’m actually engaged in making something happen. Oh well, at east you’ll still have something to foster your continued lifestyle – uninvolved – after-the-fact whining.
Oh rufux. You attend 1 meeting and your already king shit of government policy.
I feel sorry for that sherrif that was strong armed into this farse. I bet he wants to unload his side arm each time you start blathering.
You’ll be writing policy huh? Well we all better get second jobs cause you’ve not yet found a tax to oppose. I dare you to print off some of the wingnut shit you’ve posted on here and take it with you next time.
Better yet stand up on a chair and demand to know where the southsider SHIT GOES. CAUSE SHIT DON’T RUN UPHILL DAMN IT.
HAHAHAHA.
LJL – I’ve attended a lot of these kinds of meetings – starting with the North Hollywood Neighborhood Revitalization Steering Committee meetings back in the early 1990s. The outcome of that effort was the construction of a subway (not the sandwich shop) station in North Hollywood and the creation of the NOHO (take off on SOHO) arts and entertainment district. A lot of new development has take place there since – using those guiding principals we developed 20+ years ago. Unlike other older parts of LA that are still struggling – NOHO is an inner city boomtown.
More recently I chaired my local Planning Commission for 5 years. During that time we revised the Comprehensive Plan, wrote and adapted new Planning Ordinances, and wrote and adopted new Subdivision Ordinances. Not my first rodeo.
Ruf – and when you were chair of that PC, did you ever receive government housing/development subsidies, loans or TIF’s for a private business venture?
Probably not, because you know it wouldn’t be ethical, but yet you defend someone like Dunlap. Why?