And I got an early copy!
10) My hair has stayed the same length all year long, and I didn’t receive one single haircut. Amazing.
9) Traffic lights all over Sioux Falls have changed from Green, to Yellow to Red successfully without interruption.
8) We have successfully taken millions out of the property tax rolls in the form of TIF rebates, for stuff like Big Box Retailers, Basketball arenas, Luxury Hotels and Condos.
7) We are proud of our almost non-existent unemployment rate. We contribute it to workers in Sioux Falls holding multiple low-paying jobs and having their school children bilk the government for free meals.
6) We’ve poured a crap load of concrete by the convention center. And I mean A CRAP LOAD!*
5) Building Permits have skyrocketed, mostly on apartment buildings. Since the economy tanking, more and more people in Sioux Falls are getting forced out of the their homes or can’t afford one. But hey, we’ll set you up with an affordable apartment. Hope you have a car, because our transit system doesn’t go that far out.
4) I have successfully ignored public transit in Sioux Falls, and threw it in the council’s lap.
3)Â I have held more press conferences than the last 37 Sioux Falls mayors combined. Woot! Woot!
2) My BFF Randell Beck & I brought this big bikey thingy to town.
1) *I have limited my use of the word ‘crap’ to 25 times a week, down from 37 times a week in 2012.