A graphic of how much time the citizens of SF have to put up with Mayor Huether.
Once again, Mike couldn’t resist to turn a run of the mill public municipal ceremony into a rah-rah session for himself and the city. I told someone it turned out to be the State of the City Address 2014 – 2.0
After the five officials were sworn in, Mike came down before the podium and put the above graphic on the big screen. Then he had to talk about how great everything is, how the RR will be moving, how ‘America’ will be talking about our city, and choked up when talking about the ‘sacrifice’ his family has had to make for his service (he even included his mother. Doesn’t she live in Yankton?) I guess he was talking about the sacrifice his wife had to make by putting her name down as an investor in a development that received a TIF.*
When he finished, he looked at the audience, and paused while the crowd gave a ‘polite’ applause. He seemed surprised he didn’t get a standing ovation. Then in front of the packed room, he gave his wife a kiss who was sitting front and center (I think I saw some smoke come out of her ears when he kissed her).
Only our mayor could turn a swearing in ceremony into a Dale Carnegie workshop.
*I got word from a South DaCola foot soldier the other day that Mike’s development investments in Sioux Falls are more widespread then we might think, and worth looking into.