Found on Facebook
l3wis Is this the most kickass picture you have ever seen? A FB friend in Sioux Falls took this picture the other night at their house. So beautiful and creepy at the same time. I love the tail and head design.
September 2014
Little details and NO inked deal with Feds, but hey, we’re getting a kiosk!
There has been little to no talk about the Rail Relocation project over the past 6 months. I have even pulled the ear of a couple of local reporters to see if they have heard anything. Nope. There was a mention in the 2015 budget of a fence. But that is about it. Now comes a Kiosk for the project in the consent agenda today at the council meeting.
Rail Relocation/Railroad Interpretive Kiosk; Confluence $ 5,100
So what has been going on? Are the Feds ready to ink a deal with the city and the railroads? How much has it been appraised for? What are we paying for it? How much money are the Feds going to give us? It’s nice we are blowing tax dollars on a Kiosk for a project that hasn’t been inked yet with the Feds.
What is going on? Is there a Federal investigation going on? It certainly would not be uncommon for the Feds to audit the process before handing over $30 million dollars, in fact it would be expected of them to do so. So who would do this investigation? The IRS? The FBI? The months of silence on this project is eerie.
Washington Pavilion memberships discriminate against single people
A South DaCola foot soldier told me that when they went to renew their individual membership they learned that they no longer offer an individual membership.  They have to purchase a “dual membership” or two memberships. Apparently they no longer welcome “singles”.
This is discriminatory for the following reasons:
This person is a single individual.
This person often enjoy going to events as a single person.
They do not need to be part of a “couple”
This “new membership policy” is discriminatory against single persons.
This policy could be a form of “financial elder abuse” by forcing seniors, widows and widowers to purchase two membership where only one is needed.
It is also discriminatory against students and young persons who may not be able to afford two memberships.
The Washington Pavilion already has a reputation of being elitist and now they don’t want singles? Does this enhance their reputation as an inclusive facility?
I also find it strange that a dual membership costs $60 ($30 each) but a pals (5 people) membership costs $100 ($20 each). So why not just charge $30-40 for an individual membership? Why eliminate it?
I have often felt that this city is very anti-single people, young and old, I just never seen such blatant discrimination from a publicly funded facility. But no surprise from a money pit that continues to do the wrong thing most of the time.