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Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

2014

Sioux Falls

Public Meeting Tuesday on Hwy 100

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SD DOT Notice of Public Information Meeting Regarding Highway 100

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) and the City of Sioux Falls will hold an open-house style public meeting to discuss and receive public input on the above project. The open house will be informal, with one-on-one discussion with the project team. The meeting information is as follows:

 Date: October 21, 2014
 Time: 5:30–7 p.m.
 Place:    Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
5500 East 57th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57108

A presentation will take place shortly after 5:30 p.m. Topics will include the Highway 100 and Section 4(f) De Minimis Analysis for public use properties. Representatives from the SDDOT, City of Sioux Falls, and consultant staff will be available with displays before and after the presentation to discuss the proposed project and answer your questions. During this time, you will also have the opportunity to present written comments.

Notice is further given to all individuals with disabilities that this open house informational meeting is being held in a physically accessible place. Any individuals with disabilities who will require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the open house/information meeting should submit a request to the department’s ADA coordinator at 605-773-3540 or
1-800-877-1113 (Telecommunications Relay Services for the Deaf). Please request accommodations no later than two business days prior to the meeting in order to ensure accommodations are available.

Information presented at the public meeting/open house will be posted on the SDDOT website after the meeting at:

www.sddot.com/transportation/highways/planning/specialstudies/sd100/default.aspx

 

Jenna Haggar

Jenna Haggar attacked by Jihadist Deer (H/T – Drinking Liberally SF)

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Jenna Haggar, former lobbyist for South Dakota Right to Life, self-declared chiropractic assistant, Dr. and Leslee Unruh devotee, and Republican state Senate candidate in District 10 (Brandon and Northeast Sioux Falls), was attacked by a deer last week as she drove between Brandon and Sioux Falls. Speculating on the motivation behind the attack, South Dakota’s chief large animal behaviorist, Dr. Lester Black, said the deer, “…having ingested a number of Jenna Haggar’s flyers, was quite likely overcome by the sheer banality of the woman.” The Dr. continued, “What I mean to say is that there is just no substance there. I mean the woman boasts of being home schooled and not having a college degree, yet she claims she supports public education. Give me a break. I think the deer had just had enough. They are quite irritable this time of year anyway.”

SF City Council Sioux Falls

SF City Council Public Input 14/10/14

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We learned tonight how the Sioux Falls Water Department gives out personal data to complete strangers, not good. The property owner, John Stratman, also has been trying to get a neighboring property cleaned up without success. Were the code enforcement officers so concerned about breaking the law and then prosecuting their own lawlessness they ignored our speaker’s concerns? How about sending someone from social services to see if there is a problem needing to be addressed?

Our friend Robert Kolbe showed up to remind the Council and Mayor of many stupid things done in the name of progress or greed in recent Sioux Falls history. Our South Dakota temporary – permanent mentality is kind of warped. Why do we consider something our grandparents built of amazing natural materials, always have to be torn down to put up a tin shed with flaking concrete?

Our own I.L. Wiedermann brought a few concerns up about the event center siding tonight. Earlier in the day, Michelle Erpenbach let him know she did not care how it looks or turns out. Ever the watchdog, he publicized her lack of concern and for her lack of responsibility to the people of Sioux Falls. Way to go Michelle!

When I.L. was finished speaking, Rex Rolfing decided to add some fire to the embers and the mayor firmly shut him down. Then Michelle decided to come clean about her disregard of the process.

It brings up a few questions;

1. Why didn’t the mayor want Rex to engage I.L.?

2. Why do the Council members sit like bumps on a log when they could ask more questions of citizens?

3. Why do council members not allow each other the courtesy of getting answers?

4. Why is it, the Mayor can have exchanges with speakers but not council?

5. Why is the Mayor so tightly controlling the meetings, past mayors have allowed good exchanges?

6. When will we get an actual accounting of the E.C. project with the list of ALL contractors and suppliers?

Tonight’s meeting left us with more questions then we could ever get answers to from our transparent administration.

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Public Works Sioux Falls

May explain why traffic is such a mess in our city

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IMAGE: Argus Leader Media video screenshot
That’s right folks, this is what our Principal Traffic Engineer’s desk looks like. I would think a traffic engineer (the head one) would be more organized? Guess not. And if anyone thinks I am being mean to this guy, I have been in he mayor’s office and his desk looks about the same.
I also thought municipalities had standards on how their desks should be organized.
I think the pink post it note above his computer says, “Reminder, Clean desk.”
I can hear Heath already, “I just haven’t had time to clean my desk, I have been helping Building Services enter building permits into the system.”

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