Mayor Huether talks transparency

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When people have to tell you and remind you that they don’t keep secrets, it usually means they keep secrets.

In the latest ‘Ask the Mayor’ episode, Huether talks about his policies of transparency with the city council (FF: 14:00).

While I could find several instances where the mayor HAS not been transparent with the public and council, I will focus on some recent instances.

– The city council and public still have not received a contractor list of who built the Events Center. The council has been asking directors and the mayor for this list for over 16 months.

-The city council and public still have not seen the consultants recommendations on the EC siding issue. In fact, the only one talking is a private contractor.

-The city council was asked to vote on the ambulance contract without seeing the scoring procedures or criteria.

-We have NO idea what is going on with the RR relocation project, a project that will potentially cost Federal taxpayers $30 million dollars.

Is the mayor transparent? You be the judge.

Speaking of (the lack of) transparency, the city council takes a shot at it in the latest Inside Town Hall. The host claims that voters overwhelmingly approved an indoor pool at Spellerberg (ah, no they didn’t). Rolfing actually corrects her, but then says that by people voting against the outdoor pool that means they want an indoor pool. Erpenbach takes it a step further and claims that the council’s vote last year approving the budget for the indoor pool is the actual approval vote. You mean when approved the $13 million and change expenditure? Now we are at $23 million.

STRRRREEEETCHHHH!

Posted in: Mike Huether, SF City Council, Sioux Falls

3 Thoughts on “Mayor Huether talks transparency”

  1. Dan Daily on February 12, 2015 at 11:24 am said:

    I’m still wondering how I voted regarding the Spellerburg pool. I’d like to think I voted against repairing the then outdoor pool. There was no place in the ballot for a defined indoor aquatics center. The city attorney managed to interpret the vote against a pool via deceptive language into a full blown vote for a major project that’s now become estimated at 25 million.

  2. MC on February 12, 2015 at 11:27 am said:

    By the time all is said and done, the indoor pool will cost somewhere 30 to 40 million and will cost twice as much to operate

  3. Dan Daily on February 12, 2015 at 11:28 am said:

    Transparency is what the electorate sees ear to ear through citizen brains. They’ll be surprised when they discover critical mass come election time.

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