Forget about the straight winds pelting us with snow today. The smoke flying from city administration buildings is a whole lot harmful.
Yesterday during the SF city council informational meeting, during the indoor pool update, councilor Erpenbach pre-arranged a little theater with the admin’s staff. She had to get her gripe in about Cameraman Bruce (without using his name) talking about secret change orders and costing more money for the lobby. Michelle is probably partially correct. While the entire project may not go up in cost, certainly money was diverted from other parts of the facility to put the luxurious fireplace in the expanded lobby. But where the theater gets good is when Michelle has an exchange with the project manager, Kendra, about change orders. Michelle asks is anyone can see the change orders, and Kendra says they can, they just need to request them from her.
It’s the normal Huether bait and switch, tell you one thing in public, do the opposite when the rubber hits the road. We will see if requests are responded to.
But let’s go back to last Thursday when the old steam engine Huether was huffing and puffing about 2015’s TOP TEN WINS & SINS. Towards the end of his blustering, he couldn’t resist to mention that the city has won ALL of the court cases against the SON neighborhood in reference to the zoning and building of the Southside Walmart. He wasn’t lying, they have won them all, no thanks to a bias judge and the mayor pulling a surprise colonoscopy the day he was supposed to testify in court. In fact, his testimony would have been the lynchpin of SON’s case, but apparently his hemorrhoids were acting up so badly he had to setup (demand) and emergency procedure, in which I heard the only thing they found was a ‘perfect asshole’.
What Huether is not mentioning (which technically isn’t lying) is that the case has been appealed to the SD Supreme Court. Not sure how the high court will rule, but the city has a really bad track record when it comes to winning there. Really bad. So I wouldn’t be pulling a GW Bush ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner out just yet.
I have no doubt if the SC rules against the city and Walmart, the store will remain. I think the bigger repercussions will be against the city. If the mayor thinks he had a butt emergency a few months ago, he will quickly learn what a real pain in the ass feels like.
The leading opposition the the south walmart has declared defeat.
http://www.trulia.com/property/3219166952-7601-S-Audie-Ave-Sioux-Falls-SD-57108
SON = whiny losers. Trump voters too?
Whining to who?
The mayor was bragging.
They appealed to the Supreme Court, I have a feeling they have a good case.
LJL – she’s had that house listed at that price for a while (a LOT longer than what that website shows). “Million” dollar home with a $10 view. Take a drive by the house – no way it sells anywhere close to that price due to the lack of yard space + freeway now next to it. She can thank the builder for the lack of info/foresight about how the other land was zoned prior to her home construction. But as many have said before, if it were a Target & Panera Bread, that’d be a selling point for the house!
Hey, LJL, your comment was pathetic.
Hey Sammy, your comment is childish.
Good luck with your new neighbor!!! Look at the bight side. Walmart has great fried chicken and your within walking distance.
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The land across was zoned ag. The plans included using 85for access on both sides of Minnesota for corridor 100 on off ramp interchange The houses were there long before the bs of shape places drawing circles on s flipping map The zoning should have resulted in a land use much like 69 and Minn. not a hog barn and not 24/7 operations. Not compatible with residential. One can only hope that it will close in a year or so when consumers tire of this type of crap retail.
SON neighbors are just waiting on the appeal. It’s not over. LJL, Rufusx, you are not in possession of all the facts, so just shush up and be good observers. BTW, a quick review of “due process” and “redress of grievances” might improve your poor understanding of the situation. You never now when YOU might need it. It may take a little effort to find a good source for that review, don’t rely on the first Google or Wikipedia hit.
Oh, one of you two doesn’t even live here in SF, right.
So if they win the repercussions will be against the city, so the city will get a slap on the wrist pay a fine and the store will open in May. They may win the last appeal but the result will remain the same with Walmart opening and becoming a mainstay in the neighborhood. So in the end SON will still have lost the battle they were fighting against.
Just for the record teatime i was behind you and voted NO to Walmart even though you tried to have it moved to my side of the south. You lost the election, due process has run it’s course.
SSIDER, like Rufusx, you don’t have all of the facts. Patience.
Waiting with my popcorn for you to admit your wrong when its all said and done teatime. The lawyer for SON is just blowing smoke up his clients butts.