Stop the Funding will hold a press conference Monday afternoon

For Immediate Release (WATCH KSFY-TV video explaining the drive).

Stop the Funding will hold a press conference Monday afternoon:

Sioux Falls City Hall

South Entrance

224 West 9^th Street ( 9^th  St and Dakota Ave)

2:00pm

The Stop the Funding campaign is proud to announce 12 year City Council member, Kermit Staggers is joining the petition signature drive as Co-Chair. Kermit is the longest serving member of the City Council. Public is invited to attend and welcome Kermit Staggers to our efforts

Stop the Funding is a citizen petition effort gathering signatures to force the City of Sioux Falls to place the funding of a planned $25,000,000.00 city government overflow administrative office building to a public vote before sales tax revenue bonds are sold.

“The Sioux Falls City Council has voted 3 times to not allow this project to move forward. Only through two tie breaking votes and a mayoral veto did the project reach the point of direct public involvement in the process. The public’s response to our signature drive have been overwhelming,” said Bruce Danielson, Co-Chair.

The response to this grassroots petition effort is generating interest across every neighborhood of the city. Each petition contains 20 signature lines and Bruce Danielson spent the weekend distributing leadership petition packets to at least 35 neighborhood leaders.

The proposed ordinance in proper form is as follows:

            AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA TO PROHIBIT THE ISSUANCE OF SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING AT OR NEAR 231 N. DAKOTA AVE.

          BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA:

The City of Sioux Falls shall not sell sales tax revenue bonds for the construction of a city administrative office building.

Bruce Danielson

Citizens4Integrity, PO Box 491, Sioux Falls, SD 57101

FAX: (605) 334-9511, Cell: (605) 376-8087

www.citizens4integrity.org, Email: bruce@citizens4integrity.org