Well let’s get a second helping;
• Water and Sewer rates are raised again, and again, and again.
• Stormland TV does several stories throughout the year about the late school start date, but fails to show any evidence that the late date has any ill affects on the students. I guess the new super has been known to tell people recently, “It doesn’t matter when school starts, we will work with any date.” And that’s coming from the top dog.
• The mayor continues to ignore the violent crime increase in town, eventually blaming mental illness without offering a plan.
• The city of Sioux Falls goes through two diversity directors within a couple of months. Still no word if a permanent person has been picked yet.
• The mayor gets out of taking the stand in an important hearing by getting an ’emergency’ colonoscopy. Yeah, I know, several jokes there.
• While mayor Mike has no problem cutting people off after 5 minutes, he goes on over a 9 minute rant at the Minnehaha County Commission meeting during public input about saving his Lake Home’s swamp.
• Mike gets mad at the media for asking him if he controls the thermostat at Carnegie, but has NEVER answered the question to this day.
• Cameraman Bruce and I get press access to Sanders, Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton rallies yet the city still refuses to treat us like press.
• Touchmark at All Saints finally gets approval from the city council to build their expansion (and it is quite beautiful) now hopefully the tears will stop flowing down Phillips Avenue.
• The Terrace Park Neighborhood association is successful in stopping the destruction of paver stones, the city turns around and punishing them by putting off improvements for several years.
• While city hall celebrates the $27 million dollar RR relocation project it still does nothing to stop rail traffic through DT, in fact it will make it more frequent.
• The Lacey Neighborhood successfully fights the first bout with city hall over a development. They break with tradition by testifying on the topic before a first reading to council.
• We lose the battle with stopping the $25 million dollar city administration building allowing ONE PERSON to decide on borrowing the money.
• Andra Day rocks JazzFest.
• Detroit Lewis celebrates 25 years in this fine city, August 2016.
• I predict back in August that Huether may switch to independent.
• The F-35 Lemon Noise machine doesn’t pick Sioux Falls as a base option, and we can all hear a little better.
• After councilor Stehly gets gaveled by Council chair Rolfing, she comes back stronger then ever.
• City of Sioux Falls Health Department, REMSA and Paramedics Plus decide to implement a secret strategy for ambulance service. We still have no idea what it is.
• After millions of state and city taxdollars are dedicated to foundation park, the proposed developments pull out with NO signed purchase agreements.
• The Jesus Plows return while the city makes a maternity clothing store paint over carictures of pregnant women. Nobody can see the plows anyway since they have been sitting in a parking lot so far this winter.
• Like a cheap whore, the city parks department sells Spellerberg Park signage to a cable company setting precendent.
• Trump wins the Electoral College becoming the 45th president of the United States and the bott0m falls out of the SD Democratic Party, then they pat themselves on the back.
• The Indoor Aquatic Center opens with a package of lies and low attendance numbers.
• The city’s only daily paper has huge shakeups. Hopefully they recover.
• A sleepy DT neighborhood tries to stop a modest church sign, until the council approves it.
• The wind haters continue to win in Lincoln County, but it may go to a public vote.
• The city council decides to visit a local watering hole for some fish bowl drinks. One councilor that did not attend was embarrassed she wasn’t invited.