Public Input Continues tonight at Club David
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Week three. Long meeting tonight. Gobs of controversial issues.
August 2018
Don’t bring snakes to public festival
You thought the people who leave guns in unlocked cars were idiots? Well they had some people top them over the weekend.
There is a reason JazzFest bans dogs/pets. Your dogs don’t want to be there, it’s hot, it makes them nervous and they could hurt someone or another dog. But some people don’t seem to get the message at DTSF festivals. The dogs were on display once again. Several barking at each other, some hiding under picnic tables in fear and some so hot and miserable it was pathetic.
But besides the ignoramus dog owners, there were a couple of guys that decided it was OK to bring their Pythons to Riverfest around thousands of people. When one of the guys walked past me, I just turned to him and said, “You are an idiot.” I guess there would be no other way to describe them.
While I am not scared of pet snakes, many people have extreme phobias, and with all the dogs down there, it was a recipe for disaster.
It was obvious these clems were trying to get attention by dragging their snakes to Riverfest but next time I highly suggest you leave them at the trailer park with your other exotic pets, Keystone beer and X-Box games.
I encourage DTSF to implement a NO pets policy from now on at ALL of their festivals because apparently some people are too stupid to realize you don’t bring snakes to public festivals.
You wonder how some people make it through life.
Sioux Falls School Bond issue supporters have begun robo calls
I have heard from at least two people that they have gotten robo calls about the school bond issue. One was a push poll the other was asking them to vote yes.
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. There will be a lot of money and effort spent to get this passed, several important people in town have a lot at stake and a lot of money to make.
Maher made the point yesterday that they will have the contractor and architectural bids completely open (ironically this transparency is a requirement by law). When someone has a $190 million of taxpayer money to be spent locally, I guarantee the banksters, realtors, contractors, developers and engineers will be lining up to the trough. Remember, these public projects pay well and it is a reliable source of income.
It seems these days if the hospitals or the government wasn’t building, the contractors in town wouldn’t have much to do.
Just look at the recent past and future;
EC – $115 Mil
Pool – $25 Mil
Admin – $25 Mil
Water Treatment – $230 Mil
Downtown Hotel/Parking Ramp – $50 Mil ($20 mil public)
Schools – $190 Mil
Jail – $48 Mil
That is over $600 Million in public projects in less than a decade. When you tack on interest you are plenty South of a Billion dollars.
Sioux Falls City Council Agenda, Aug 21, 2018
There will be presentations on the Health Department, Planning and Development, Affordable Housing and Transit.
Item #1, Approval of Contracts;
The city is looking at sending out Mass Notification text messages about important emergencies, etc. I hope one of the city councilors pulls this item so we have more explanation on what this all encompasses.
Item #22, Resolution, Capital Budget Adoption, 2019.
I suspect some convo on this one.
Item #38-39, Ordinance, 2nd Reading, Railyard Redevelopment Overlay District.
Item #43, 1st Reading, Lifescape Parking.
Item #44, 1st Reading, Apartment rezoning. This is a highly controversial item. I expect a lot of dissent from the neighbors. They want to build a large senior living apartment complex in an established neighborhood with water drainage issues. This is the item the Planning Commission threw the flaming football to the city council claiming they had a ‘legal right’ to approve this, even though commissioner Paulson voted ‘NO’.
Item #51, Motion. WTF!? I have NO clue what this is.
Item #53, Motion to approve new city attorney. It is interesting that COS Beck signed this for the mayor.
