December 2018

Former Operations Manager of Pavilion finds a job, in Michigan

l3wis December 15, 2018 0Comments

It looks like Jon Loos got a job at the Midland Center for the Arts in north central Michigan. I guess he couldn’t find anything in SD. Say what you want about Jon, but it further shows how the Pavilion takes management, grinds them up than boots them out of town.

Jon Loos Vice PresidentÂ & Chief Operating Officer

It looks like the place he works is similar to the Pavilion, museum and theater and about 50 years old. I wonder what kind of shape the place is in?

I think Jon hasn’t worked at the Pavilion for about a year and half. Good Luck, I’m sure you will be missed . . . .

SF City Council Sioux Falls

Did the city change Agenda sequence after pressure from Cameraman Bruce?

l3wis December 14, 2018 0Comments

When the new SIRE program came online recently, Bruce noticed some major changes;

I’d still like to have an understanding why we have to start a new numbering system, reusing previously assigned numbers? No one with any understanding of normalizing data would do this. Are we to forever have the current vendor holding this mess over the city forever?

The video indexing / numbering issues are serious. I’d still like to have an understanding why the upgrade system had to start reusing previously assigned numbers previously used. From a data management design, makes no sense. No one with any understanding of normalizing data would do this. In time, this reuse will cause data confusion and system crashes.

The agenda started using lettering under numbers, and different sequence numbers (it has mysteriously disappeared), it seems in the most recent meeting they dropped it, and scrubbed it from past meetings.

Who changed the past agendas from letters back to numbers? Who authorized this?

They kept it in the planning meetings.

Why did they do that? The decisions on how the meetings are organized and posted should be a decision made by the council’s operations committee and voted on by the entire city council. It seems those pesky charter rules are getting the way of progress.

SF City Council Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Parks and Rec

E-Bikes Good, but let’s go a step further

l3wis December 14, 2018 1Comments

A few years ago at a neighborhood meeting with former mayor Bucktooth & Bowlcut, David Z had a fantastic idea. Why not make the bike trail 24/7 instead of closing it at 10 PM. His argument was simple, many people use it as a form of transit. Many people work different hours in our community. With the proper lighting on bicycles, why can’t commuters use it 24/7?

I would like to take it further, and start installing solar lighting. The Parks department already plows the trail in the winter (thank you). So why not make it functional all the time? It should be explored.

I agree the E-Bike ordinance is a good idea, now let’s truly modernize our bike trail.

Developers Development Downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls

Is the Lloyd Companies using city property as staging grounds?

l3wis December 14, 2018 9Comments

I took the screenshots below of the construction site of Lloyd’s project, Cascade. It looks as though they are using Falls Park East as staging grounds. I wonder if they are leasing the property? Maybe they are?

While they did give us leftover dirt for the Levitt project (so they wouldn’t have to pay to haul it off). They also got a massive TIF for the project, and the taxpayers sat on the land for over a decade with NO property tax revenue coming in, and no good faith money, just a promise and a song. Hopefully they will re-seed before they pull up.

Billie Sutton Democrats

What is Bille Sutton up to?

l3wis December 14, 2018 3Comments

I got word this week about a special project some young Dem leaders are working on in SD;

In one post-election pitch, Sutton wrote that he wasn’t just building a campaign, but a movement that will “keep going and keep fighting for our shared priorities.” Sutton tells The Associated Press that he doesn’t have plans right now to run for anything else, but he says to expect to hear more from him in coming months.

All I have been told is that Billie is just one cog in the wheel and the project is pretty major. Sorry, I wish I had more.

I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Former Operations Manager of Pavilion finds a job, in Michigan

Did the city change Agenda sequence after pressure from Cameraman Bruce?

E-Bikes Good, but let’s go a step further

Is the Lloyd Companies using city property as staging grounds?

What is Bille Sutton up to?

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