• Sioux Falls hosts Pheasant Fest for the first time, yet no one stays at our hotels for the event.
• Trains running through DTSF have two derailments this year, but nobody seems to be worried. Maybe that’s why Billion pulled out?
• Sioux Steel announces big redevelopment project Downtown. Maybe we will finally get our secret hidden park back?
• Nobody in the city knows if an actual safety study of Falls Park has been done after a little girl drowns. First it WAS done, than it was mis-information, than it was a training exercise, than lastly it was just an ‘Oral’ report. We finally got a real study done last month (that didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already knew).
• Mayoral Candidate Loetscher proposes Police Precincts, the TenHaken campaign beats her up over it, than after becoming mayor proposes precincts but calls them by a different name.
• Council Candidate Brekke holds news conference about the mayor’s Executive Orders and gag order on city employees.
• Legacy Developments ‘tries’ to blame the media and blogs for their negative image. I guess that building collapse and illegal asbestos removal had nothing to do with it.
• Argus Leader endorses TWO mayoral candidates before runoff. WTF?
• Several city election candidates violate sign ordinances by posting signs in the city owned boulevard (parking strip).
• Mayoral Candidate Jim Entenman spends a record $41.40 per vote and gets his ass handed to him.
• Liquor license parking seems to be the new trend for the rich and well connected, first Sanford then the Lamont companies.
• TenHaken campaign donor has his children donate thousands to campaign to skirt donation limit rules. Slimy.
• The GOP hate machine, once again gets involved in a non-partisan mayoral race. They know no limits. Slimeballs.
• TenHaken’s 100 day plan goes to Sh*t!
• Former Republican Lavallee co-chairs TenHaken’s mayoral campaign, than runs as Lt. Governor for Sutton’s campaign. Only in South Dakota.
• Highlight of the year, interviewing Mayor Pete Beuttigieg;
• Mayor Huether gets nominated for a Golden Padlock award for the Secret Siding Settlement. He doesn’t win.
• Rex Rolfing exits the city council than runs for District 13 and gets beat by a newbie. Thank Gaia.
• Transparency is promised by the new council and mayor, we are still waiting.
• Mr. Bendo moves, but told his pipe holding is a violation of sign code. The ridiculous notion gets sorted out.
• Newly Elected Mayor TenHaken appoints former Developer Executive his COS. Didn’t see that one coming. Yeah right. He also appoints a partisan hack as deputy COS who in his free time enjoys bashing liberals on FB.