Par for the Course
l3wis 
2018
Kudos #3 for the TenHaken Administration today!
And the hits keep coming. Three DaCola ‘wins’ in one day for the TenHaken administration. His Deputy COS announced today that all the audio files for the Parks Board since 2016 are online with a promise to eventually go full audio/video.
See, transparency isn’t that hard, you just have to talk to the right programmers.
Mayor’s 4th of July Parade officially over!
Woot! Woot! The parade is still happening, but it has been turned over to the peeps.
Paul must be feeling pretty good, kudos from DaCola twice in one day.
Mayor TenHaken has changed the name of the 4th of July celebration and has officially made it about Independence instead of Narcissism.
Already issues with Primary Election
A South DaCola foot soldier told me there have been a couple of reports that the precinct at Hayward Elementary is supposed to allow voters from either District 9 OR 11 to vote there, but they only have ballots for ONE of the precincts (not sure which one).
I will keep you updated once I learn more.
Rapid City Mayor trying to sell his citizens on an empty promise
Rapid City residents are voting on a new Civic Center today, I have a feeling it will fail, but honestly I haven’t seen any polling so who knows.
But I really got a kick out of what mayor Allender said yesterday;
“Our economy can only grow with outside money, and that’s a significant source of outside money. Communities today also need to make sure they are paying attention to the quality of life issues. Large employers know this. And that is that they have trouble keeping, retaining and attracting young employee talent. That is only done through the amenities that the city has to offer,” Allender said.
Yeah, that was the song and dance we heard from our former mayor about the Denty. While it has been popular and operating well, it hasn’t made a dent in our economy. In fact I would argue it has been a vacuum. Since it’s inception our sales tax revenue has been down and the BID room tax has declined. Why? Well most of the revenue generated from the Denty goes to SMG, promoters and artists (out of town) while the rest of us foot the mortgage which gets ZERO offset from revenue.
I encourage RC voters to vote it down and don’t believe the hype. It will never ever pay for itself in NEW growth.