Comedy fun Sunday @ The Bonus Round
l3wis 
2018
Big Bird in McKennan Park Update
PODS showed up over a week ago in front of the Monster yellow house and it seems crews have been ‘salvaging’ items (hardware, fixtures, etc.) out of the house. I got word today that the windows will also be removed and instead of moving the house, demolition will likely occur.
I guess we will have to see.
Sioux Falls City Council Agenda – June 5, 2018
City Council Informational Meeting – 4 PM
There is 3 presentations and an executive session, but NO linked documents in SIRE yet. Which is ironic since one of the presentations has to do with SIRE. The other two presentations will be about the USD Discovery Center and Compensation study with the city.
Regular Council meeting – 7 PM
After the council gets past the 85 alcohol licensing renewals and transfers and some rezones, we move to;
Items #109 & 111. In one last final gift to SMG, Huether digs up $500K of supplemental appropriations for the Convention Center for a new AV system out of the Entertainment tax, which they claim SMG generates anyway.
Amend the Other Capital Expenditures Program by adding AV equipment upgrade in 2018. The estimated cost is $500,000 and will require an increase in appropriations that will be funded by the Entertainment Tax Fund using funds contributed by SMG.
Funny, I thought the consumer was the one contributing the tax and SMG was the one collecting it.
Item #114, New council appointments;
Pat Starr & Theresa Stehly to SECOG, Appointed for a term from July 2018 until June 2019.
Janet Brekke, Greg Neitzert, Rick Kiley and Pat Starr to UDC, Appointed for a term from July 2018 until June 2019.
Item #115, New Audit Committee appointments;
Greg Neitzert, Rick Kiley, Curt Soehl and Theresa Stehly. Appointed for a term from July 2018 to June 2019.
There is also a Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday at 6 PM.
What we know about Gear Up
When I hear someone like Russ Janklow say that Noem is running a negative campaign against Jackley, you just kind of scratch your head. While I don’t agree with everything Noem has said in her campaign, pointing out the truth about the DCI coverup is not negative campaigning, it’s the truth. Why doesn’t Jackley bring up the millions in farm subsidies that Noem’s family has received over the years?
Much of the same could be said about his other scandals, like EB-5, the Mette Rape case or Gear Up.
Here’s what we know for sure about Gear Up;
• Barely any Native American students benefitted from Gear Up.
According to Michael Wyland of Nonprofit Quarterly,
“Disturbingly, while the GEAR UP program reported serving several thousand low-income, predominantly Native American students prepare for success in postsecondary education, not a single student receiving special education services was served during the 2005-2011 period. We now know the original grant application stressed equitable participation in program services and even documented the percentage of special education students in each of the two dozen schools to be served.â€
• When Jackley was questioned about the missing safe at the Westerhuis’s house that could have important MCEC information in it, he said, “Jackley believes it was most likely destroyed in the fire, but could have been stolen or moved somewhere else by Scott Westerhuis.â€
• Gear Up started in 2005, the GEAR UP grant did not have an effective system of collecting data or consistently tracking performance. South Dakotans simply do not know, through data, whether the millions of dollars of grant funds helped Native American students prepare for or succeed in college.
• Whatever happened to the missing millions in consulting fees?
When will Jackley really investigate this mess? If ever? Just another scandal he continues to sweep under the rug. Hopefully he will have more time on his hands after June 5th.
Samantha Bee should be fired as soon as they fire Rush, Hannity and all the other bigot conservative talking heads
Here we go again, a liberal (comedian) calls Ivanka Trump a female body part and the conservative talking heads are freaking out.
First off, I watch Sam’s show. I like it, she has good writers and she has good delivery. I also liked her on the Daily Show and was glad she got her own show. I will admit though, if you are conservative or don’t like potty mouths DON’T WATCH IT. If you think Sam saying the ‘C’ word is over the top you obviously don’t watch her show. I’m sure she drops about 5-6 F-Bombs per episode and a lot of other words you are not going to hear on regular TV.
As for comparing her to Roseanne is far-fetched. First off, as I have pointed out, this is what Sam does, and has from the beginning, she is a liberal slant comedian who hates Trump. She REALLY hates him, and she has writers who run the script through producers. While her use of the English language was VILE, it wasn’t racist, maybe a little sexist, but not racist. I think it is pretty clear when you are a celebrity white person and you call a black person an ‘ape’ that is racist. A female calling another female a body part is NOT racist.
But lastly, what sticks in my craw about all this is that Rush and Hannity and all the other conservative talking heads (who are NOT scripted and NOT comedians) say racist crap non-stop, everyday! Rush has been doing it for over 20 years! I remember, I used to have to listen to him when I worked Saturday’s at KWSN part-time. I would play ‘the best of the week’ reel. He made me ill than, and continues to make me ill. He is a disgusting, bigot, POS, pig and should have been fired years ago.
Some on the right may say the problem with our country (no pun intended) are comedians like Samantha when in fact our country has gone down the racist rabbit hole because we have let people like Rush spew their BS Hate for far too long.
If you want Sam to quit or get fired for her comments, than we need to go down the line and get rid of Rush and the rest of his ilk.