If you didn’t believe my claims of cruise control government here is one more reason to believe;
Sioux Falls City Councilor Marshall Selberg will return to his role as chairman of the body in his final year behind the dais.
The second-term city councilor, who terms out of office in spring 2024, is expected to be selected as chairman of the Council Tuesday by his peers at Carnegie Town Hall.
It’s anticipated first-term Councilor Rich Merkouris will be tapped to serve as vice chair.
While it should be NO surprise the council figures out who will be in leadership before the vote, they usually don’t go running to the media before a vote is even taken. I heard about a week ago that Jensen was NOT going to be tapped for council chair and he was okay with it. The back door plan was to put Selberg back in the role to not only block Jensen but Starr from the position.
In fact, there was so much chatter about it, I am not surprised Dakota Scout did a story about it. But the real story is that the council was very adamant about NOT having Jensen serve as council chair and Selberg was the backup plan.
Personally I think all the cattle wrangling could have been done out in the open and this deciding leadership in advance and running to the media before a vote is taken is unacceptable. I hope at least ONE councilor mentions the media link before the vote.
As I have said in the past; these folks know how to win elections, just not what to do once they have attained victory.