Guest Post – Mike Zitterich
Sioux Falls City Council Votes 5 to 3 to Not Rename the 6th Street Bridge to be Unity Bridge, December 19, 2023, Item #20 – led by City Councilor Curt Seohl, who believed that the process to which was utilized to discuss the renaming of the bridge was broken, he was further supported by Greg Neitzert, Pat Starr, Sarah Cole, and David Barranco. For now, the name of the bridge will continue to remain as the 6th Street Bridge, until further notice. Voting no today, does not keep us from renaming the bridge, but the discussions will proceed further into the future on whether or not we choose to wish to rename the bridge or not.
For now, it is nice to see the City Council fighting for the People of Sioux Falls in it’s Fight for Control of Public Policy.
Editor’s Note
I agree with Councilor Soehl and Pat Starr who commented on the naming that the word ‘Unity’ is very odd, but not surprising from a mayor who likes to play constant f’ing word games with everything he touches. As I said to someone, if you are giving peeps direction, you wouldn’t say ‘take the Unity bridge’ you would call it what it is, the 6th street bridge. Unbelievably moronic idea. I was surprised that NOT all 8 voted NO, but that would have required ‘Unity’ 🙂
I heard he also wants to change the name of Highway 11 to Harmony Highway 🙂
I also had to laugh when the staffer presenting the item said ‘We don’t normally take donations for infrastructure.’ Huh?
• Denny Sanford Premier Center
• Jacobsen Plaza
• Midco Aquatic Center
And many, many, more. Parks and entertainment facilities are owned by the taxpayers and maintained by the taxpayers, that would make them ‘infrastructure’.
Ironically the bridge is currently in the same position as our city government; CLOSED.