March 2024

I hope Lifelight is paying the taxpayers of Sioux Falls rent

l3wis March 17, 2024 4Comments

Since Lifelight is considered a ‘religious’ and ‘non-profit’ organization if they are using public property there should be some kind of compensation to taxpayers for cleanup, traffic control and general safety. Not to mention the buckets WILL be passed in the park.

When Jazzfest was in full operation I do believe they paid the city each year thousands of dollars for those services (the fees varied each year by how much the council and mayor liked the event 🙁

I don’t take issue with Lifelight using the park, I also don’t take issue with people who want to worship in a park. The Levitt, a facility owned by taxpayers, is rented frequently for worship events.

But Lifelight should NOT be using the park rent FREE because they are friends with the mayor.

UPDATE: I guess Lenin’s Tomb at the Zoo advisory board is still meeting . . .

l3wis March 15, 2024 6Comments

UPDATE: I also found out that the agenda for the meeting wasn’t posted until 18 hours before the meeting after the attorney, Moore, told them he had a report about the trusts. Now if you are wondering if they needed to follow the 24 hour public notice rule, they are claiming they don’t have to because this is a ‘working group’. I am not buying it, it is a public meeting, with public officials in a public building in a public setting. You can call your group The He Man Woman Haters Club and it wouldn’t matter, you have to public notice.

I guess Moore gave the report ‘orally’ at the meeting. Attendees that were outside of the room when he was presenting said they could feel and hear a very loud sucking sound.

Orignal Post

I know, most peeps didn’t know about the meeting, because the Mayor’s office buried the agenda on his secret page, because, you know, he HATES open government and transparency, probably wipes his behind with executive session minutes.

But this little tidbit was interesting;

• Legal Opinion – James Moore

Basically the city was researching trusts, and Moore ‘probably’ told them they have nothing to worry about. You can give Lenin’s brood away with no concerns.

The ‘scenario’ being thrown around is the collection will come under a ‘LLC’ and be SOLD to a private entity that will disperse the collection to private collectors.

I think the collection should be preserved for scientific purposes, but private collections, no way.

I actually think we should take some of the better specimens and work them into a diorama around an aquarium. But the ‘specials’ in town stroking Poops have no desire for the public to benefit from the scientific study of endangered species, it’s way over their heads like fashion, style, ethics, morality, grammar and coherent thoughts.

Conservatives hate science, because it shoots holes in their theocratic theories.

Like I have said in the past, I don’t care about dusty monkeys with arsenic snot in their dead noses, but the way local government is handling this even makes monkeys blush.

Deffenbaugh & Renville move mountains at Sioux Falls City Council Candidate Forum

l3wis March 14, 2024 4Comments

The only thing that bothered me the most at the city council candidate forum tonight is that most people will not see it before they vote.

And that the TWO best candidates in this race are running for the same seat (even though both of those Chuckles could have ran in districts and WON!)

Allison and Jordan ruled the forum, but not for the reasons you would think. Their experiences as citizen and social justice advocates shown thru.

I was thoroughly impressed!

When Jordan brought up he was the founding member of Strongtowns in Sioux Falls, I really got it, I tried to bring Strongtowns to Sioux Falls shortly after it was formed, but people didn’t get it. I am so proud of Jordan for pursuing it and instituting the movement in Sioux Falls. He did something I could not. I am crediting the hair farm and mustache 🙂

In fact, when you listened to the two of them talk about improving our community, it was 100% positive and chocked full of solutions.

WTF don’t we have more peeps like this running for office!? And more importantly why are they not winning handily?

Oh that’s right, social justice and transparency are not high on Dutch Reform Knuckleheads list.

*on a side note, I will say I am disappointed that I cannot find this forum on social media for replay, and of course, the city’s video is NOT posting, which once again shows the administration’s militant opposition to transparency. In fact only ONE candidate brought up transparency in government tonight, David Z. Until we have it, we don’t have a functioning government.

I was also pleasantly surprised by NW candidate Jennifer Sigette, who has already won her seat, but decided to show up to the forum to show constituents who she is, and I was impressed. Unfortunately, Ryan Spellerberg in the SW district who also was unchallenged and already won his seat, did NOT show up tonight. Must of had some big TIF meeting tonight.

April 9th in Sioux Falls will be just another ordinary day

l3wis March 14, 2024 1Comments

Financial Bizzo pulls fast one on Planning Department and City Council

l3wis March 14, 2024 0Comments

Remember the upstanding business owner a few months back who needed to move one of his rental homes so he could expand his parking lot? Well guess what? They have no intention of expanding, and the rumor is they already bought a new building and are moving.

So it seems the secret intent of the property owner was to get this rezoned commercial so he could sell it that way. Which is clever on his part, but not sure I would trust my finances with an individual who can’t even be upfront and forward with government officials when requesting a rezone.

I asked several councilors if there is any remedy to this since he probably lied to the council, planning staff and planning commission about expansion.

NOPE. Once it has been rezoned it is done deal and little Mr. Pants on Fire gets to walk away unscathed.

Sometimes I wonder why people lie about the dumbest things.