Every Single South Dakota Democrat shows up to the convention
l3wis Here is the picture. They all fit in the frame.
August 2024
Talk about padding your resume
As I have said here before, there is a rumor floating around that the mayor’s COS is running for mayor. Well she has been busy padding her resume;
I have the honor of serving the City of Sioux Falls and Mayor Paul TenHaken as Chief of Staff. I partner with Mayor TenHaken on developing strategic initiatives, enhancing community relations, and driving the execution of key organizational operations. Drawing from two decades of professional experience, I specialize in vision casting*, conflict resolution, and solving complex problems, all in the service of the organization, the community, and the state I love.
The irony is that the council in conjunction with the mayor’s office creates policy, well at least that is how it is supposed to work. Erica’s form of ‘leadership’ kinda sounds like a ‘dictatorship’. She IS running our city as an UNELECTED government official and it’s wrong.
* “Vision casting” is the act of communicating a clear and compelling vision of the future to a group of people, to inspire and motivate them to work toward a shared goal.
How’s that working out for yah?
Is the City of Sioux Falls going to make homelessness illegal?
I was having a random convo today with someone who works closely with our homeless brothers and sisters and I asked him about the ‘busload of transients’. He did confirm to me that a bus did show up, from Minnesota with South Dakota tribal members who were homeless in the cities, at least that is what he gathered from talking with some of them.
Then he randomly says after he told me there was a big meetin’ with the mayor and the other non-profits who work with transients that Paul plans to make homelessness illegal. I asked, ‘How do they intend to make homelessness illegal?’ He replied that they are going to put signs* in public spaces, parks, etc. that says there is NO sleeping in the parks and they will be served with a trespassing violation. In other words the TAXPAYERS and the counties will be on the hook for the fines, etc.
There is a better solution, have the non-profits set up night teams that go out with a van and pick these people up from the parks. I also think the city, state and county need to fund an emergency shelter where people can check in, pass out and have no questions asked. Not everyone needs to be saved by Jesus, I’m just sayin’.
*I find it funny they plan to have these signs installed by October 1st. Good luck with that, they still haven’t figured out how to put up proper speed signage in the parks so I’m guessing when the dude said October, he meant 2025.
Sioux Falls Mayor TenHaken is a complete phony
I find the irony and hypocrisy, as Greg Belfrage says 1000x every morning, unbelievable.
Kind of looks like his staff want him to appear ‘arty’. But as far as I am concerned anyone who censors art loses their art cred. You are a FRAUD and a HYPOCRITE.
So after the mayor rejects a mural that gets accepted by the Smithsonian he decides to mentor this kid. While I found the 2nd chance to be great, it’s the person delivering the chance, MAYOR TENHAKEN, one of the must corrupt and culturally mute persons in this city.
How about giving those ladies a 2nd chance?