I had a good laugh today at the end of SDPTV’s broadcast of Noem’s State of the Union. After the speech, the SDPTV team interviews 4 different legislators in the last 10 minutes, and as they are closing the live stream, Brian Allen and a cameraman come stumbling in on the shot (like they just got there). They really need to get the cameraman a bag, heck even a 5 gallon pail may be handy.
I am hearing rumors that the city is either getting a settlement or has already received it from this lawsuit (2019);
Sioux Falls officials have filed federal lawsuits against a number of companies, including 3M and DuPont, for toxic chemicals discovered in the city’s groundwater.
Hopefully citizens will get to see the settlement, and hopefully they put the money towards sustainability, once they figure out what that word means.
This will be an interesting study showing wear future expansion would be for the shared use trail. There has been talk to try out a walking path between Paisley Park and Spencer Dog Park separate from the main path.
As I was watching the planning preview for the city (FF: 5:00) they had on the housing specialist for the city and he talked about the continued success of community development loans (duh). He admitted those loans and endowment built from repayments is around $1 million a year. I have been saying for a long time the city needs to implement a pilot program targeting the neighborhoods in most need with community development loans. The housing guru also admitted that cleaning up current affordable housing stock is a lot cheaper then creating new spaces. (also duh)
I have often been baffled about a program that works so well doesn’t have millions thrown at it each year. As governor Hair Extensions would say, “Federal money has strings attached.” Yeah, they actually expect the programs to help PEOPLE and not just DEVELOPERS.
The city has had a tool for decades to clean up neighborhoods in this city and have only used kid gloves applying it. Why?! If something works, you run with it.
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