City officials say more information on a $150,000 marketing campaign aimed at addressing “nuisance behavior” and discouraging panhandling in downtown Sioux Falls is coming soon.
There have been several ‘rumored’ ordinances that are awaiting the council’s approval including making it illegal (trespassing/camping) in our parks. But why not have a public discussion where the citizens can offer solutions?
Asked for an update this week, TenHaken’s communications officer Vanessa Gomez said, “I would expect us to be able to share more in the next month or so.”
So what’s the big secret? If you are instituting new laws shouldn’t you tell the public in advance? My guess is that they are going to be very controversial and I wouldn’t doubt the ACLU gets involved. Just like the Brockhouse animals you are going to drop this in our laps at the last minute.
I told a city official last week that every country and community that has either solved homelessness or made virtually invisible did it one way; Transitional housing. I suggested the city buy four Tzadik properties on bank foreclosure, remodel them to be 1 bedroom and studios and gift them to the St. Francis house and offer them a yearly subsidy for handling the transitional housing. We seem to be throwing money at ad agencies to educate the public, but we are doing very little to actually help these folks. For $150K you could house 25 people for a year!
I suggest that moving forward, the council tells us what they are planning, and NOT next month, TODAY!
Okay, so between 8 am and 10 pm, how does a member of the public “trespass” a city park? From now on, are we just supposed to drive by a park and look at it? …. I guess that would work for the people near McKennan Park (It always does), however, maybe it could become the new “Loop.”
#CityPark:NoTrespassing!
( and Woodstock adds: “You know, I’ve heard of park littering, but not park loitering” …..
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If some individuals are prohibited from entering a park, it’s no longer a public park. Then squatters on unclaimed property can own it upon occupation.
Trump says there should be absolute ID for elections. Women cannot provide proof if their married name is not same as birth certificate. Future elections will be men only.
Trump plans to run for third term. Constitution states 2 terms only. Trump had 2nd term one day on January 6th 2025 when his forces took over Congress. This is his 3rd term. He’s not officially President.
We all know that a PSA aired on Midco during American Idol and Judge Judy will solve all of the city’s problems!
Reagan once said that the homeless want to be homeless, but apparently, it’s no walk in the park.
What if they just fenced off the entire vacant block at 18th and Minnesota, and then rounded up all of the homeless and put them behind the fencing, and then Noem could hold a press conference about illegals and deportation there… Perhaps, the trucker hat she would sport during this presser could read: ‘El Salvador or Bust!’
But don’t forget that Sioux Falls is a town with a statue in memory of Dr. King at a city park, but now our city may not allow the homeless into our parks…. But what was it that Dr. King once said about “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere?”
“If you ask me, Noem should just go back to working at Sunshine”….
Maybe you should have to have proof of Sioux Falls citizenship to mingle in one of our city parks, but where would one get such proof?…. Perhaps, one should have to take a citizenship test to become a citizen of Sioux Falls with questions like the following:
1) Why was the Bunker Ramp built?
2) Whose mini fridge should you never touch in this town?
3) Is it a fence or a wall?
4) Duluth & Minnesota, and 18th & Minnesota, why are they both vacant?
5) In what year will that promised Trader Joe’s make it to downtown Sioux Falls?
6) Was it a 300 or a 500-year flood event?
7) What was that Badlands Pawn thing all about?
8) What is the easiest way to get on the local news, A) Own a food truck, B) Own a local boutique, or C) Order the
$55 Burger Battle burger?
9) What’s the difference between an e-bike and a Moped?
10) Were the dead stuffed animals a part of Trumps deportation plan?
11) What HS Secretary once worked at a local Sunshine?
12) Who is not from Sioux Falls, Mamie Van Doren, January Jones, or Myron Floren?
13) Why is David naked?
14) Just how tall could the Great Shots legally be, which is very near the airport?
15) Why is the county fair, which is in Sioux Falls, not in Sioux Falls?
16) How often is a mountain lion spotted in Sioux Falls?
17) When was the last time we had a mayor who was born in Sioux Falls?
18) Who was real, Captain Eleven or Captain Caribou?
19) Was getting rid of the GermanFest a part of the anti-DEI movement?
20) Why did Sheryl Crow once perform at the JazzFest?
21) What mayor tried to make the rectangular mayor’s office look like an oval one?
22) What are the most tornadoes that a town can have in one night?
23) Does Hot Harley Nights make Sturgis jealous?
24) Which one is not true, that Dylan went to Washington High, the Cowboys once played at Howard Wood, or
that the plane that once crashed into the Empire State Building was actually headed to the Sioux Falls Air
Base?
25) What is a load-bearing wall and why should we care?
26) Was it some armyworms or some zombies that once invaded Sioux Falls?
27) Why did that West Fargo contractor once tell Sioux Falls to ‘Fxck-off?’
28) Who is known to have robbed Sioux Falls, local developers, local contractors, or John Dillinger?
29) Why was it important to get a Chic-fil-A in Sioux Falls during the pandemic?
30) Is the Sanford a hospital or a golf tournament?