Brandon

Talk about getting your ass handed to you (H/T – Craig)

l3wis October 30, 2013 16Comments

Craig: “Not that anyone reads things beyond the first page of this blog, but the Brandon bond vote failed horribly.  Those in support of the new park managed to collect less than 7% of the vote.  That’s right – over 93% of the voters voted against a 12.5MM park that would have added $300 in taxes per $100k of value.

Saw this one coming from eight miles away.  Just another example of how out of touch city leaders are from the citizens.”

BRANDON, SD – It’s back to the drawing board for Brandon’s City Council and its plans for a city park.

1,940 ballots cast Tuesday voted against plans for a $12-million renovation to Aspen Park.

134 voters were in favor of the proposal to updated the town’s pool and add softball and baseball fields.

If the bond had passed it would’ve added $300 in property taxes per $100,000 of value.

WOW! I knew this would probably fail, but the bigger failure is the proposed plan the Brandon city council came up with. It reminds me of when the SF city council approves of something and the public is strongly opposed, or vice versa, like snowgates. The Spring municipal election should be very telling of just how much the public agrees with their local government officials. Apparently in Brandon, they don’t have much confidence in their proposals.

And you think the EC is gonna cost us? (H/T-FF)

l3wis August 17, 2013 15Comments

There isn’t a property tax increase that Brandon (Weirdsville) doesn’t love. About $400 a year increase to build a Softball field. What a genius idea 🙁 What’s next, a wheel tax increase to help fund Automania?

I honestly don’t know if our property taxes are high or not compared to other locations, I just haven’t worried about it.  However, this week the Brandon City Council is outlining a bond proposal that will be voted on in October.  The issue?  To me, the issue is little town envy of our big cousin to the west. We have one stinkin’ hotel.  We have no good restaurants.  It’s not like Brandon is a tourist Mecca.  However, the brilliant powers that be have decided that Brandon needs to compete with Sioux Falls and other surrounding cities for the softball tournaments that bring in outside folks.

We already have a nice large park with multiple softball fields in the complex.  However, the “softball lobby” in Brandon is pushing for a massive upgrade.  How massive?  A $14 million renovation, to be mostly funded by a proposed bond measure.  The measure would call for $12.5 million to be raised, paid for over 10 years by a $3 per $1,000 house valuation increase on property taxes.

Imagine that, a city not spending money until they have it in their hands

l3wis May 27, 2009 5Comments

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