They will make them in the meeting tomorrow.
I have heard that the final recommendations DO NOT include any residential concerns for distances, even though there was tons of public input about keeping a good distance from residences. Can’t wait to hear the debate that occurs at the meeting tomorrow.
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Expectation of community rights by residents, is it a right?
When this group of concerned citizens are gaveled together by Councilman Rick Kiley on July 2m 2015 we find them having to ask hard questions and hear real concerns.
You know who we don’t get real answers from? Shawna and Jeff are evasive as ever.
We have billboard company reps here with real concerns for their future and citizens who are worried about their ability to sleep in their own homes due to all night every night lightening type storms. How would you like to have your home of twenty years all of a sudden bombarded with crazy light shows at 2am?
We have an expectation of safety in our homes. We have an expectation of peace when we sleep. Just because a non-caring city official changes the color of a dot on a map without properly letting us know, we can no longer have peace or safety?
What do you think?
More street improvements in Hizzoner’s hood.
There’s been rumors that the street he lives on has been worked on several times since he has been mayor.
It’s good to be King.
The Billboard Committee met again today at City Hall in the old commission chambers, THIS time they decided to have open discussion BEFORE adjournment. After Steve Young with the Argus does a story about last meetings’ open discussion being video taped after adjournment and the possible violation of open meetings laws (which city officials denied), they decide this time around discussion will occur during the official meeting (but hey, they didn’t do anything wrong last time) just correcting something that wasn’t broken.
Funny.
During ‘Ask the Dictator . . . uh, I mean Mayor’ (FF:19:32). He says;
“You know Sioux Falls, we don’t have to wait for the street sweepers to come by and sweep our streets, we don’t have to, ah, if you got leaves or junk in your curb or gutter, hey, go out there and sweep it up . . .
I think sometimes we rely on government so much to do the work for us, when we are so capable to do the work ourselves . . .”
He also went on to claim that they are sweeping the streets three times a year. I don’t think so.
I will have the mayor know, that I do go sweep my own curb, several times a year, but I usually have to use a scoop shovel, because there is so much crap, and while I don’t take issue with that, I take issue with your statement about ‘depending on government’ to do our work for us.
1) The streets are owned by the city and we pay taxes to have them maintained. This includes repair, resurfacing, snowplowing and YES sweeping.
2) The city maintains a public works department responsible for street maintenance, our taxes buy the street sweeping equipment and YES, pay the operators to run the machines.
Do I expect government to do everything for me? Not at all, but when I am paying into government to perform a service, I expect it to be done.
Locally I figured I spent about $2,800 in taxes (sales/property) last year. If I sweep my own street (which I do quite often) do I get a discount?
As for government ‘expecting’ to do things for us, you are right. I don’t expect things like;
– $500,000 to an indoor tennis center so 102 members have a place like that.
– $24 Million to an indoor pool
– $115 Million for an entertainment facility
Government’s first expectation is to provide services for the taxes we pay (like sweeping the streets) Not to entertain us.
Once again, the mayor demonstrates his skewed priorities.