Sioux Falls
We can’t cut taxes because we won’t be able to help the homeless?!
Now Councilor Knudson is claiming if we drop the 2nd penny tax back down to 1.9 we won’t be able to help the homeless.
(Click on Council/County Joint meeting, November 17 – Starts at 44:00 MIN)
You can also watch Munson do the Mexican hat dance with Commissioner Hajek about funding (50:00 MIN). Which is ironic, considering the county isn’t offering any figures.
First off, De, you told us we had to raise this tax to build NEW ROADS! That’s it! Not for homeless shelters, so cut the crap. As for the homeless shelter, I am 100% for it. I agree with Hajek, that this is an investment in safety and savings to the taxpayers in chronic homeless costs. The longer we dick around with finding a location and funding, the more taxpayers are losing. In fact Councilor Anderson and had a great discussion about it. I told him, and he agreed the best place for it would be next to the Law Enforcement center. Budget the money, stop the pissing matches with the county commission, lock yourselves in a room and negotiate a funding and location solution.
As for where the money should come from? Cut the parks budget to make it happen.
See how simple these things are when you use common sense.
Cutting $5 Million from a $412 Million dollar budget would have been a snap.
But Councilor Litz doesn’t think so.
I think he has been locked up in Munson’s bullet proof closet for too long.
Inside Town Hall – November 10, 2008Council Members Kermit Staggers and Bob Litz: Citizen Initiative Reducing the Sales Tax and Shape Sioux Falls. Council Members Litz and Staggers discuss the 2nd penny sales tax and other topics.