The short answer is YES. And why? Well because we built the bunker ramp even though every single person in this town told Poops to back out on the deal. So now we will be paying MORE for parking DTSF because of the horrible decisions of the city council and TWO MAYORS! Maybe we need to put in a sex meter at the bunker ramp, that would generate a lot of funny money.
Loved this quote in an article about how Poops changed the liquor license process to highest bidder;
“While we are excited to be able to move forward with our business plans, the costs incurred simply to have the ability to serve liquor is a massive financial strain,” De Jong said.
“A great city is made of great small businesses, and that includes bars. The current sealed bid process is not small-business friendly, and I’m afraid that’s going to impact the type of establishments we see opening in the future.”
He said he’d like to see the city move back to a waitlist model “but with more vetting and stricter regulations on usage and resell” while discouraging bidders who ultimately don’t intend to open an establishment and see the license as an opportunity for resale.
I have said all along we need to get rid of permanent liquor licenses that are bought and sold on the free market like booty prizes and do a yearly licensing fee. But the morons in Pierre will never figure this out.
In Politics: The Democratic National Convention begins in 10 days. President Joe Biden’s withdrawal as the Democratic Presidential Nominee and his replacement with Kamala Harris has sent most Democrats into a state of Euphoria. So far polls have justified their more optimistic mood and their dreams of success have extended into hopes of winning the House and maintaining their Majority in the Senate. We hope the polls are right and Democratic momentum continues through their Convention and on to Election Day in November. One thing we are sure of, Republicans and their 34 time convicted felon of a Presidential Candidate will do anything to win. It will be a grind but with hard work there is reason to have faith that Kamala Harris and Democratic candidates run the table and our Democratic System maintains itself.
In Politics: In South Dakota: I still wait for signs of a campaign, any campaign, by South Dakota Democratic candidates and The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) without much success.
On the Voter Registration front in South Dakota, so far in August the Democratic Party has added 129 voters to its voter roll while the GOP added 778. The SDDP has stopped its decline and improved its game but it is still falling further behind and losing the race badly.
Under Tim, this is what Minnesotan’s have received;
• Full minimum wage for hospitality workers (it’s half that in SD)
• Childcare funding and free food for ALL school kids
• Legal Rec MJ
• Full Reproductive rights
• Third best state economy in the nation (SD ranks around 30).
And over the next few months we will be hearing more about his stellar record in Minnesota while our governor wanders around a gravel pit looking for something to shoot.
It was quite possibly the most ludicrous campaign comment I have heard in a long time. When Poops was running for his first term he did a Q & A with other candidates at Democratic Forum and when asked what he would do about the Dudley House, he made the above comment.
It is obviously not working out for him.
Also, a rumor that has gotten a lot of traction is that Oklahoma sent a couple busloads of Native American homeless folks to South Dakota because ‘we have more resources’ for Natives. What happened next was a massive brawl between Lakota tribal members and natives from Oklahoma.
How does this happen? Lack of leadership, that we will get to in a moment.
If you talk to downtown business owners they will tell you, it is killing business. I was riding Friday and Saturday night downtown (First Friday) and it was pretty mediocre for crowds. Normally First Fridays downtown in the summer are packed.
So we are talking about homelessness Downtown Sioux Falls and the mayor said he was ‘over it’. That is great leadership. NOT!
But in this article, obviously written by Poops’ media staff, he contradicts his feelings on the homeless, just look at these obvious competing quotes;
“Quite honestly, I’m over it,” TenHaken said.
“I’m very passionate about this issue right now,” TenHaken said.
So you don’t care but you are passionate? Huh? You are so full of it, it oozes from your ears and your staff can’t even scoop the bullsh!t away.
We have a homeless issue downtown, isn’t that obvious? Yet our part-time mayor just throws his hands in the air and says let someone else handle it. He should have been on the phone with our DC delegation to have them send a very curt message to the Oklahoma delegation, “The next time a bus shows up from your state, we are going to refuel it, order takeout for the passengers and send them back.”
That’s leadership, not just doing jumping jacks at a middle school.
This of course is no surprise, our city government is so dysfunctional now I even have folks who don’t follow city politics tell me it’s bad. And the city is not willing to spend any money on the issue, just look how they dropped the ball completely on child care, giving a contract to a private law firm to identify the problem. Are you F’ing blind! Apparently so.
I am also extremely annoyed that pigeon605 thought it was okay to show pictures of transients faces. Awful! They deserve privacy just like the rest of us and I am extremely disappointed in them allowing these pics to be posted (notice the police officer pictures you don’t see their faces).
l3wis