Season ticket holders of both teams have been telling me there is a push to move both sports teams to the newly minted Augie arena.
The Stampede I understand, but the Storm?
This is just a rumor at this point, but it was confirmed to me that the Denty management has been requesting they both find another venue because the teams block out good concert dates.
UPDATE: Here is a copy of the filing. Interesting stuff;
UPDATE II: I recommend that you read paragraphs 23-25 and 40-70. This is most of the COMPLAINT. The accusations made by the plaintiff must be proven if it goes to trial. I have a feeling the lawyers will hash this out before it goes to court. The plaintiff is asking for $1.5 million dollars, which I thought was low considering the accusations and lost business.
Upon information and belief, Mayor TenHaken sought retaliation against Sundance for seeking termination of the Restatement Agreement because accessible housing was a key tenet of TenHaken’s “2026 Housing Action Plan,” which was central to TenHaken’s 2022 reelection campaign. Originally pitched in 2019 as a $1 million fund that would help neighborhoods become or remain affordable, the City had yet to get money into the fund as of May 2021, with TenHaken saying the plan had missed its mark.
Well, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened;
I am awaiting more details (like the actual filing itself) but as I understand it from a source it involves the city withholding building occupancy permits for affordable housing units. Like I said, there are more moving parts.
VETERAN’S COMMUNITY GETS GRANT FROM LOWE’S
In a strange gifting agreement, Lowe’s charity wing of the company has gifted the tiny home community $300K, which is great, but what about some other worthy housing charities in town? Also, what happened to the agreement with the city? A councilor told me last week that since we were above and beyond our original agreement they have to rework the contract. We will see.
They released their 2023 IMPACT REPORT.
SOUTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM SIOUX FALLS POLICE IN NEW JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
Would have been nice to get a formal presentation on this (Item #38) which appears to be the SFPD bailing out DCI when they need to crack some drug dealing heads together. So is the state reimbursing the taxpayers of Sioux Falls for our assistance outside of city limits? And how does that even work? Of course the devil is likely in the details, read full document here.
CAULK JOB ON DENTY IS GOING TO BE F’ING SPENDY!
The line item above in the consent agenda is only for consulting and administrative costs. If you ballpark a normal 10% fee that would tell me the city is getting ready to buy about $500K in caulk to fix that POS tin can when their really needs to be an entire replacement. I wonder what the engineers will find? Is there enough caulk (lipstick) to make the Denty stop crying black chemical tears?
Speaking of that old rich fart, I see he surprised everyone last week with a gift to the Zoo of $25 million. As if it was going to be anyone else?! With a gift like that you would think they are building him some kind of permanent memorial . . . I know, I almost went there 🙂
In a rare Noem leadership moment it seems she has admitted to flubbing the National Guard response. In a short briefing just moments ago in front what appeared to be a gravel pit with the sound of a goat’s bell in the distance chiming she states;
“When I first made the decision to blame county commissioners for not sending out the National Guard, uh, I mean, tell people I’m short on cash, I mean, well, doesn’t matter I have decided to change course.”
One reporter asked if this has anything to do with the blowback she received because she sent the NG to Texas so why not to McCook?
“It had nothing to do with that, and once again the liberal legacy state media bias is bubbling up. I changed course because I realized the flood waters are stealing South Dakota jobs, smuggling drugs into our state (mostly fertilizer laced manure) and killing and raping our children. I have declared WAR on the flood waters.”
Noem quickly stormed off before taking any more questions with what appeared to be a trucker hat that read ‘MAKE SD DRY AGAIN’.
*This article was satire.
I’ll have to credit our police chief who I believe has been doing a pretty good job. I was happy to see the quick response with street closures. I believe this was a joint effort by SFPD, SFFR & and both Sheriff’s offices.
I have heard Chief Thum has been very busy cleaning house. A few months ago I heard the number of officers that have been ‘relieved’ of their duties was 25. The recent number is 38. Keep it up, takes awhile to clean up bad culture.
But I have been pondering the response to the floods all week as I have been riding the trails and seeing other storm damage.
Why can’t city employees be this responsive ALL the time?
The state ain’t much better, the commander in chief of our National Guard, our very own Sarah Palin, says she won’t deploy the NG because that is up to the counties.
Oh, Bullsh!t!
You sent them to the Texas border to lean on a fence for a couple of weeks, maybe a storm cleanup is a better use of resources.
But we know what cloth Noem is cut from, you know, the guy that has the morality of an alley cat . . .
Maybe the Orange Menace should open all his rallies with this song;
South DaCola just celebrated 17 years on June 24th! Thanks for reading.