Archive for July 7th, 2009
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
SD Jazz Orchestra Monday Night Concerts @ Skellys
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BIG BAND!
In between holidays and no Monday night football? How about the SDJO (South Dakota Jazz Orchestra) to fill the void? Starting on tonight, the SDJO will perform every Monday evening at Skellys from 7:00 to 9:30. Skellys will be serving food during that time and will be open [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Music by l3wis
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Platting Fee interview 6 PM today – KELO TV
I got interviewed this morning about my feelings on the platting fees being so low in comparison to the taxes collected for arterial roads (see graphic below). I touched on many topics, but here’s a summary
- I think it is unfair to mandate retail taxpayers to pay an extra tax when the developers are not
- I [...]
11 Comments » - Posted in Platting Fees, Sioux Falls, Taxes by l3wis
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Munson’s gift to the next mayor?
A lot of debt and a slowing economy;
Slower-than-normal sales tax revenue takes decisions that already are tough and makes them that much tougher.
This is unfortunate for many reasons. Okay, sure, maybe four to seven years ago no one could predict the recession coming, but it was pretty clear that Bush and the Republicans were not [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Sioux Falls by l3wis
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
SF Councilors Beninga and Knudson support censoring our history
Sioux Falls was the Divorce Capital of the Nation
Okay, it is kind of funny, but I am still baffled why they would want to cover up something that happened in Sioux Falls over a 100 years ago?
In a 6-2 vote, councilors decided that the city should place a historic marker downtown commemorating Sioux Falls as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Divorce, Sioux Falls by l3wis
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
I guess Pity Pat’s letter about addiction and other BS didn’t sway the judge
BTW, that’s a CIGAR he is smoking, not a blunt.
Not sure if you saw a post on Dakota Wuss College yesterday, but Pity Pat thought he needed to sway a judge’s decision by writing a letter to the judge that was sentencing Bob Newland (oh nevermind, he deleted the post so I couldn’t link his silliness – you [...]
