Archive for July 22nd, 2009
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Alison Krauss played the White House last night
Trust me, it was shocking to hear she played at the White House last night, but I will have to give props to Obama for at least picking a good country performer (of course he probably did not pick her, because I’m sure they all cringed when he quoted Garth Brooks before the performance). If [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Music, obama by l3wis
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Event Center Proposed Model
Okay, I am a dumbass and did not takes notes at this part of the meeting so I am working off of memory. The facility they are envisioning modeling it after was a college facility (I think?). The place was 33,000 seats (I think?) so obviously scaled back, but the concept would be the same. [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Event Center by l3wis
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Breaking: Event Center Task Force meeting (today)
I just attended a 3 hour EC Task Force meeting. Lots of interesting things happened, but the main things I took from the meeting were;
- The ECTF will probably endorse tearing down Howard Wood and building it in that location and
- They will recommend a 12-15,000 seat facility
I know we have been hearing these two [...]
14 Comments » - Posted in Event Center by l3wis
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
What has treasurer Nelson been saying for months?
That the state is freaking inept when it comes to license renewels and when are our mostly Republican county commissioners gonna fess up? Apparently never.
Statewide, about 50,000 renewal notices went out without information about the $1 per vehicle postage fee. About 11,000 Minnehaha County residents got notices for 21,000 vehicles.
Okay, we are talking about $21,000 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in County Commission, Minnehaha County, Pam Nelson by l3wis
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Grade Obama’s first 6 months
This is Obama, if he does not turn it up a notch
I give him a C+, but I want your grade and why.
I think Obama has been trying, but he needs to grow a sack. There wasn’t much I liked about GW Bush, but I did like when he said he was gonna do something [...]
