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You never know what the Cracker Jack Sioux Falls City Attorney’s office will do next to their legal opponents. In this video we see what last minute legal jurisdiction claims and strange emails do to billboard applications.
Why does the city of Sioux Falls legal team and staff always seem to “find” new favorable evidence / documentation just before or during a court proceeding? Is the city of Sioux Falls document data storage system so bad documents get lost constantly? Didn’t the city get their hands slapped by the SD Supreme Court in the Dan Daily ruling overturning the administrative fine processes declaring them unconstitutional?
So we ask why the crucial data continues to be found at the last minute. As you will see in this video, the assistant city attorney and the code enforcement official pull important “NEW” evidence and jurisdiction issues at the hearing.
The high price outside consulting attorney was not at this hearing, the city’s floodplain expert who made the ruling against Lamar was missing and to top it off the city’s Director of Planning & Building Services was a no show. Each of these people could have been at Carnegie Town Hall on December 21, 2015 because they set the schedules and plan the events. There was no excuse, none. This was pathetic gamesmanship.
The zoning board of adjustment is what the city uses to harrass parties into submission. It’s not worth the unconstitutional fee and hearing but is a necessary evil. One must show you attempted to comply with city civil procedures.
City ordinance does not allow appeal into court. It’s unconstitutional and how you win. Incrementally, proceed with sign construction and ask for 3 citations (double jeopardy). They won’t sue because the ordinance also denies them access into court. They can take no action and have no fines or lien authority without a court order. City civil procedures deny due process.
Basically, they can bitch but have no authority when you beat them up with the constitution.
Build it anyway. It’s the patriotic way of introducing the city to democracy. In their eyes it’s nonconformist but so was dumping tea into Boston Harbor. Once it’s built, it’s attached and becomes part of the real property. Makes it subject to state law ruling out city intervention.
My testimony or deposition is always available uncompensated in cases versus the City of Sioux Falls. I pay my expenses for travel and support evidence/exhibits.
I don’t know about the jurisdiction issue, but SG is correct about the locations not being in an Opportunity District. That concept is important as a control mechanism to prevent willy-nilly sign placement (i.e. across the street from your house).