The word on the street is that the women in POWER in Sioux Falls, are going to make Erin Srstka the next (female) power house in city government. The problem? She has a lot of conflicts.
Not just the fact that she works as a full time county employee while applying to be a part-time city employee, she also has some interesting donors to her cause.
I guess it shouldn’t surprise us that Steve Erpenbach (Michelle’s husband) gave money (She is the one telling everyone she is going to make Erin a star, all the while borrowing her husband’s wallet 🙂
But what is really creepy is the chair of the Minnehaha County Commission who doesn’t even live in Sioux Falls is giving money (she also couldn’t give from her own purse).
Not sure why these two ladies are so heck bent on getting Erin elected to city council they are ignoring the conflicts of interest, but we should be concerned. Remember, Cindy Heiberger lead the charge on the ultra secretive appointment of Jean Bender to the County Commission, and Michelle lead the charge to get our last city clerk fired. They are the last two women I want recruiting council candidates no matter their color, weight or sex.
I don’t see a subversion aspect to her candidacy. Could she influence her full time job if she becomes councilor? I don’t see how. I would say that is the test for conflict of interest.
This is probably a dumb question, but are the street addresses on those disclosure forms supposed to be residences?
With the on-going money grab going on between the city and county, there is a HUGE conflict of interest. She would have input on city spending as a councilor while also collecting a paycheck from the county. The taxpayer will be the loser.
What is going on with our County commission unbeleivable.