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Sioux Falls City Council Candidate forum moderated by Mayor’s minion

l3wis March 17, 2024 9Comments

As I was watching the Forum Thursday night, something seemed odd, why was this guy I have never seen before who works for a local ad agency and somehow is associated with the Chamber moderating this event?

Than they introduced him, Ryan Budmayr. So who is Mr. Budmayr? Not only was he TenHaken’s campaign manager, he has ran many of the Mayor’s rubberstamper campaigns, including, currently, Richard Thomason’s and is the Mayor’s Facebook page moderator.

So how does the mayor’s minion get installed as the moderator and were the questions pre-sent to the chosen four?

You guys (voters) still haven’t figured out how this works? Have you?

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Sioux Falls Election Voting Records of Council and School Board Candidates

l3wis March 17, 2024 1Comments

Some of them did better than most, but some decided it may be a good idea to register right before deciding to run.

The winner of public service hypocrisy? Jennifer Sigette, who decided to register to vote right before she announced she was running for the seat that is now uncontested. As someone who bragged during the candidate forums she has made Sioux Falls her home for the last 25 years and worked in various non-profit settings never voted in a city election.

Or Mr. Burn down the government, Stuart Willett who literally registered to vote one day, and wrote his name down as a candidate the next day?

Whenever these clowns say they want to serve the public and ‘give back’ I ask what they have contributed so far. And it seems having NO experience or knowledge in local government is the secret sauce to getting elected.

Guess whose voting record beats them all?

Ehrisman, Scott –   12  local election voter since at least 02/13/2003

2024 Candidates

Murren, Marc –    8  local election voter since at least 09/27/1993

Starr, Patrick –   11  local election voter since at least 10/28/1992

Tibbetts, Bobbie –    4  local election voter since at least 10/23/2007

Swenson, Gail –   10  local election voter since at least 05/02/2001

Willett, Stuart –    0  local election voter since at least 02/05/2024

Sigette, Jennifer –    1  local election voter since at least 11/13/2023

Basye, Miranda –    2  local election voter since at least 04/18/2013

Jeske, Neil –    0  local election voter since at least 10/04/2022

Zokaites, David –    9  local election voter since at least 03/19/2012

Spellerberg, Ryan –    5  local election voter since at least 09/25/2009

Deffenbaugh, Jordan –    4  local election voter since at least 01/11/2017

Thomason, Richard –    5  local election voter since at least 01/25/2012

RENVILLE, ALLISON –    0  local election voter since at least 09/22/2004

I hope Lifelight is paying the taxpayers of Sioux Falls rent

l3wis March 17, 2024 4Comments

Since Lifelight is considered a ‘religious’ and ‘non-profit’ organization if they are using public property there should be some kind of compensation to taxpayers for cleanup, traffic control and general safety. Not to mention the buckets WILL be passed in the park.

When Jazzfest was in full operation I do believe they paid the city each year thousands of dollars for those services (the fees varied each year by how much the council and mayor liked the event 🙁

I don’t take issue with Lifelight using the park, I also don’t take issue with people who want to worship in a park. The Levitt, a facility owned by taxpayers, is rented frequently for worship events.

But Lifelight should NOT be using the park rent FREE because they are friends with the mayor.

UPDATE: I guess Lenin’s Tomb at the Zoo advisory board is still meeting . . .

l3wis March 15, 2024 6Comments

UPDATE: I also found out that the agenda for the meeting wasn’t posted until 18 hours before the meeting after the attorney, Moore, told them he had a report about the trusts. Now if you are wondering if they needed to follow the 24 hour public notice rule, they are claiming they don’t have to because this is a ‘working group’. I am not buying it, it is a public meeting, with public officials in a public building in a public setting. You can call your group The He Man Woman Haters Club and it wouldn’t matter, you have to public notice.

I guess Moore gave the report ‘orally’ at the meeting. Attendees that were outside of the room when he was presenting said they could feel and hear a very loud sucking sound.

Orignal Post

I know, most peeps didn’t know about the meeting, because the Mayor’s office buried the agenda on his secret page, because, you know, he HATES open government and transparency, probably wipes his behind with executive session minutes.

But this little tidbit was interesting;

• Legal Opinion – James Moore

Basically the city was researching trusts, and Moore ‘probably’ told them they have nothing to worry about. You can give Lenin’s brood away with no concerns.

The ‘scenario’ being thrown around is the collection will come under a ‘LLC’ and be SOLD to a private entity that will disperse the collection to private collectors.

I think the collection should be preserved for scientific purposes, but private collections, no way.

I actually think we should take some of the better specimens and work them into a diorama around an aquarium. But the ‘specials’ in town stroking Poops have no desire for the public to benefit from the scientific study of endangered species, it’s way over their heads like fashion, style, ethics, morality, grammar and coherent thoughts.

Conservatives hate science, because it shoots holes in their theocratic theories.

Like I have said in the past, I don’t care about dusty monkeys with arsenic snot in their dead noses, but the way local government is handling this even makes monkeys blush.

Deffenbaugh & Renville move mountains at Sioux Falls City Council Candidate Forum

l3wis March 14, 2024 4Comments

The only thing that bothered me the most at the city council candidate forum tonight is that most people will not see it before they vote.

And that the TWO best candidates in this race are running for the same seat (even though both of those Chuckles could have ran in districts and WON!)

Allison and Jordan ruled the forum, but not for the reasons you would think. Their experiences as citizen and social justice advocates shown thru.

I was thoroughly impressed!

When Jordan brought up he was the founding member of Strongtowns in Sioux Falls, I really got it, I tried to bring Strongtowns to Sioux Falls shortly after it was formed, but people didn’t get it. I am so proud of Jordan for pursuing it and instituting the movement in Sioux Falls. He did something I could not. I am crediting the hair farm and mustache 🙂

In fact, when you listened to the two of them talk about improving our community, it was 100% positive and chocked full of solutions.

WTF don’t we have more peeps like this running for office!? And more importantly why are they not winning handily?

Oh that’s right, social justice and transparency are not high on Dutch Reform Knuckleheads list.

*on a side note, I will say I am disappointed that I cannot find this forum on social media for replay, and of course, the city’s video is NOT posting, which once again shows the administration’s militant opposition to transparency. In fact only ONE candidate brought up transparency in government tonight, David Z. Until we have it, we don’t have a functioning government.

I was also pleasantly surprised by NW candidate Jennifer Sigette, who has already won her seat, but decided to show up to the forum to show constituents who she is, and I was impressed. Unfortunately, Ryan Spellerberg in the SW district who also was unchallenged and already won his seat, did NOT show up tonight. Must of had some big TIF meeting tonight.