HALLOWEEN 2009 ‘ZOMBIE PROM’
l3wis 
2009
The Gargoyle Leader Editorial Board has a jaded view of what it means to be progressive
Once again the AL ED Board says too little too late when weighing in on the city budget;
Given that, it’s disappointing that the Sioux Falls City Council has approved a resolution that supports a 2010 general fund budget that’s based on questionable economic expectations.
Well, great-almighty and all-knowing editorial board, this budget has been around for weeks, it would have been nice to say something about it before the council voted on it. Of course, then you couldn’t come back and rip on the councilors for doing nothing, could you? Take for instance this stab at Kermit while seeming to compliment him;
Councilman Kermit Staggers says he’s worried about the message that city officials are sending residents with the budget. Staggers has established an unfortunate record of resisting most progressive ideas, but at least this time he’s right.
What freaking planet have you been living on? If anything, Kermit is one of the most progressive (citizen wise) councilors we have. But not according to the dear old AL who have had a hardon over Kermit for years. According to dictionary.com this is the definition of a progressive;
–adjective
1. favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, esp. in political matters
In the years I have known Kermit he has advocated change more then any city official. He has been an advocate of more open government, he has asked the city reigns in spending by getting more competitive bids on projects, he has asked the city to responsible for their own property such as trees and sidewalks which would save taxpayers millions, he has asked the city to suspend some construction regulations while older neighborhoods be rebuilt so the projects get done faster and more economically. Kind of sounds like a progressive to me. In the AL’s ED Board eyes a progressive politician is someone who borrows money that has to be paid back with interest to buy monkey crappers and build roads for developers on the edge of Tea, SD. Sorry, spending taxpayer money recklessly to benefit the HAVES and special interests doesn’t make you a progressive, it makes you a big-government greedy Republican.
And Councilman Greg Jamison – saying that city employees should “fix the problem later if it becomes a problem” – definitely did residents no favors by abdicating his responsibility in holding the mayor’s budget accountable ahead of time.
Is Greg Jamison a progressive in your eyes? I could have sworn you have praised Greggo in the past for having ‘progressive’ ideas. Doing nothing but maintaining the status quo doesn’t make you a progressive. Progressives are people who encourage change and moving forward, changes and progress that affect all the citizens of a community. Kermit has done nothing but that.
Grow a f@#$ing brain already!
What Recession?
Let’s put our rose colored glasses on, raise water and sewer rates, raise retail taxes, raise property taxes, raise vehicle registration, and over budget for deficit spending in 2010. We’ll pull out;
The foundation commissioned a national poll that surveyed 4,004 people between June 18 and July 13, including 400 South Dakotans. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Among its key findings:
– 29 percent of respondents in South Dakota said they had problems paying their mortgage, rent or heating bills.
-Â 44 percent said they’ve cut back on the amount they spend on food; 45 percent have cut back on saving for retirement.
-Â Â And 22 percent have had a friend or relative stay with them because of a lack of money.
“That 22 percent may be the single most striking figure in the survey data for me,” said Kevin Walker, Northwest’s chief executive officer. “That tells me one out of five South Dakotans have provided emergency or transitional shelter. That really brings home the impact of the recession on families and communities.”
Having trouble keeping up? Stop whining and move in with a friend, we gotta city to build God Dammit!
Purple Haze
As I was waiting for the train on the bike trail today, I snapped this cool graffiti stencil of Jimi Hendrix
FOX News Punked by ACORN
BAHAHAHAHA! It just goes to show how little they check sources.
Ellen at Newshounds has the rest of the story:
The only problem? It’s not true. As ACORN has stated in its press release,
“They were not believable”, said Ms. Kaelke of the two actors. “Somewhat entertaining, but they weren’t even good actors. I didn’t know what to make of them. They were clearly playing with me. I decided to shock them as much as they were shocking me. Like Stephan Colbert does – saying the most outrageous things with a straightface.” While her sense of humor might not be funny to many people, the fact is that she spun false scenario after false scenario and the videographer ate them up.
ACORN provided a copy of a San Bernardino police report of their investigation into the “homicide†of Kaelke’s husband. The police concluded, “the claims do not appear to be factual. Investigators have been in contact with the involved party’s known former husbands, who are alive and well.â€