Gay Rights
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This audio is great. It reminded me of the old joke, “If you meet a homosexual in a dark alley, what is he gonna do to you? Mess up your hair?”
January 2010
Mayoral Candidate, Dr. Staggers has new website
Before you judge, I suggest you check out Kermit’s BIO. He is the most qualified to be mayor, hands down.
Letter writer hits the nail on the head
I have often chuckled about this;
Of the places where I have lived in the United States, some larger and others smaller than Sioux Falls, never have I previously encountered a local population and a newspaper so hellbent on referencing scripture in its opinion pages.
Letters to the editor are supposed to serve as forums to discuss civic issues. Quoting of biblical passages and televangelist-style Bible thumping such as the letter “Jesus will come again” in the Jan. 11 Argus Leader do nothing to promote discourse and belong in sermons and Sunday school classes, not the Voices section of the area’s largest newspaper.
Sioux Falls leaders like to claim the city is a growing and progressive place to live and raise a family. Unfortunately, some citizens and the Argus Leader insist on giving visitors and potential new residents the impression that the region is a backwater, hillbilly enclave of intolerant zealots, which I know to be untrue.
The reason the Gargoyle prints those letters is because they got nothing else coming in. Think about it. If the only two things you read is the Bible and the Gargoyle you would be a little ‘intolerant’ yourself.
South Dakota’s newest AG to be speaking in SF on Tuesday
Attorney General Marty Jackley will be speaking at the DownTown Holiday Inn on Tuesday Jan 19th from 12-1:30 PM.  $15. Includes a buffet lunch with dessert. Open to the public.
Mr. Jackley is one of 15 attorneys general that is challenging the constitutionality of the Nebraska Compromise and Florida to purchase Senatorial votes.  This is a historic meeting. If you would like to attend there is limited seating. Please RSVP to 605-332-1962 by 10:00 a.m. Monday morning Jan 18.
sponsored by teapartysd.com
I’m not sure if I will attend, but I think it would be an interesting presentation.
Maybe it’s time to cut the dead weight at the Pavilion
Close the Science Center, except the Cinedome and put on more laser music shows. You can use the remaining space for rental/banquets etc.
But Science Cetner ticket sales don’t cover costs there. Its net income was a negative $115,570 in 2008, but that was better than officials had expected when they budgeted for a negative $121,752.
Why would you budget a negative? Sure, it would make sense at the Arts Center that doesn’t charge an admission, but they didn’t even lose that much.
Admission to the six galleries of changing shows is free. It cost the Pavilion $312,765 to run the Visual Art Center in 2008, not as much as the $315,692 it had budgeted for the expenses. Revenues were $260,000, about $6,000 less than budgeted.
But one still asks, where is all the revenue and subsidy money going? I would bet salaries. You have to realize that the Pavilion management company doesn’t have to spend one stinkin’ penny on building upgrades and remodels, that money comes from the city’s capital improvement fund. Nice, huh?