Let’s vow to get rid of all socialist programs in our country . . .
l3wis [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10RDIgt7LAA&feature=player_embedded#[/youtube]
April 2010
Think traffic is bad in Sioux Falls while driving your car? Hit the streets on a bicycle.
“Just another successful bicycle commute in Sioux Falls”
When you are in your car, you can observe a lot of rudeness from the safety of your vehicle, but if you really want to see a high level of ass-hattery by SF drivers, get on a bicycle or moped and travel our streets. One Saturday, last summer, I rode my bike down 41st street from Barnes and Noble to Ground Round. I was almost hit 4 times and one time I had to hit my breaks so hard I almost went over my handle bars into the lap of a guy driving a Mustang convertible, and he had the nerve to flip me off. Yeah, Mr. Cool. I like to take the bike trails as much as possible, even though I have to circumvent yuppie moms with their double strollers, it is still 200 times safer then our streets.
According to an Argus Leader/KELO-TV poll that surveyed 800 likely voters in Sioux Falls, 70 percent of the city’s residents think traffic in the city is worse than it was five years ago. Twenty-seven percent feel things are about the same, and 3 percent say traffic is better. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percent.
Who is this 3 percent?
Only in Sioux Falls would someone complain about a great campaign idea
The Staggers campaign sent a letter of reassurance to city employees, which I heard about last week and thought was a great idea. But only in SF would someone have a problem with it;
Sioux Falls mayoral candidate Kermit Staggers sent a letter to every city employee who was registered to vote in Sioux Falls.
“This is basically a goodwill letter to let the employees know where I am coming from. I think it’s a legitimate thing for me to do,” Staggers said Friday.
Something I found startling though was the high number of city employees that are either NOT registered to vote, or NOT registered to vote in Sioux Falls;
Staggers said he mailed letters to about 740 out of the 1,100 city employees.
“An interesting thing we learned is that a lot of city employees live in Brandon or don’t vote,” he said.
Staggers doesn’t want to leave voters out just because they work for the city.
“They simply cannot be excluded from the political process. They have a right to hear from a candidate like all citizens of Sioux Falls,” he said.
And he is right, it amazes me that someone would complain about a candidate reaching out to them? Especially since the names and voter registration list of city employees is public record.
Here is the letter;
South DaCola Art Club w/ Rock Art legend Gary Grimshaw
Gary is hospitalized and seriously ill. I will keep you updated on a fundraiser that will be held soon in Detroit for him. I am assuming that some of his stuff will be auctioned off. Gary is one of the early pioneers of Art Rock Posters.