Mark Cotter and Mayor Huether spreading the word (Image; KDLT)

Holy Moly! You mean when you are transparent with the public you get results and cooperation?! Who knew? Instead of trying to sweep the shit (literally) under the rug, Huether chose to inform the public and ask for their help, and in return offers city assistance to the affected. If there was one thing that stuck in my craw about Munson, he was a ‘secrets’ man. I know I rarely hand out kudos to Mayor Hubris, but this time he deserves them (KDLT);

Mayor Mike Huether is still asking residents on the west side of Sioux Falls to limit their use of water Thursday morning, however, the city averted in his words “a major crisis” Up to a million gallons of wastewater had backed up beneath the city of Sioux Falls. Eventually it would have made it’s way back into homes. However city crews were able to find the blockage. They relieved the pressure on the sanitary sewer system and began pumping the wastewater into the storm sewer system. Mayor Mike Huether says, “when this started, we had projected thousands and thousands of homes in Sioux Falls were going to have sewage back up in their basements, right now we’ve got less than 10 that have been reported.” Public Works Director, Mark Cotter says the blockage occurred in a 36-inch sewer line near the South Dakota State Penitentiary. This line serves the west side of Sioux Falls, and that’s why residents are still being urged to limit their use of water this morning. Mark Cotter public works director says- “our next steps, we are mobilizing a professional bypass company. They will physically bypass the wastewater around this segment of pipe between two manholes, once the bypass is done we’ll be able to look inside the pipe, see what’s caused this and then design the right improvements.” City officials say wastewater is going directly to the Big Sioux River, so they are warning people to stay out of the water until further notice.

11 Thoughts on “Mayor Huether did something Munson rarely attempted. He informed the public.

  1. Plaintiff Guy on August 5, 2010 at 7:01 am said:

    Let’s find out what convicts stuffed down the toilets.

  2. Spanky on August 5, 2010 at 3:30 pm said:

    Probably another convict.

    You do realize that if Kermit Staggers had been elected, he would have dug up and fixed the pipe himself using nothing but a soup spoon and a roll of duct tape.

    He’s like Chuck Norris that way… (jk)

  3. l3wis on August 5, 2010 at 9:48 pm said:

    And it would have been done twice as fast and half the price 🙂

  4. Poly43 on August 6, 2010 at 4:38 am said:

    And it would have been done twice as fast and at half the price….,/i>

    …with little or no fanfare. Mark Cotter would have held those press conferences alone. After all, that’s why we pay the guy $148,000 a year. And there would have been NO photo op of Kermit standing on a hillside looking down on his shit strewn domain. That kind of stuff is just not Kermits style. Leave that for guys like Mayor Hubris and former governor Janklow. Janklow acknowledged he sometimes exceeded the speed limit while governor. He said that speeding was inappropriate, but he often had to get to the scene of a forest fire, tornado or other disaster as soon as possible. “I was a hero for getting there in a hurry” was his quote.

    Much as Mayor Hubris views himself. A HERO. Damn, I wish there were just two of him.

  5. Plaintiff Guy on August 6, 2010 at 9:06 am said:

    You never heard of Cotter before Huether was elected. He decided for 148K he should work once in awhile.

    When sewers are blocked, the mayor has no choice but to shit from his face instead of his ass.

  6. Ghost of Dude on August 6, 2010 at 11:36 am said:

    To be fair, if this hadn’t been fixed right away, Mike’s chances at reelection would have been swirling in the bowl.

  7. Steve K. on August 6, 2010 at 9:35 pm said:

    Kelo says that residents not only ignored the mayor’s pleas to use less water, but west side residents actually increased their water use. go figure

  8. I knew that would happen, and to be quite honest, good for them. Like I said before, we are overcharged for water and sewer, it should work and be up to snuff. I pay taxes and my water and sewer bill for a reason, I expect service in return. Even the freaking Romans had this stuff figured out over 2000 years ago.

  9. I saw the KELO story, and the only thing it really proves is that the vast majority of people no longer watch local news or listen to local radio. Those were the only two methods they used to get the word out. With 200 hundred cable channels, ipods, video games, dvd’s, pandora, hulu, and online porn it’s virtually impossible to quickly alert the general public.

  10. Ghost of Dude on August 9, 2010 at 7:57 am said:

    Even the freaking Romans had this stuff figured out over 2000 years ago.

    Yup. They made their pipes from lead, too.

  11. That’s a whole other issue.

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