Who has the bigger water cannon?
As I have been predicting for awhile, Huether plans to borrow most of the money to build the EC, as explained in more detail;
Most of the $99.5 million facility would be paid for through bonds, with an estimated $15 million in cash and up to $24.5 million in private donations.
This plan will never fly. Not with the city council or residents.
I spoke with a city councilor this week about how they were frustrated about the private meetings, and I told them exactly this (and it’s almost like the Argus was quoting me);
The private meetings with Huether have included three or fewer city councilors at a time. Any more than that would create a quorum and require the meeting to be open to the public under South Dakota law.
“It’s the oldest political trick in the book: divide and conquer,” Vernon Brown said.
Yah think? Maybe it’s time to get out the sweet velvet hammer? I find it ironic that the only councilor that complained about this practice during the Munson administration was Staggers. Now all of sudden it’s a problem?! Give me a break.
This isn’t about private meetings, the budget or how to fund a new Events Center.