I’m not a witch (just an idiot)
l3wis [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAY8SJ3KVzs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
October 2010
City employee deletes his Facebook comments about snowgates
I had a heated discussion last night about snowgates with a plow operator with the city, he was under the impression, as his boss, Galynn Huber is, that they don’t work. Even though not one single flake of snow has fallen yet and they have not been used yet. It is pretty obvious that after having this discussion (you can at least see my comments) that someone in the street department is already brainwashing operators so that they will sabotage the gates. Silliness.
Music Club w/ Doug Sahm
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I had the pleasure of seeing Doug Sahm’s son in Austin, TX, Shandon, at the Continental Club. Fun stuff.
Noem’s money tree is growing, and growing, and growing.
Rumor has it that the RNC thinks Noem has a pretty good chance of beating Steffy, which is probably true. So the RNC is sending her money, apparently a lot of money because according to local TV stations programming logs she will be playing almost 3-4x more TV commercials then Herseth-Sandlin.
Not good.
Sioux Falls; Home of the worst Credit Card company? Hell Yah! (H/T – Costner)
Worst: First Premier Bank Mastercard
This card made our list of the worst cards two years ago, and it doesn’t look like it has improved. In 2007, First Premier signed a $4.6 million settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office over the card’s deceptive marketing practices. First Premier’s card now advertises a $25 to $95 processing charge (which fluctuates by the minute, depending on when you click on the card’s website). What’s worse is that when you drill deeper into the fine print, you’ll find a $75 annual fee and an APR of 23.9 percent to 59.9 percent on purchases and cash advances (again, depending on when you visit the site). So you could face a minimum of $100 or a maximum of $170 in fees in the first year for a card with only a $300 initial credit limit. Other fees include an $11 charge for expediting bill payment over the phone and a credit-limit increase fee equal to 50 percent of the increase. So for every $100 that First Premier increases your credit limit it charges you $50. Also, look out for copycats of this card. First Premier Bank markets very similar cards under the names Centennial and Aventium.
More yummynest. I’m sure glad we elected a mayor that is from this company’s marketing department. I sleep better every night knowing this. It reminds me of Monday afternoon when Huether talked about our city’s great debt management. It sounded like one of those letters from First Premier telling you how great your credit is (even though nobody else was giving you a loan).