November 2010

Sioux Falls to move RR tracks by 2014?

l3wis November 29, 2010 28Comments

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Yeah, and pigs will fly, monkeys will come out of my ass, the rainbow unicorn park will be built and we will be opening the doors of a brand spanking new Events Center. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

However, city officials this month disclosed a new timetable that will have rail relocation design work and land acquisition completed by 2013. The downtown tracks will be reduced to two, and a new switching yard will be built by 2014.

So this changed from a static, non-plan to a timetable in a couple of weeks? Give me a f’ing break. This is just political horseplay by our mayor to get the ‘Build it Downtown’ people off his back.

Tap the Catholics!

l3wis November 25, 2010 4Comments

“Italian marble? How about we throw a little ice on it?” (Image; KELO-TV)

When people say that the private sector in Sioux Falls can’t raise a measly $10 million to build a youth hockey facility, I say, look at the minnow-munchers;

That’s why the ongoing $16.2 million restoration, preservation and beautification project means so much to him.

That’s right, the Catholics in our community and state somehow found a way to scrounge up $16 million, not to feed the poor or help the sick but to put in Italian marble in the cathedral. Wow! My point? I scoff when people say that we don’t have money in the private sector to build club sport, special interest, recreation facilities.

C’mon, dig deep folks.

SIDENOTE: As an artist, I am very excited about the restoration project, I have often felt that the cathedral is one of the most beautiful places in Sioux Falls and I can’t wait to see the finished project.