Planned Parenthood does much more then perform abortions
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March 2011
Maybe unions need to get old skool on politicians?
Back in the day, Governor Walker would either be missing a finger or some knee caps. Nowadays, all the Peacenik Union members protest in the street and sing Kumbyah. While I don’t have a problem with non-violent protest, in fact I consider myself a pacifist, I often wonder when the Unions are going to wakeup and realize protesting isn’t working, in fact, behind closed doors I’m sure Walker and his corporate buddies are laughing at you.
Am I suggesting you should beat them with baseball bats? While that probably remains an option, I would say probably not the best option. Remember, right-wing extremists are the one’s who freak out and shoot people when they don’t get their way.
You need to fight fire with fire. Hire lawyers. And lots of them. Block these greedy motherfuckers every chance you can.
It amazes me how people like Walker can paint middle-class workers as ‘greedy’ because they simply want to earn a living wage, while giving tax breaks to corporate giants who don’t really ‘labor’ that hard for their money.
I guess I wouldn’t have a problem with tax breaks if the middle class was prospering to.
Time to break some knee caps or at least some wallets.
Four vie for Litz’s seat
There was only four candidates to vie for Litz’s empty council seat;
As of Tuesday evening, three applicants for the Northwest District open seat for the Sioux Falls City Council had submitted notices of interest: Dean Karsky, Mark Millage and James Ysbrand.
Wednesday at noon marks the deadline for the call for applicants for the seat left vacant after Councilor Bob Litz’s successful bid to become Minnehaha County auditor.
It was good to see 4 show up before noon today. I liked Marlin Thompson’s letter of interest. Though he is retired he sounds like he has a lot of experience. I forward to hearing him in the debate.
Is the flooding scare really about flooding or money?
Photo: Mike Fodness (from KELO-TV website, flood 2010)
I watched this debate unfold during the SF city council informational meeting, and I got the feeling that the feds were more concerned about money then they were about flooding, and after reading this article, I’m starting to agree;
But a process that had been moving rapidly suddenly stalled when the money request reached the Corps headquarters in Washington.
Oh, that’s right, up until this point the city of Sioux Falls has subsidized the Feds by paying for the feds levees and flood controls while contributing to the Corp’s infrastructure.
“If we give them federal money now (something we all contribute to in our federal income taxes) we would be going against what we have done in the past. Better think this one through, we wouldn’t want to look like hypocrites . . .”
At issue is a rule that forbids the Corps from mixing emergency funds with project funds, Cotter said. The city of Sioux Falls issued bonds in 2009 to complete the levee upgrades after years of budget delays from Congress. Officials in Washington question whether the temporary emergency upgrades would qualify as mixing of funds with the city’s plan to finish permanent upgrades.
In other words, the Corps had the money to give us to do the permanent fixes and if they give us money now, it will prove it. I have said all along paying for those upgrades, actually borrowing money for those upgrades was f’ing stupid. I actually pleaded with a few councilors not to approve it. Councilor Staggers told me their hands were tied. Boloney!
It’s simple. If the Feds (FEMA) is telling you the levees need to be raised and those levees are owned by the Feds (Corps) it only makes sence they pay for it. The city should not be involved besides upgrading the bike trails, landscaping, etc.
We were really suckered and it looks like we will get suckered again.
Public input on the Events Center? What’s that?
Councilor Brown loves public input, except when he served under Munson
According to councilor Rolfing, public input should come AFTER all the decisions are made;
Sioux Falls councilors are divided about when they should engage the public on a new events center proposal.
Some say the best time to begin is after a group of consultants hired by the city finishes its work. Others say the council should begin engaging the public now, before those studies are complete.
The public should have been involved all along. If they would have, we would have voted on this already instead of continuing to grease the wheel with more task forces, committees and paid consultants.
“The system is built for public input,” Rolfing said. “The way I remember it, there is going to be plenty of time for public input when all of the information is received.”
What information? We have all kinds of information – what we don’t have is simple; a ballot date and funding source. Information manipulated by the mayor’s office and denied to the public is hardly information we can trust.
But others on the council say it’s best to get the public involved now. Councilor Greg Jamison said the process feels “out of control” because officials aren’t talking about the investment that a new events center will require.
FINALLY! A councilor is talking about the nuts and bolts. Tell us how we are going to pay for this, then we can get out the drawling paper and consultants. When you take a crap at a public restroom what is the first thing you check before sitting down? The size of the toilet? The location of the flushing handle? The floor tile design? If so, you must like to crap with the mayor. Personally I would rather crap with Jamison.
“The day that we stop listening to groups coming to us is the day when we’re going to put this city in jeopardy,” Brown said.
Really? Yet you were so quiet during the Munson years. I guess because Dave was such a good listener. Gavel! Gavel! With the Velvet Hammer.