While Mayor Transparency toots his horn . . .

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The Argue Endorser fails to publish a letter to the editor online about Mike’s lack of transparency. I’m getting the original version from the author;

Dear Editor,

I attend City Council meetings on a regular basis. Documents supporting the Council’s agenda for that day are always readily available before the meetings. However, twice in the past several months, I have been denied access to public documents. Both incidences involved the Mayor’s events center update.  Instead of the documents supporting his presentation being readily available to the public, they are tightly controlled by his executive assistant who is present in the Council chambers. On two different occasions, before the Council meeting began, I made a direct request for the supporting, public documents. Both times, I was denied, and told all copies were for the media only. This is a violation of South Dakota’s open records law.

In addition, the Council has requested that the events center documents be made available to them no later than the Friday preceding the Monday council meeting. This is not being done.

Our City’s top elected official speaks continually about open government. Is what I have described transparency?

Sincerely, Cheryl Rath

It talks about the refusal of information from the Huether administration. No surprise, but what surprised me was his bullshit double speak in the AL today about government transparency. Get out the 5-Buckle overboots and scoop shovels:

I come from corporate America. We always valued opinions, valued dissent.

You valued making money, that’s it. dishonesty was the fucking cornerstone of the business you were marketing, and you know it.

In the events center discussion, sincerely we are going way above and beyond in terms of communicating with the public about this unbelievably convoluted project. But because it is so convoluted, every time we talk it creates more rumor, speculation, innuendo, posturing and politics.

Convoluted? Who is making it convoluted? Let’s first start with the first task force, then the second, then mayor Munson, then you. It doesn’t have to be this way. Put a funding source on the table and let the public vote. As for rumors, you are the one who is creating them by your secrecy. If someone told me they had a big dick, I would say, “Show me.” Want the rumors to end? Show us.

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Posted in: Mayor Hubris, Mayor Subprime Mike Huether, Mike Huether

7 Thoughts on “While Mayor Transparency toots his horn . . .”

  1. Poly43 on March 14, 2011 at 5:04 am said:

    The Argue Endorser fails to publish a letter to the editor online about Mike’s lack of transparency

    Cheryl Rath wrote a timely LTE considering Honest Mike once again got HEADLINER font with his transparency jibberish. And now it’s “lost” in the web edition? Typical Argus.

    Cheryl also was, along with Theresa Stehy, instrumental in getting the signatures needed to get the outdoor pool at Drake Springs. They watched the opening ceremony of the pool from the audience. They were not acknowledged, nor were they permitted to participate.

    Just a shame she or Theresa can’t run for the open Litz seat.

  2. Scott on March 14, 2011 at 6:13 am said:

    I waited all day for your commentary on that idiotic “interview”. There wasn’t a paragraph where he didn’t say something idiotic…and how many times do we need to be reminded that he came from the business community?

  3. l3wis on March 14, 2011 at 9:34 am said:

    They are just mad at Rath because she complained about a $25 ticket she got while attending a public forum that the Argue hosted. They like to act like they love transparency then turn around and have long closed door meetings with the mayor. Twisted.

  4. Poly43 on March 15, 2011 at 5:34 am said:

    Once again Jennifer hits one out of the park. Especially her last few lines.

    http://jenholsen.blogspot.com/2011/03/its-sad-state-of-affairs-at-city.html

  5. Scott on March 15, 2011 at 6:09 am said:

    That’s the first readable post that I’ve ever found on her site. She perfectly captures Mayor Hubris…especially those cringe-inducing lines about having these great ideas at 2 am.

  6. l3wis on March 15, 2011 at 6:45 am said:

    Poly – I knew about his vacations. You would take those trips to if you were a millionaire. I found it delightful that Jamison ran the council meeting last night. It went fast and smooth with no stupid speeches, except for the clown that wanted everyone to feel sorry for him because he has the burden of winning the liquor license pool but has no place for it. It was obvious there was very little sympathy for him.

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