July 2011
l3wis 
Sheriff Mack is coming to town (H/T – Eggbert)
Get your anti-federal government partay on! I wonder if WTF Yankton will show up?
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DO’s and DON’Ts for Wild Water West
Johnny Roastbeef Someone is angry about Wild Water West.
DO make sure to take at least THREE chairs PER PERSON in your party. Mark each one like a dog marks a tree, except instead of peeing on the seats, use an item such as a single fungus infested flip flop, an empty pack of generic cigarettes or a faded, ripped up, size XXXXL Tweety Bird shirt from WalMart.
Important changes to the way the city handles contracts
I could try to explain this in a very long blog post. But I will let you read this document yourself, AND watch the petulant city directors piss and moan about the changes. Basically it comes down to the city council having more control of the city awarding contracts, which city directors fear will slow the process. While this may be true, I support the changes because it will bring in greater oversight for the council and transparency to the public. What the council may or may not realize is that they are creating more work for themselves, but hey, that is why we elected them. Maybe they can pass a city ordinance that allows them to be paid $75 dollars every time they have to debate a city contract.
While education funding is in the crapper, Debbie Hoffman bellies up to the trough
“Maybe I can invoice the SF School District for the time it takes me to eat my free lunch?”
This of course doesn’t surprise me;
SIOUX FALLS, SD – How much would someone have to pay you to do a TV interview?
KELOLAND News doesn’t offer compensation for interviews, but South Dakota school districts do offer compensation for board members who are interviewed, or doing anything on behalf of the district outside of official meetings. It turns out an interview KELOLAND News did with a former board member this spring cost taxpayers $75.
On March 21, then-school board member Debbie Hoffman came to the KELOLAND studios for an interview about a policy to allow for teacher searches on school grounds.
A month later, on April 25, Hoffman submitted her time to the school board and was approved for compensation. Turns out, it’s perfectly legal.
“State law allows school board members to turn in for up to $75 a day for school board meetings or events or meetings related to school board business,” current School Board President Kent Alberty said.
When Hoffman sat on the last EC task force, she never showed up for a meeting until the end when they needed to start making decisions, and she acted like she had all the answers. While education is extremely underfunded, and school kids in SF get FREE and reduced lunches, Debbie thinks she should be paid for a 5 minute interview. I hope she takes that $75 check, rolls it up really tight and shoves it straight up her  . . .