South DaCola

Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

May 2012

Art Washington Pavilion

The Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center needs to feature artists that are not former board members for once

l3wis 6Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKnMbrAcPsI&ob=av2n[/youtube]

If Paul Schiller and Groth want to have a show about weather, I suggest they tough it out like the rest of us artists and put it up in some coffeehouse;

Just in time for summer vacation, there’s a new exhibit at the Washington Pavilion. “Beauty In The Beast” features pieces from South Dakota artists highlighting the weather.  Along with Paul Schiller, four other local artists lend their talents to the collection.

“Mary Groth, Nancyjane [Huehl] and Dale Lamphere are probably some of South Dakota’s best when it comes to art, and it’s a real honor to be able to work with them,” Schiller said.

Do I think an exhibit like this is cool, meh, but what bugs me the most is that it seems since Schiller and Groth used to sit on the board of directors they can feature their artwork in the building as many times as they want to.

It’s getting old. Go buy your own museum already.

 

Mayor Hubris Mayor Subprime Mike Huether Mike Huether Sioux Falls

Is ‘Tricky Mike Huether’ running for Governor?

l3wis 16Comments

Of course, if this is true, and he won, the Royal River Casino could kill two birds with one stone.

I have heard vague rumblings that he is gearing up to run against Denny Doogard. Truth be told, if I had a choice, I would probably roll Huether. But like in the last governor election, I would probably vote for neither and leave the ballot blank.

When asked if he was going to run for mayor again in two years, he made no real promises.

This info comes from two sources;

Number one tells me about all the fundraising efforts of the SD Democratic Party concerning Huether and the recent push to get a Republican elected to the city council with Democrat’s money.

Number two tells me about the electronic mail fundraising efforts of the mayor.

Quite honestly, don’t know if either is true, the SD Democratic Party has been mysteriously quiet. Let’s just say Detroit Lewis is not on their mailing list 🙂 And that’s cool, because they are going to have to save all of their money for the Barth/Varilek race.

As for the Casino issue, I encourage the media and citizens to ask questions and demand answers. Is the mayor pursuing higher office? That is a cry for another day.

Mayor Hubris Mayor Subprime Mike Huether Mike Huether SF City Council Sioux Falls

UPDATED: Why is the mayor sitting at the helm during the approval of this TIF district?

l3wis 10Comments

This is a screenshot of the mayor running the May 16, 2011 council meeting approving item #37

Okay, this may not be a concern of many of you, but first I want to send you the link to the meeting;

May, 16, 2011 (FF to Item #37, you can do this by clicking on the item.)

Okay, sounds all fine and dandy. Market rentals in a poorer neighborhood in town. Good stuff. Eat it up Maynard. But this isn’t about helping out the working poor to find a roof over their heads, it is possibly about conflicts of interest.

As you may or may not know, Mike is an investor in many projects around the city (or should we say, his wife is – LOL). The speculation is that she is an investor in many of these kinds projects around town. No biggee, except, maybe the mayor should have excused himself from this vote (or supervising the vote), which he did not.

The running joke around city hall was after the meeting he was asking people if what he did was proper. It is kinda like asking if peeing your pants is okay.

UPDATE: HE DID HOWEVER COME TO HIS SENSES BEFORE THE CITY SIGNED OFF ON THE TIF (This document shows Cotter signing off on the project FOR the mayor): TIF 11

Do you think it is proper for the mayor to be investing in development projects around town? Better yet, do you think it is proper for these developments to be asking for TIF’s?

 

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