SD Advocacy Project • Bills to Watch
l3wis Here’s some SD Legislation to watch;Â advocacy
2012
Sweet Victory. Sorta.
Sometimes it helps to speak up and uncover the shananigans that go on at Carnegie Hall;
SIOUX FALLS, SD – After about an hour of public input and discussion, the Charter Revision Commission unanimously voted to table a possible amendment that would have given the mayor more power on things like contracts and employee discipline.
“Madame Chair, I’d like to motion to rescind since there is so much debate and we need time to take more public input on the section 3-01 about the executive power until later notice,” Charter Revision Commission member Dennis Aanenson said.
As you can see, the CRC made the wise decision to table their amendments. This doesn’t mean they can’t bring them back in the future, but they sent a strong message that they are listening and that is a good thing. Part of me wonders what kind of pressure was put on them by the mayor, if any, to rescind the items. I could not attend the meeting because I was out of town. But as you can see the meeting is not up on the city website yet, and probably won’t be until Monday. I did speak with people who attended, and there was an apology extended to the city council and Greg Jamison.
Mark Millage is not running for city council
Mark promised to send me an announcement if he was going to run or not. I knew he was on the fence about it, and the biggest thing holding him back would be family time;Â Millage – 2012 City Council
Poetry Reading this Friday
A poetry reading and book signing will be held this Friday (1-27), 7pm, at Zandbroz Variety in downtown Sioux Falls for “The Last New Year’s Eve At The Pomp Room”. Readers will include Charles Luden, Steve Boint, Bruce Roseland, Rosemary Dunn Moeller, Alex Hagen, and others. It’s a solid anthology. It will be a rousing good time. The book is available at http://www.amazon.com/Last-New-Years-Pomp-Room/dp/1466395885
(You will be able to view some of my paintings at the reading)
Top 10 Huether disappointments of 2011
1. Misleading the public on details about the Events Center
2. Firing the City Clerk
3. Limiting the city council’s power
4. Appointing campaign contributors to Charter Revision Board
5. Chastising common citizens for getting involved in city government and sharing their opinions
6. Harassing nature of code enforcement, and the refusal to fix the problem in the city charter
7. Obvious control of the city attorney and the ethics commission
8. Cutting back street sweeping
9. Controlling the media
10. Crying in public
You can read his accomplishments here.