This is an interesting bill, to say the least:Â http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/HB1096P.pdf
I’m hoping an attorney who reads this site can explain it to me a little better. As I understand it, it would limit appeals a city can have. Not sure though.
While Obama has touched on many things I agree with 100%. One wonders how much he will be able to accomplish with the Republicans. Tax increases for businesses that outsource jobs?! Good luck with that one.
This is no surprise, and has been going on for years.
Those who walk this area more than one time per week say walking on these conditions isn’t just slippery, it’s also frustrating.
“It’s kind of bogus. They expect us to keep up with our end of the deal and they’re not up to it. It’s frustrating for us commuters on bikes to have to get up and take that time to get through that snow,” Bull Bear said.
I have often noticed that the city takes their sweet ass time cleaning city property. Surprised they don’t require the railroad company to clean the sidewalks on the viaduct since they are the closest adjacent property. Funny how the city dictates to us that we clean THEIR sidewalks and trim THEIR trees but they can’t do it themselves. Pretty soon they will have a city ordinance requiring all pedestrians to carry around a shovel in the winter. Of course the city had an excuse;
KELOLAND News checked several bridges around the city and found many were like the viaduct. We also talked with a city official who explained that most of the bridges in the city, including the viaduct, are state property. However the city does clear them off if they receive a complaint about snow cover.
Hmmm. Bridges in SF are state property. Then why in the hell did SF taxpayers have to bond and pay for the new bridge on 41st street? So which is it?
(BELOW: Channel 16 Screenshot commercial)
While I supported banning smoking in drinking and eating establishments (to protect workers in confined areas). I find it quite silly that the city of Sioux Falls is considering banning smoking in our public parks;
Another option would be to ban smoking in parks, which is what Yankton County did back in 2006. Their parks are now completely smoke free.
Yankton County Parks are smoke free? LOL!
1) Impossible to enforce.
2) Tobacco is a legal substance.
3) It is outdoors, there is probably more pollution in the air from traffic and JM’s before people smoking in parks.
4) Public parks are taxpayer funded. Shouldn’t taxpayers decide whether this is a good idea or not?
Obviously if this ban goes in affect, people will ignore it. You will probably see more butts in the parking lots of parks and more butts in the parks themselves. Leave the ‘smoker’s outlet’ ashtrays. I kind of put this in the same category of providing junkies with clean needles. Why complicate it. I would apply the KISS theory;
‘We prefer you do not smoke in our public parks. But if you choose to do so, please dispose your butts properly.’
Looks like Dean ‘No Goats’ Karsky is throwing his hat in the ring. He will make his second attempt at trying to actually garner a majority of the citizen’s votes.
Candidates can begin to take out petitions starting Friday. But any candidate can file a interest of organization and financial statement right now. Jamison and Karsky already have. I have also heard from both individuals, Anderson and Staggers that they are running. So that gives us three incumbents and one previous councilor.
There is a lot of things I dislike about our local government, but I really do enjoy covering campaigns, forums and debates.
UPDATE: Andy Traub sent me this yesterday;
I will be on KSOO Thursday from 4:30-5:30 to talk about what motivates people to run for office and what the people want from their representatives. Should be interesting. I may run, I may not. I just want to hear what people want before I run. I have a lot of respect  for how Rick and Ruth run their show so that’s why I am starting there. I’d love to start that discussion in the blogosphere as well so use this news however you want. I think Sioux Falls needs some new faces to represent the city. If I run it’ll be a very different kind of campaign, I promise.
I am assuming if Andy runs, it will be for the At-Large seat, since I think he lives in the Central District.
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