That is what he said in the Argue Endorser today. Even though Huether only allocates the money for the roads and the council authorizes the expenditure. In other words, if the council wanted to spend more or less they could amend the mayor’s allocation before approving it. But do you think he will ever give credit to the council for this? I remember during the Munson administration how hard several council members fought to get more money for infrastructure while Munson fumbled around with roads to nowhere and building rock and wood thingies in the parks.
Mayor Huether seems to have a lot of monickers these days, like ‘The most transparent mayor in the city’s history’ guy or the ‘Events Center’ guy or the ‘Rivergreenway Project’ guy or the (Oh My Gosh) ‘The Downtown Development’ Guy and let’s not forget my favorite, the ‘Praying & Faithful’ guy.
Who gives themselves their own nicknames anyway?
What kind of ‘GUY’ do you think he is?
I call him the ‘Full of himself’ guy.

20 Thoughts on “So now Mayor Huether is the ‘Infrastructure Guy’

  1. Without a doubt he’s “Full of $h!t” guy.

  2. Craig on July 19, 2013 at 2:06 pm said:

    You said it yourself… Munson was messing around with yellow brick roads to nowhere while Huether has focused much more on actual infrastructure that matters. Sure the Council gets credit too, but if the Mayor takes the heat when we have potholes and decaying streets, he should also get the credit when they are improving.

    We all know we were way behind in terms of infrastructure maintenance (I recall hearing we were $80M behind during Munson’s administration) and although we are far from perfect, I’d say we are headed in the right direction. So give credit where credit is due… no nicknames required.

    (It is pretty sad that he gives himself nicknames, but in his defense he probably can’t use any of the names people call him in public as they aren’t PG rated)

  3. Well the council and the mayor deserve credit on this equally. But modesty isn’t Huether’s strongest suit.

  4. Lamb Chislic on July 19, 2013 at 2:55 pm said:

    I wish somebody would challenge MMM to prove the city has actually repaired 290 miles of roads in the city since May 2010. He pulls stuff like this out of his @$$ all the time, yet nobody calls his bluff. Hopefully, Jamison will have the chutzpah to do this, hold MMM accountable, and make it an interesting race.

  5. I could give him some credit if he didn’t have to have a press conference bragging about himself for every little incident that happens in this town.

  6. rufusx on July 19, 2013 at 4:19 pm said:

    Tell ya what. Compare him and his administration to some other mayors in the area and what is getting done in those towns. You can compare councils as well if you like. Then go back to bitching – if you still think it’s appropriate.

  7. Tom H. on July 19, 2013 at 9:14 pm said:

    Infrastructure spending is not a virtue unto itself. If you’re building dumb infrastructure (STROADs, events centers) it’s wasted money.

  8. Alice15 on July 20, 2013 at 8:11 am said:

    The point is do your job and don’t feel like you need to advertise it every time you do. MMM has classic short man’s disease. Where he lacks size in other areas (I.e. his heigth) he makes up for with his mouth and pompous self promotion. “Lacking Size Guy”

  9. Bond Perilous on July 20, 2013 at 1:08 pm said:

    What Tom said.

  10. Alice, it is called the ‘Napoleon Complex’

  11. M2CW38 on July 20, 2013 at 5:57 pm said:

    He’s preparing his campaign slogans for the masses who have the attention span of one sentence. He’s being politically smart for saying he has completed all those miles of road construction. Why? Because it was not tracked until he came into power so no one can say they did more or less. There’s no proof of the past, only his record. He’s smooth, no doubt about it.

  12. grudznick on July 21, 2013 at 5:44 pm said:

    I did not know that Mr. Huether had Napoleon Complex. That is a bad thing to have your mayor have. I feel bad for Sioux Falls if this is true and it seems like it might be but I know Sioux Falls will survive and overcome Heutherism.

  13. Ascot Jones on July 22, 2013 at 5:12 pm said:

    MMM is my hero……GO Mike!

  14. AJ – He would be your hero

  15. Testor15 on July 24, 2013 at 7:22 am said:

    Is the 290 miles including the redo work like Russell and others? It seems to me Sioux Falls has about 600 miles of streets, which means about half have been rebuilt. Did your street get rebuilt?

  16. rufusx on July 24, 2013 at 11:19 am said:

    I would say SF has closer to 2000 miles of street than 600 testor. (example rough calculation: 80 square miles of territory, 25 linear miles of street per square mile – one street per 300 feet – two directions – NS and EW)

  17. rufusx on July 24, 2013 at 11:22 am said:

    City itself claims there are 770 miles of street – must exempt federal, state and county highway miles within the city.

  18. Ruf is right on this one. I know, I hope you are sitting down while reading my statement.

  19. Tom H. on July 25, 2013 at 10:33 am said:

    rufusx, your calculation is probably correct for the core area of town, but in the suburban areas, I would expect lane-miles per square mile to decrease (bigger lots, bigger blocks, etc.), and sadly, most of this “city” is a suburb.

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