Randomness
l3wis I took this photo of my street, Avera is in the distance.
A friend recently trekked to the great north and shot this picture at Devil’s Lake.
The state of the weather.
January 2015
SFPD identifies Tuthill shooting suspect
If you see this man contact either the SFPD or Ripley’s Believe it or Not.
South DaCola News
By Samuel Coldsweat
While the city and Tuthill Park neighborhood has been on the edge since a SF police officer said a suspect attempted to shoot at him, they think they have the answer. While the suspect has not been apprehended, they do know who ‘IT’ is.
He has been identified as ‘Sasquatch Earle Furworthy’ or as his friend’s call him, ‘Harry Balls’ which translates into ‘Harris-lan testicle’ in Latin.
He was believed to be living in the wooded area on top of the park since October, and is a regular on the sledding hill.
“We have been suspicious that it has been him since regulars at the sledding park haven’t seen him since Christmas, and in the last siting, sledders said he was mumbling something about making smoothies and wielding a frozen banana.” Says Chief Darth Cowbell. “The tips have been reliable since it helped us rule out the tooth fairy and a unicorn.”
When Cowbell was asked if they have any ideas of his location, Cowbell responded, “We assume he HEADED FOR THE HILLS!”
If caught, we were wondering if any charges could be brought up against a Mr. Furworthy for wielding a banana at an officer.
Cowbell said he consulted state law and with the help of city attorney Danny Fiddle-Faddle, they found a loop hole in the city charter to bring him up on charges if captured. According to Canon 13-7445 of city charter it is;
‘Illegal to point fruit (frozen or thawed) at officers when they are questioning your eating habits.’
“I really have to hand it to Danny, he really pulled that one, from, well, the air.” says Cowbell “He’s pretty good at ‘slippery’ law (no pun intended).”
As for leads, they are working with authorities from Washington State (Earle’s home state) to see if they can track him down, but he has extended family that looks very much like him, and quite honestly, they ain’t talking.
“Finding a ‘grunting’ interpretor is difficult these days, and if you do, they usually ask for several hundred pounds of beef jerky in payment,” says Cowbell.
We asked if there has been anything similar happen in Sioux Falls in recent years.
“Actually yes. But it turned out to be nothing,” says Cowbell. “There was thought to be a siting of Lochness Monster at Covell Lake but it turned out to be just a giant turd from when we dumped sewage into the lake.”
THIS ARTICLE WAS SATIRE, BUT I WILL LET STU WHITNEY BE THE JUDGE.
Dennis Olson for Minnehaha County Commission
Dennis Olson. Sometimes people without ‘connections’ do the best job.
Usually the day you get a rejection letter (see below) that you didn’t make the final cut, you don’t go endorsing other people. But the heck with it, I am in a giving mood.
The County Commission picked their ‘finalists’ today;
Five finalists have been named to replace John Pekas on the Minnehaha County Commission. Pekas resigned his seat after being elected a circuit court judge in November.
The finalists include:
- Former Brandon Valley school board member Jean Bender.
- Sioux Falls radio host and former mayor of the city of Sioux Falls, Rick Knobe.
- Former Brandon city administrator, Dennis Olson.
- Sioux Falls health care executive John Paulson.
- Former Minnehaha County Commissioner Carol Twedt.
The remaining commissioners and the county auditor will appoint the new commissioner. They will make their selection no later than January 20th.
After eliminating the obvious (A former mayor and radio DJ, a former commissioner, that would only be a seat warmer for the next two years, a Sanford Health Executive, WTF?! and a prominent attorney in town married to big time commercial realtor, Michael Bender) I decided it came down to only one choice. A former city administrator (worked for Brandon since 1988) Dennis Olson.
If any of the others get in, big money, big real estate, big healthcare and big mouths have just penetrated another hole into our county commission.
ALSO, I hope the CC releases the names of the other applicants before they select the new one. If anyone reading this today got this same letter, please email me at (fb.art@sio.midco.net) or comment. I would love to compile the list.
Click to enlarge below letter
UPDATE: Not much influence?
UPDATE: HERE ARE THE DETAILS OF THE PIPELINE PROPOSAL
We don’t have time for no stinking oil pipelines!
I was partially confused yesterday at the city council informational meeting when I heard Councilor Erpenbach talk about an upcoming joint Minnehaha & Lincoln County commission meeting next week (I think Tuesday afternoon at Carnegie). The meeting will be an informational from the Dakota Access (Baaken pipeline) People.
As we have discussed in the past, the pipeline will be coming very close to the city and through Lincoln and Minnehaha counties. What shocked me was when Michelle didn’t seem to see the importance of the meeting when she said,
“We don’t have much influence over that . . . the PUC has to grant the permit.â€
While this is true the county commissions and the city council also have to approve zoning for these projects, and should be VERY involved with the process. For someone who calls herself a self-proclaimed ‘Government Nerd’ she better get to ‘Nerding Up’ on some of her job duties.
GOT TIFs?
Well it has been over two years, and no one has applied for a TIF (imagine that, record building permits in 2014-thank you hailstorms-and we did it without issuing one single TIF) As I have often pointed out, development in Sioux Falls will steam ahead, with or without TIF’s.
A Sioux Falls developer is seeking a tax increment financing (TIF) designation to build an 80-unit affordable housing complex next to Sunshine Foods downtown.
Legacy Development and Consulting Co. is seeking a TIF for a project it wants to construct at the northeast corner of Third Avenue and 13th Street, or just north across from Sunshine.
As we all know, I am not a fan of TIF’s, they take money out of the county for prosecuting criminals and money from public schools. But I will play the devil’s advocate on this one, using the criteria that TIF’s are mainly used to clean up blithed areas I am puzzled by this request. This seems like a pretty simple project, leveling a few buildings, tearing up a parking lot and slopping up some middle to lower income apartments. Seems like a very profitable venture for anyone with the capital to invest in this project. I see NO need for a TIF. If Legacy cannot get a bank loan to fund this, it’s not the TIF that is holding them back, it’s their credit rating.
Poetry Club w/Charles Luden
The beginning is where I began.
Began what?
That is the question.
I became.
I met a small frog named Lucy,
my first memory.
The stories have not ended yet.
Winter is very hard on my friend.
I’m enduring just fine.
My favorite poem has no words yet.
Please wait.
I think I can hum it backwards.
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         Charles Luden
          Jan 8, 2015
       at Black Sheep Coffee