The Planning Pushback
l3wis In the latest episode of ‘Planning Preview‘ Jeffrey Schlitz-Smidt, explains ‘buffers’ and how the public may not understand them. But he is willing to have ‘coffee’ with constituents to explain them.
Thanks Jeff.
October 2015
Cell Phone Ban, Democratic Forum 10/23/15
The voice of reason in the crowd on Friday was Annette Bosworth. Want to stop people from using their phones while driving? EDUCATION!
Then there is a lot of confusion of what a city council is supposed to be doing. Approving malt beverage licenses, approving infrastructure funding, etc. They are not the state legislature, they are NOT required to make rules when it comes to road rules. Â Maybe one of the reasons why the city council voted this down is because the last time they made up a road rule (texting ban) the state legislature threatened to yank our home rule charter.
And while Friday’s session was a ‘bash city council’ affair the bigger issue is how little this crowd knows about city government.
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The nanny state is on it’s way to control you more. Time to put away your cellphones. Why? Well just because. Rich Lauer was spreading the word at Democratic Forum meeting Friday noon on October 23, 2015.
When Annette Bosworth is there speaking with more reasoned clarity then the presenter and audience you know there is a lot of misinformation going around.
We kind of understand why he was there but Michelle Erpenbach’s proposal was defeated at City Council on Monday. So in this video listen to all the crying over spilled milk and wishful thinking going on.
This is a state law issue. Oh and by the way, the excellent video shown at the beginning of the program concerned an idiot who decided to do his on-line banking while driving down a narrow two lane country road. We have a crazy little thing called a texting ban and another called distracted driving for what he did. He was not talking on his cellphone he was paying a bill. The one he is paying now is for the rest of his life for being stupid. Diver’s education would have been cheaper for everyone.
If using your cellphone is a problem than I guess we should ban unruly kids from being in cars. How about banning kids under 18 from driving? How about no talking while in the car? How about no Egg McMuffins?
There are way to many things to distract while driving, quit worrying about the things you do not understand and drive.
By the way, the audience and speaker need to go to more City Council meetings to learn how it operates. We were surprised by their lack of Council process knowledge.
Best of DaCola
My final thoughts on Northside Davey, the king meets the clown
Todd, still saying stupid things
The very ‘odd’ Vern postcard (read the comments)
Stormland’s record of Deception, The real results
Staggers ‘Lettergate’
The Argus Endorsement of Mike Huether
Beware the packaging
Mike’s very telling opinion about creating policy
MMA circa 2010
Internet games
The Sooper Dooper Denny Secret Siding Settlement
Snevilicious at the Argus Leader did a story today about how the city is still refusing to release the settlement (Because Loophole David Fiddle-Faddle has pulled another one from his rear end). But the open records peeps seem to disagree;
(Argus attorney) Arneson said a case could be made that any Sioux Falls taxpayer is eligible to view the settlement without violating the confidentiality clause because they are members of the city and, arguably, a party in the settlement.
I like attorney Arneson’s argument. Something we have been saying all along, we paid for the building, we own it, we have a right to know what is in that settlement.
But I will also say, there are many ways to skin a cat.
While the Argus and other media outlets have taken the avenue of asking the city for the settlement head on and deciphering Fiddle’s  Loop Hole code, DaCola has been sharpening our skinning knife.
While DaCola has been kind of quiet as of late about this issue, we are taking a different approach when it comes to the iron clad settlement.
Stay tuned.
Another contract with no audits
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Just what we need is another city of Sioux Falls building being thrown up without any oversight.
The October 19, 2015 City Council meeting is another example of how a steamroller works when it is operated by an out of control driver. Mayhem could be another way of looking at it. Somehow we desperately need this building for our ever growing city control staff but when we ask for information, sorry Charlie go home and leave us alone. Oh and before you leave, drop your credit card over here so we can abuse it.
Change orders, unaudited building construction accounts, invoice fun and more are some of the things we are hearing about. So the administration shows up at Council again to demand the Council abdicate their duties by getting out of the way of the steamroller so it can get through.