SF School Board Candidate Profiles
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Here they are on KELO-TV. (NOTE: There was a call put into KELO to fix the video, they cut Randy’s interview and move it to back, they are working on it)
June 2017
Who reads the Argus Leader?
I’m not sure what the demographic is. My assumption has always been it is businesses and elderly who still have a subscription. Below you will see a memo sent to the city council (they have to designate the paper, the official paper of the city for legal notices on Tuesday night). With a city of 178K and over 60K households, the circulation numbers are not exactly stellar (19,568 weekdays and 31,468 on Sundays). Compare that to Yankton with a pop of 14K and circulation of 7,300Â or Mitchell with a population of 15KÂ and circulation of 9,400 or Aberdeen with a pop of 26KÂ and a circulation of 10,700, and it seems the small town papers have more support.
Sioux Falls Planning & Council upcoming agendas (June 6-7)
Besides the normal rezones, Avera presents their Development plan for their new mega-project (ITEMs 10-11).
The Planning Department is also raising zoning application fees (ITEM 14) which of course gets passed on to the consumer. Thanks.
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEETING
We get an update on the much unneeded city administration building. This outta be good. I’m sure we will get to hear about all the great funiture and fixtures the place will have.
The meeting gets kicked off with a proclamation from Dr. Maher, Super of the Schools honoring the SFPD.
In (ITEM 1) Approval of contracts, the Convention Center is getting new dinnerware, $80K. I am assuming that isn’t paper plates.
In (ITEM 2) change orders, seems the beer coolers are only going to cost us $58K. That’s good news, we need to save the money for fixing the bent up rat rod siding.
Skip to (ITEM 70) after a butt load of alcohol licenses, the council designates the Argus Leader the ‘official’ paper of the city (Legal Notices). We will have more on this in a later post.
(ITEM 73) The city council is asked to approve new fire chief Goodroad. I don’t expect much controversy and full approval from the council. But I am hoping some serious questions are asked about his residence in Canton and his investments with previous chief Sideras.
Former Sioux Falls city councilor Jamison corrects his comments on Stehly
Jamison fills us in on his entire interview with the Argus;
“Theresa Stehly is exactly what the tax payers of Sioux Falls should want with a new council member. She thinks for herself and is not afraid of anyone or any issue. The best thing Sioux Falls could ever have happened with a councilor is that they think for themselves and express what their concerns are. As long as they’re thinking about every issue, that’s what you want and the public is going to win.â€
Glad to see he corrected himself.