It’s good to see the mayor still has a few millionaire friends in town willing to defend him and their club. Mr. Byrne, a man who made millions himself (and has seminars to tell other people how to make millions) Thinks a few million here and few million there lost is ‘worth the risk’;
We’ve been making some fuss about $1 million of the $118 million investment we made to build our great new entertainment venue. Whatever we might think about that $1 million we’re fussing about, perhaps many of us can agree the other $117 million was a great investment. Maybe many of us can also agree that $117 million out of $118 million isn’t bad.
A couple million doesn’t seem to mean much to Mr. Byrne, but tell that to the poor stiff in Sioux Falls who is working 3 jobs to support his family and never will get to see some clown in a cowboy hat perform at the Denty, because he can’t afford it, but every time he purchases something in this fine community, he is helping to pay the mortgage so you can be entertained (around $10 million a year + maintenance and operations). But let’s look past the million dollars for a moment (we actually only got about $336K after legal fees – which doesn’t include the secret amount spent in the legal fight against the Argus) and look at all the lies told to the public, that actually cost us more in the end.Â
How can you defend such corruption while pretending a million dollars (of our money) isn’t a big deal? Maybe if it isn’t such a big deal, why don’t you give half that ($500K) to the Huether Tennis Center so the mayor can pay back the taxpayers, I mean, if a million isn’t anything to you Bill, what’s half that?
And in conclusion;
Thanks to Mayor Mike Huether, Councilor Jim Entenman, . . .
Yes, please continue to mention these two as the dynamic duo attached at the hip who allowed this fiasco take place and continue to play the denial game. Diamond Jim as our next mayor would look no different than the current administration, except for moving city hall to Mexico for an entire month in Winter.
Oooo! You’re harsh. He’s right, the million must be spent. However, if the Argus had not gotten the city into state court there would be no fix. This million is another million Huether can’t spend before the end of his term. It’s a good thing that’s not wasted on tennis balls.
How many rich people, that you may know, drive around in the comfort of an expensive car with refined interior, yet, the exterior of the vehicle has a dent in each of its corners, but that latter reality somehow seems to not bother them?
Currently, the EC is like a late model salvage vehicle, which was due to hail damage, that someone buys to drive around town so that they can say they own a late model Lexus, BMW, or Mercedes….