South DaCola

Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

February 2018

Reagan Rounds

Mike Rounds, “It’s like Ronald Reagan all over again.”

l3wis 2Comments

I just about had a coronary on the way to work this morning when I heard Senator Rounds say this to Belfrage.

They were talking about the tax cuts and the federal budget. Rounds went on to say that the policies that the Reagan administration implemented created the booming economy of the 90’s.

First off, Reaganomics destroyed our economy which has been a roller coaster since it’s implementation and has caused the biggest gap between the rich and the poor ever in the history of our country. If Mike Rounds is hoping for the trickle down economics of Reagan to work in 2018 like it did in the 80’s, God help us.

SFPD Sheriff Mike Milstead Sioux Falls

Is the SFPD misleading the public about the increase in crime?

l3wis 9Comments

Chief of police Matt Burns recently sent out this press release;

The crime rate over a five-year period remained flat, even with an increase in population.

That’s interesting because across the hall at the law enforcement center, our Sheriff said this in The Stehly Report;

“Felonies are up 100% from 5 years ago, and we have a record number of homicides.”

~ Mike Milstead, Minnehaha Co. Sheriff

Has the city and county doubled in population the past 5 years? Nope. So who do we trust the Chief or the Sheriff? It seems Chief Burns has left out a lot of important information when it comes to crime growth in our city. It seems he is continuing the Barthel tradition of ‘if we tell people it is ok, it’s ok’.

 

Elections Jim Entenman Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce

UPDATE: Chamber says Entenman a life-long resident of Sioux Falls

l3wis 3Comments

UPDATE: The Chamber made the error, not the Entenman Campaign.

As I have been telling people, it is often the ‘little’ things you have to pay attention to in campaigns. Details that candidates will try to slip by you.

I have noticed that Entenman’s campaign is built on a lot of spit balling and approximates. Like how he kind of just guessed that 2017 ended well financially for the city. Or that he has the intention to serve 8 years, even though he only did one term on the city council after his bucket list of the Event Center and BID tax was marked off the list. Seems he is learning from his buddy MMM who he would emulate as mayor, it’s NOT a lie if YOU believe it.

He claims in the Chamber interview he is a life long resident of Sioux Falls. Never mind the time he spent going to college in Aberdeen or the over 15 years he lived in Brandon. It’s kind of like a certain legislator from SD that lives in Texas most of the time.

Brandon isn’t a sub-division of Sioux Falls (they probably wish they were with all the water problems they are having) It’s actually a separate community with a different zip code.

Dell Rapids, Canton, Tea, Baltic  . . . Sioux Falls? Close enough.

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