October 2019

Trial of the Year?

l3wis October 10, 2019 4Comments

The below notice was sent to me by a foot soldier today who also sent me some interesting facts about the case against the ‘Living Man’.

• This is a Jury Trial for a misdemeanor in Circuit court. Seems like an incredible waste of tax dollars.

• The Police Sergeant who signed the arrest warrant, Sean Kooistra, is the brother of the city attorney, Stacy Kooistra.

• The defendant is representing himself ‘Pro Se’, which normally frustrates judges and attorneys because of unpredictability.

Food for thought.

I will not be wasting precious vacation time for a trial that, IMO, will end before it even gets started in a dismissal.

City of Sioux Falls Media Concerns

l3wis October 10, 2019 2Comments

There have been a number of concerns I have had with CityLink over the past couple of weeks;

• Why did Mayor TenHaken ‘BOLT’ from the neighborhood summit after an introduction? He claimed he was going to his kid’s soccer game but I heard he was tailgating at a USF football game. Either way, it doesn’t matter where he went, it was ‘TACKY’ and he should have stayed to help answer questions. The event also wasn’t recorded. Thank you to my favorite Swede, Cameraman Bruce for recording the event. I think city staff did a fantastic job answering concerns. BRAVO!

• Why is the new director of the Dudley House, (who I assume is getting paid) Madeline Shields still working part-time for the city as host of ‘Inside Town Hall’? I find this to be a conflict of interest (since the city gives money to the shelter already). I would also think that this job needs her full attention and she would not have time to ‘moonlight’.

• Also, in the video below where councilor Soehl, or as I nicknamed him ‘ErpenHeater’ is saying how wonderful it would be to tear down the Arena, why this episode appeared on CityLink but NOT on the city’s YouTube Channel?

There is some serious ethical issues going on with our tax payer funded media in this city, and questions need to be answered. Don’t hold your breath.

Alex Jensen’s campaign guru merging with the Zeal Center

l3wis October 10, 2019 1Comments

I found this to be an interesting merger, hopefully Mr. Paulson will comment on why he decided to do this;

The Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship is assuming operations of Startup Sioux Falls in the coming months.

By January, Zeal, the community entrepreneurship center founded by Forward Sioux Falls in 2004, will run Startup Sioux Falls, which was launched by MarketBeat founder Matt Paulson earlier this year.

“Zeal and Startup Sioux Falls are now a single organization, with two distinct brands, focused on the single mission of helping startup founders and small-business owners start and grow their businesses for the betterment of themselves, their families and their communities,” Zeal executive director Brienne Maner said.

I have been watching this kind of activity go on in our city quite recently and across the country. My opinion (and it is JUST mine) is that salespeople will sell anything they can to make a buck. My philosophy is that if you have a good idea and business plan, what you are selling will sell itself. If you need ‘help’ in selling something, you might as well just remain a working stiff, because you are doing a disservice to honest consumers.