Informational Meeting • 4 PM
Alcohol Licensing Changes by Councilor Christine M. Erickson
Joint Minnehaha County Meeting • 5 PM
Presentation on Housing Advisory Board Brief and Review of the Augustana Research Institute Study – Marshall Selberg, Suzie Smith, and Chellee Unruh
So the CC picks their boogers and wonders why Pammy can’t give them something (they should have asked for) but they don’t question the State’s Attorney about why he doesn’t prosecute cases? Then CC Barth said this;
“It’ll make a difference for me,†he said. “I’m not inclined to subsidize inaction. I’m also thinking about the issues that were touched on in the attorney general’s investigation. His lack of openness toward the issue makes it so he should consider not running. If you’re going to live in the political eye, you don’t live under a blanket.â€
Many people have reached out to me about this. They have all said the same, “Should the County Commission have known this was going on?” apparently not. It reminds of when the Sioux Empire Fair lady was taking money. We pay county commissioners to be the checks and balances against this kind of corruption yet they don’t say anything until it explodes in their faces. Fraud. Financials. Addiction issues. Then they bitch, and scold, and have temper tantrums. You are asked by citizens to watch this stuff, and when the toilet overflows you blame the turd instead of blaming the crap you ate last night. Pay attention already! It is your job, it is your ONLY job! Represent us! Dig hard! And hold people accountable.
Not sure if you have heard this fun news?
Xcel Energy’s rates would rise 15.2% over three years as the electric utility seeks to raise $466 million to pay for a host of a projects, from improving its power grid to bolstering its nuclear plants and building wind farms.
Minneapolis-based Xcel, Minnesota’s largest electric utility with about 1.3 million customers, on Friday asked utility regulators for a rate hike that would leave residential consumers paying an estimated $110 more per year for electricity by 2020 — a 10.6% increase. The biggest rate impact would come in 2020, the first year of the proposed rate plan.
If Xcel is asking for this in Minnesota, you know damn well they will be knocking at our door next. As you may or may not know, Energy Companies often ask for more then they need from PUC’s so they get what they want. It’s the oldest trick in the book and something that used car salesman do.
I have never understood the ‘math’ of utilities. While their customer base increases, you would think their revenue would to, but for some reason they need these rate increases. In reality, our rates should be going down. Conservation efforts, green energy, etc. would tell us that things should get more affordable. Make no mistake, this is about the bottom line.
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