While I’m not sure if the repeal of an alcohol license for a C-Store by the Dudley house was a bad thing (6-2 for the repeal) it won’t fix a damn thing. There are several establishments around the shelter to buy alcohol at, and they really just playing whack-a-mole. The shelter should have never been built there, and until it moves the problem will exist.

I guarantee, the same people will be drinking in that area next summer.

I told several councilors this summer when it was at the height of these issues that they needed to nip this in the butt over the winter with a higher concentration of police patrols and ordinances that give the police officers more tools to limit public drinking. While I think the triage center may help, I also think moving the Dudley House closer to the proposed site would help to.

2 Thoughts on “Sioux Falls City Council kicks the can down the road when it comes to alcohol use around Dudley House

  1. Sick & Tired on December 18, 2019 at 2:29 am said:

    What the hell do you expect? These Dudley House folks eventually make it back to the House, and then they all huddle around the one TV there and watch the local news talk about a new brew pub opening up, or learn about a new TIF, which will fund a new trendy bar. The “convenient” convenient store is merely the drug, because the true dealers here in our town are our civic leaders.

  2. D@ily Spin on December 18, 2019 at 11:13 am said:

    The council has in mind a Midwest Haight-Ashbury circa 1968. Tourist buses will drive through to see the alcoholic homeless, mostly native Americans and veterans. Then, they proceed to hotels on the safe side of town. There will be major sales tax revenue from shopping and upscale restaurants. The T-shirts will read “I survived the Dudley House area”.

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