Sioux Falls Liquor License Listings for on and off sale
l3wis The City of Sioux Falls Licensing Department provided me this list;
November 2021
Sioux Falls Charter Revision to meet Wednesday, Nov 10, 3:30 PM
The Charter Revision will be reviewing my 3 proposals and I will be present for questions. They have written preliminary language if they agree to put them on the ballot. While I did ask for 30 days for a director to become a resident, Commissioner Zylstra is recommending 6 months, which I could agree to. We will see how that plays out.
I also see that Joe Kirby is proposing that the mayor be removed from the council meetings as chair and that city council elections be decided by plurality (or ranked choice). I have never agreed with a run-off in the council races. Another bone head idea from Rex Rolfing. I have also said that the Mayor should only have VETO power and NOT break ties or run meetings. If it is a tie, the measure should fail.
The Sioux Falls City Council meets Tuesday, Nov 9 at 4 and 6 PM
The two big items under 1st reading are the wastewater bonds from the state (inevitable) and the garbage container ordinance. Neitzert is basically providing an amendment to leave it as is. I have often thought that it should be up to the consumer as to where they place the containers. If they want to place at the end of the driveway, fine. If they want to leave by house, also fine. There should be NO extra charges for a valet service. Since this will most likely remain private for the foreseeable future it should be up to the consumers to dictate what they want. As for the drivers getting injured for grabbing cans, that is part of the hazards of the job. Wear the proper footwear. My mailman wears cleated snow boots in the winter.
UPDATE: Have the Sioux Falls Police taken the weekend off?
UPDATE: The official report is the suspect Has not been arrested. One of the 3 victims may have already died. During the briefing there was conflicting stories as to what kind of weapon was used.
There should have been an emergency presser by the Police Chief & Mayor yesterday.
No, they have not, but the people working in the communications office have;
We expect to learn more about the shooting during Monday morning’s police briefing . . .
While an active investigation is going on, no one knows how many people were shot because like Orange City, Iowa we have shut down our communications and functioning government until Monday.
C’mon!
We are the largest city in South Dakota, the SFPD should have held a presser this morning about the situation on one of the busiest streets in the city.
Last I checked the SFPD is responsible for public safety, that means 24/7. Should people be concerned? I don’t know because apparently they don’t work Sundays.
I think if we defunded the police in Sioux Falls, we may not notice, especially on Sundays.
The Dead Tree version soon will be Dead
I found this toon I did in 2007;
NO Applications for Med MJ dispensaries in Sioux Falls
I had heard from a reliable source this week that it was true, but honestly I just thought it was a fluke. The Argus has confirmed it with a story this morning. While I have not read their article I can speculate the reasons why.
Between the rules actually being in place with the state, there is the 700 lb gorilla in the room, the Supreme Court decision. Honestly, if I had the knowledge and the capital to invest in this, I would wait for those two things to be in place before moving forward. There is also a potential ballot question if they get enough signatures.
Factor in that there is very strict rules in Sioux Falls when it comes to dispensaries and my guess is finding a facility location is also very difficult.
If I were to invest in such a thing, I would do it in Lincoln County outside the city limits.
This is what happens folks when a legislative body jumps the gun on rules, and makes those rules so strict no one is interested. We all know that was the plan from the get go. So it seems South Dakota’s largest city can’t even progress on something this simple due to manufactured red tape. What a massive waste of time and taxdollars, but not a surprise from a cruise control mayor, and incompetent city attorney and a rubberstamp council.
If it ain’t for the benefit of the developers we will crush it. The sad part is the banksters, bondsters and developers will end up crushing the middle-class economy in Sioux Falls (if they haven’t already) due to their greed (taxpayer handouts) and unbridled growth (with no game plan on how to handle it).
I have been talking about our uncontrolled growth since I started this blog. Read this letter to the editor someone wrote in 2009 I quoted;
It is my opinion a moratorium on the city-limit footprint is needed. There are several, sizeable areas of undeveloped land within the current city limits This moratorium should last as long as these areas remain undeveloped, or 25 years, whichever is greater. As these areas fill in, property values will rise. Older, dilapidated neighborhoods could be razed, and urban renewal could flourish.
This statement was made 12 years ago and what has happened to our core neighborhoods (besides just downtown) since then? Nothing. The roads have gotten worse, affordable housing is virtually gone, Minnesota avenue has looked the same since the 1980’s and our core neighborhoods continue to crumble while we invest in play palaces and egg roll factories in corn fields. A reckoning is coming folks because of this willy nilly form of planning.