CITY OF SIOUX FALLS EXECUTIVE ORDER CSP-2024-1
l3wis This EO made me chuckle a bit (actually many of them make me laugh) and the word games the current mayor (Jan 2024) plays with titles and grades. Hey Paul, a duck is a duck.
May 2024
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS EXECUTIVE ORDER 125
I have a feeling there was some changes to this EO during the Huether administration, but it is NOT appearing that way. It looks like Munson was the last mayor to touch it (until the shredding event, notice the re-numbering as MMM walked out the door.)
This has been a controversial EO for several councilors, it irritates them that as individual elected officials (like the mayor) they can’t directly call or email a QUESTION (not an order or demand, that SHOULD go thru the mayor’s office).
For example if councilor Barranco had a question about what will be constructed next at the water treatment plant, there is ABSOLUTELY no reason to go thru the mayor’s office. Barranco should be able to call the Public Works Director and ask him, “Hey, Mark, what is the next building to be constructed at the water treatment facility?” This is NOT confidential or sensitive material but it frustrates councilors that they can’t just ask the questions directly.
I have told several councilors over the years to CHALLENGE the EO. As I understand it, the EOs are for HIRED employees not ELECTED employees and councilors don’t have to follow the mayor’s rules.
You can certainly say ‘thanks for the suggestion’ but you don’t have to follow it.
Unfortunately, the employees HAVE to follow the EO so they simply don’t respond or they tattle-tale on the councilor asking the question. Double edge sword.
Once a crook, always a crook
Trump has been sued over 4,000 times starting in the 1970’s with housing discrimination. He is a liar, a sexual assaulter and a racist. He is a crook and has always been one. It is unfortunate it took 12 regular citizens to finally convict him because the elected leaders in our country don’t have the spine to do it. I feel for these people, because many of them will probably have to move because of threats, etc.
So many things I could say . . .
Let’s have fun. Pretend this is a cartoon and have each person narrating. Copy and paste into the comments;
Ginger:
Ginger’s friend:
Scooter man:
Pointy lady:
Bike girl:
You can change up the order however, but let’s have some fun.
Here are my suggestions;
Ginger: The clocktower is so dazzling today!
Ginger’s friend: Absolutely dazzling!
Scooter man: I must photog this dazzling display.
Pointy lady: Look! He is taking a pic of the dazzling display while navigating his scooter in moving traffic! Not only dazzling, but magnificent!
Bike girl: (Keep riding. Make no eye contact.)
UPDATE III: See, that wasn’t so hard
UPDATE III: This gets better by the minute, or worse, depending on how you look at it. I guess the meeting wasn’t supposed to happen. The explanation is that there was a software glitch and it reposted an old meeting agenda. While I would agree that may be the case, how did the date get changed? You can timestamp things on the internet, but you must physically do it. The software wouldn’t change the date, or maybe it did? But the kicker is how they tried to cover it up. They have been telling folks that the agenda was only up for a few minutes before discovered. LMFAO! It was posted Friday afternoon and NOT pulled until this morning. That is 72 hours+. Let’s pretend for a moment that the agenda was NOT supposed to be posted, which is fine, but you need to repost the meeting as CANCELED, especially if it appeared in the agenda online for several days, you can’t just REMOVE IT. I don’t think I can defend the city clerk anymore, or for that matter council staff that should really be proofreading this stuff for the city clerk. I told a new city councilor tonight that it is embarrassing for the council to have such incompetent staff, but beyond their embarrassment it is very bad for the citizens when agendas are randomly posted then removed without notice. There is some weird sh!t going on at Carnegie and City Hall, and I don’t even think George Carlin could explain it. God rest his twisted soul.
UPDATE II: Apparently city hall has been flooded with calls about the agenda, and probably why the meeting has been pulled off the city agenda page. Many have been questioning the date but also why councilor Jensen is listed.
UPDATE: I have a feeling they are doing this meeting because the state law of gifting dead animals out of state goes into effect July 1 and I am sure the administration wants to ditch these animals as soon as they get an opportunity and I have no doubt those animals will be loaded into a truck and ready to roll on July 1, which falls on a Monday.
See, you can actually post an agenda for a public meeting on a public meeting agenda page! Glad you figured it out! Where do I send the cookies?
As usual, the dead animals. The gift that keeps giving.
