I can’t wait until these fools reoffend and think that their pardon is forever, oh, and they will. I think it is ironic that Sally Tomato always talks about immigrant violent crime then turns around and pardons people who injured law officers? There is a new kind of crime, MAGA Criminals.
Oh Elon, an ‘autistic tick’? Really? Did Hitler have autism?
The SFSD put out this survey recently;
Hello SFSD Parent/Guardian,A committee is meeting to learn more about cell phone/smartwatch use during the school day. Please take the survey by clicking the one-time-use link. Do not forward the link.
Each email address we have on file for parents/guardians receives one invite for the survey. If you have more than one child, consider answering with your oldest child in mind or coordinate with the other parent to submit responses that represent your feedback for two levels – either elementary, middle, or high school.
The deadline for the survey is Friday, January 31, 2025.We thank you for your time and participation.
Sincerely,Sioux Falls School District
I think they should be banned, and I wouldn’t even allow them to bring them on school property. If your parents need to get a hold of you they can do like my mother did, call the front desk and ask to speak to your child.
The mayor continues to blow smoke;
However, here’s what else you need to know: As our elected leaders voted on these substantial projects, a total of three members of the public showed up to give input. None exactly gave the councilors a show of support. And that’s more the norm than not.
“Partly why the aquatics bond has gotten delayed a lot of times is increasingly we’re only hearing from the people who are against things,” TenHaken told me before the start of the year. “I’m only hearing from people against the Delbridge (taxidermy collection) leaving, against us bonding, against building a Convention Center, but I know the vast majority of the community wants an expanded zoo and aquarium and butterfly house there. I know a large majority of the community wants indoor recreation for their families.”
What happens, he continued, is “the loud voices get loud, and they tend to overshadow what we know is the right thing to do.”
First off, you are not hearing from these folks because they don’t exist. It’s really that simple. Recently Shape SF did a survey of citizens, the parks, once again were rated high in satisfactory ratings. Why? Because we have more recreation and park space then we know what to do with, and if people are saying they are satisfied with our current park system, why do we keep adding to it when nobody is asking for it?
I have yet to have anyone tell me we need more indoor rec, refrigerated ice ribbons or a new convention center. The only one saying it is the mayor and the bondsters that control city hall. This is why the bunker ramp got built because Poops was too scared he would piss off the bonding companies.
But the irony of this is that Poops seems to know the problem, he just doesn’t realize it is his closed government policies that are driving citizens away from engagement.
We need a new generation of leaders to emerge, he added.
“They need to get involved, engaged in driving the community and not just hoping the right things happen. We’ve taken for granted what Sioux Falls is. We’re like, this just happens. We just build Steel Districts and Jacobson Plazas and that’s how this works, and that’s not just how it works. It takes a ton of work.”
Every time talented young people have ran for office you go recruit a contender and throw gobs of money at them. Why would anyone want to run against the machine? Your militant closed door government policies have driven the public away from engagement. Just look at the last local election. Wasn’t even worth turning the printing press on for ballots. Keep up the secrecy and you will eventually drive everyone away from local government.
As DJT tried to kiss his wife as he entered the rotunda today her hat prevented him from connecting, which I am sure was intentional on her part, LOL. Wasn’t the first time a HAT upstaged an inauguration.
It is with heavy heart hearing about Mike. He is NOT the famous NBA player from Mitchell but one of the top jazz guitarists in the world from Sioux Falls. Mike played at Touch of Europe numerous times, he was the only act we could charge a cover for, and people would be lined up out the door, even in the winter! He will be missed. Besides Richard Thompson, Miller is the only other guitarist I have seen play live where I don’t understand the sound they are getting from the strings. It was eery, and beautiful.
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