UPDATE: HOLY SH!TTTTT!!!!! So the council votes for the rezone, BUT denies the development plan. Then at the end of the meeting they did a reconsideration then approved the plan. Cowards. I have never seen a council pull such a chickensh!t move ever. I have been watching these since Hanson.
I told the council tonight during public input that if they pass this, that they just don’t care. And they proved me right, 7-0 (Barranco was absent, SMART MAN!) They all got in line and voted on a rezone that they fast tracked this summer under the radar. And I loved that part, because I suckered the dipsh!ts into admitting what they did. During my input I told them that the vote was ILLEGAL because of the fast tracked annexation and that the people who live in that part of the county are NOT represented by them. Well that ruffled their feathers so they started throwing legal questions at Fiddle (I was giggling at home) after public input trying to justify the legality (I knew it was legal, I just wanted to hear the excuses). So during their GOTCHA period they had to admit they fast tracked this. Morons. They can’t even cover their tracks. As for a petition drive, a few people approached me tonight that they plan on doing one. So that is good. I also brought up during my testimony that our TV media in Sioux Falls is WORTHLESS because they waited until the day of the 2nd reading to do a story about this. The crowd was laughing. But I was serious. They suck and they are in the bag with city government, it is disgusting. But after the vote, the real fireworks happened, and I figured it would. As folks were walking out they called the council about every name in the book, and not the good book. Damn, I thot I was watching Chapelle. LOL. I also found it funny that when the council was justifying their votes they only talked about the tax revenue and not one single one of them brought up our rates going up. They also justified it because there are other data centers in Sioux Falls. REALLY?!? Yeah, those are clerical, NOT AI, big diffo. But hey, they almost saved the day by denying the preliminary plan, 4-3, then bringing it back and voting for it. You were almost ready to govern, maybe in a few months;
One last rant about the night, man I could do play by play with Lalley and have a blast about this meeting, this one is going down in the history books and please Cameraman Bruce, throw this one on YouTube. Anyhoo, before public input on the Data Center, Paul told people they had to say the name of the town they are from. No they do not, it is a violation of your 1st Amendment rights. He is clueless. Paul actually got his ass handed to him tonight from the public for once. Thank You. I think I’m going to do a best of clip, especially the part where he gavels clappers. Good stuff. Or when the very nice mom told Paul to check his quote with Kelo. LOL.
It was nice to see so many people show up last night and make relevant points. They got to see our ineffective city council and mayor at work(?). And what is up with Paul’s obsession with knowing who is dissenting him? It’s weird, it’s like he is stalking us. Can an entire city put a restraining order on him? LOL. Remember last year he admitted in a podcast that he looks at people’s FB profile if they make a negative comment on his page. Yeah, he’s that guy. Metro-Yeti Karen. Before last night I told folks I have lost all hope with this current council and mayor, they are living in la la land. I knew the lack of transparency in the city would eventually collapse in on itself and that happened last night, and notice, I didn’t see a single TV camera there, shocker. But at least they covered the other weasels giving themselves a ridiculous raise during this horrific economy. I hope our tone deaf Charter Revision Commission puts a similar raise proposal on the ballot for council and mayor so I can watch it fail by 80% of the vote, but these clowns still won’t get it, they’ll try again next year.
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This is just the re-zone. The company will have to have final plans approved by the planning commission and city council. As I have told advocacy groups and individuals, this is getting approved and the only way to stop this is with a petition drive, but I still question the legal authority of the Sioux Falls city council to pass this. This is NOT within city limits. In other words, the folks that live in this district (likely a township and NOT residents of Brandon or Sioux Falls) will have officials NOT elected by them making decisions about land use. It would be like the township board voting on a gas station re-zone within the northern most city limits of Sioux Falls. Not their jurisdiction, just like this is NOT. It is called the joint-jurisdiction area that still needs to be annexed in Sioux Falls. Until that annexation happens, the county and the township should have the final authority on this re-zone. I think there could be legal challenges to this as well as a petition drive. I know it would be complicated, but I think the petition drive could reflect a special election within the township this rezone resides. Probably only need 100 valid sigs.
WE WILL SEE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
I’ll be waiting for all of these ‘supposed’ advocacy groups to present their petition Wednesday morning, but I am not holding my breath. I think they continue to beat their heads against the wall for job security reasons.
I think the thing that bothers me the most besides all the shady legal authority surrounding this rezone is our water and energy costs going up and our elected officials don’t seem to care. It is pretty sad.
Reportedly, the Data Center will use as much power as the entire city of Sioux Falls. Will it get priority when there’s a power outage? There’s no history of property tax assessment. How is it possible for it to pay a fair share? Once built, there will be few employees. Employees pay sales tax. Will there be sales tax on private data services? Shouldn’t there be an environmental impact study relative to radiation? Who fights the fire from when there’s a mushroom cloud explosion? How in the H—- does this at all benefit citizens? Does government represent people or A-eye?
This micromanaging Mayor wants it approved. Mostly for another feather in his cap before he leaves office. He could really care less if the working class are faced with increased utility bills.
Guys that run data scraping businesses like data centers.
“What?….. The Minerva’s burger for this battle is only $35 this time and not $55?” ….. #ThanksALotTrump!
https://www.keloland.com/keloland-com-original/how-expensive-is-the-burger-battle/
Did you say, data centers? …..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8TDOFqkQA
I’d love to see the video of the finger flipper that Spellerberg snitched on that Soehl let Pauli escalate. Tell me Bruce captured it on video.
I thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle and wasn’t a bit surprised by the ball-less reconsideration move.
Sad to see my hometown devolved into what it’s become over the last 20+ years.
Is Jordan on Pauli’s Christmas card list?
the media can’t cover council meetings when there is a burger battle going on.
No, but I think Peter Thiel is 🙂 when Jordan made that connection on social media I was dying laughing, oh and Kyle Peters is involved, so we knew where this was going. I think when they start building the facility I am going to call ICE and see if they can do a raid of the job site, I think Mr. Peters has some connections in that area. LOL.
Hey, I’m that nice mom ?. Thanks for the shout out. We need a petition, we need a vote. The amount of people that I don’t want this is staggering.
Can you please email me? Thanks.
There’s no candidates for future city council. Not enough Fascists.
Snowplow needed in Minneapolis for removing ICE and Noem?
Per AI: A fascist is a supporter or adherent of fascism, a far-right, authoritarian political ideology characterized by extreme nationalism, militarism, suppression of opposition, a cult of personality around a strong leader, and the subordination of individual rights to the state, often using propaganda, scapegoating, and violence to achieve national unity and power. (AKA City Councilor)
Scott,
Your comment about media being in bed with the city government reminded me of something that Joe Kirby once told me. He told me once, that the MEDIA was one of the special interest groups during the 1980’s that were upset at city government cause the process moves to slow. Lets see, who wanted the Charter again?
1) Forward Sioux Falls,
2) Chamber of Commerce of Sioux Falls
3) Main street Downtown Property Holders,
4) Sioux Falls Development Foundation
5) The MEDIA
6) Concerned Citizens of Sioux Falls (charter group)
Now lets see, from these 6 groups, you get most of your city councilors, the Mayors, and all of your appointed committees, boards, and commissions.
How many people realize the City of Sioux Falls under the “Charter” is really a “Territorial Government” acting on behalf of the 5 Townships that make up Sioux Falls – Sioux Falls, Delapre, Split Rock, Mapleton, Wayne.
Do any of those Township Boards ever get any say on what goes on in this city? Lets remember, it all starts with LAND, and the last I know, those Landowners have the final say, and those landowners all agreed to sub-divide their land, and annex their sub-divisions into the city, allowing the residents to reside on the land. When they did that, they ALLOWED the “Residents” to have input on how we develop the land in this territory.
Mike Z