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I guess Mike Huether disagrees with the Ethics Board

l3wis 15Comments

Strange that Huether would disagree with the ethics board’s decision on about property values adjacent to the Events Center (AL):

Huether acknowledged property along Burnside is on a new course for development as hotels, bars, restaurants and retail expected to grow up in the shadow of the events center will need building sites.

“Your property is going to be a lot more valuable,” Huether said.

Huh?! I thought Councilor Entenman was let off the hook for conflicts of interest because his property values would not increase? But the mayor says that is not true. Can the complaint be refiled?

 

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More ethical questions about councilor Entenman?

l3wis 23Comments

As a South DaCola foot soldier pointed out to me this morning, City Councilor Jim Entenman has served as a board trustee for Sanford Health-Merit Care since at least 2009. Besides the obvious conflicts of voting on zoning issues with Sanford Health and missing council meetings to attend the Sanford board meetings (which he has), one wonders what Mr. Entenman knew about the Skyforce moving to the Pentagon before the EC vote? He comments on the Skyforce leaving the Arena in the informational meeting (FF: 18:00). Councilor Jamison asks who knew what after Entenman’s comments:

Councilor Greg Jamison said he wants to know whether members of the administration knew the Skyforce would be leaving before the events center vote.

“I think that’s a big piece of information we should have known,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that we didn’t.”

This is starting to stink more and more everyday. And as far as I am concerned Mr. Entenman needs to make a choice, does he work for the taxpayers of Sioux Falls or Sanford Health?

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No surprise, Entenman found to have no conflict of interest

l3wis 12Comments

I could have predicted this one by licking my finger and sticking it in the wind;

SIOUX FALLS, SD – Sioux Falls city council member Jim Entenman does not have a conflict of interest when it comes to building an events center near the current arena.

That ruling Thursday from the board of ethics for the city of Sioux Falls.

I felt all along that it would be hard to prove a ‘potential’ economic benefit to Entenman, such as an increase in property value. I also don’t think the Board of Ethics is qualified to make unbiased decisions. Look at the witch hunt on Staggers. Another reason I talk about qualifications is because of some pre-meeting chatter I heard between two of the members before their last meeting. One member told another that Rex Rolfing was seeking an opinion (he did not go into detail) then the other member said, “Is he a city employee?” And the other member said, “NO! He is a city Councilor.” Where the other replied, “I did not know that.” It worries me a bit that a board that has to give legal opinions to elected officials, doesn’t even know who those elected officials are.

Jim Entenman

Councilor Entenman Ethics Hearing today

l3wis 19Comments

Councilor Entenman’s hearing will be today at 2 PM (updated) at the old council chambers at City Hall (KELO will be covering it live on there website). It will be a public hearing because Jim waved confidentiality. Which is great, but also allows for a circus act. I have noticed that our local MSM has said nothing in advance of the hearing, or the notice of it, and if I am wrong, please point me in the right direction.

My prediction; Jim will be found to have no conflict of interest. I do think he will be reprimanded though for keeping his name on the liquor license list for as long as he did. If Jim is found to have a conflict of interest, he may resign from the council. I don’t think he realized the magnifying glass he would be put under after becoming a councilor, and I don’t think he likes it.

There is one good thing about Entenman resigning, it is an at large seat and there could be a special election for that appointment. Council chairman Jamison has mentioned to me that there should be a special election when an at large councilor resigns. I agree.

Maybe I will throw my hat in the ring? Of course that is just speculation . . . I mean . . . that Entenman will resign.

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SF Councilor Entenman finds out what it means to be a public servant, but does he understand it?

l3wis 16Comments

Councilor Entenman, a self-proclaimed ‘Crowning Jewel’ of a city councilor

Just a few minutes ago, at the beginning of the SF city council’s informational meeting, councilor Entenman went off on a written diatribe about the ‘attacks’ on him by the Build it Downtown group. They filed a complaint/opinion to the ethics board on whether Jim had a conflict of interest when it comes to his property by the Arena and the possible construction of a new EC at that location. Didn’t seem like an attack to me. Any citizen can question the ethics of any public servant. That’s part of the job Jim, listening to the public that elected you and pays you. When you take an oath of office, you no longer work for a motorcycle franchise, you work for us. If you have a problem with that, instead of crying in an informational meeting, why don’t you do us all a favor and resign. Otherwise, buck up and take the punches with the back pats.

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