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Mayor TenHaken’s April Fool’s Joke

l3wis April 2, 2022 1Comments

During Poops regularly scheduled monthly appearance* on the Belfrage show he said that just because your appraised value of your home may go up 18% that doesn’t mean your taxes will go up that much. This is true. But what he said next must have been his sad attempt at an April’s Fool’s joke. He proceeded to say that some people’s taxes may go down. Hilarious stuff. The only case where this could even be true is if you move into a special category next year that would qualify you for a tax reduction (senior, disabled veteran, etc.). The only entities in Sioux Falls that are getting (massive) tax breaks are the welfare queen Tifilicious developers and we are all paying higher taxes because of it. My taxes going down . . . my ass!

*This was Greg’s BS excuse to not make it sound like a FREE campaign advert.

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Even if Amendment A fails the Sioux Falls mayor will still get a $10K raise next year

l3wis April 2, 2022 1Comments

While most people have been chuckling behind the scenes about Poops endorsement of a NO vote on Amendment A (A $165K salary) he would still get a significant raise next year. If you base it on inflation of 7.5% his raise would be $10,312 which would bring him to $148,112 for 2023.

This is why we have consistently kept the inflation/deflation index for the mayor and council’s salaries, because it works.

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City of Sioux Falls Election may be lowest voter turnout in years

l3wis April 2, 2022 3Comments

Besides the obvious signs, like very few absentee ballots coming in and early voting, there are some factors that may make this election a dud when it comes to people voting.

Just look at what the school district did, saying very little except on their website that there were 2 seats up for the school board and NO one challenged the incumbents.

The same could be said about the city’s role;

• Very little notice about voting registration or a sample ballot being provided only a couple of days before registration deadline and early voting started.

• A popular incumbent mayor who most people think will win with or without their vote (the mayor’s race is usually the driving force for people to vote).

• Several candidates with little name recognition. Most people have trouble naming our current council let alone new people running for the office.

• While the media has done several interviews with candidates, they have done barely any stories why it is important to vote in a local election.

• Luckily we have tons of great candidates running and remember Vote NO on both charter amendments and YES to Brekke, Pam Cole, Reistroffer and Ingle for council.

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Lennox Man accused of Child Abuse is City of Sioux Falls Technology Manager

l3wis April 2, 2022 1Comments

At least this time it wasn’t in the Police Department;

Technology • Larsen, Daniel W • Information Tech Infrastructure Mgr • $ 107,702.40

You have to start wondering about the Culture overall within our city when it comes to the workforce. Maybe Mayor TenHaken is correct, maybe the city’s employees do need an overhall in culture. I’m just not sure he is the man to do it. I also wonder if he is found guilty of the charges if he will not ‘work another day’ for the city.

Patrick Starr SF City Council Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls City Councilor Pat Starr suggests the Council takes their power back from City Hall

l3wis March 31, 2022 5Comments

For Immediate Release

Contact: Councilor Pat Starr- Northeast District – (605) 321-9680 – pstarr@siouxfalls.org

“Today I am recommending the Sioux Falls City Council set aside remaining COVID – ARPA funds granted the City by the State and Federal governments to be used in a program for assisting homeowners in improving the integrity of their homes.

“There are funds remaining in the ARPA program,” said Starr “and these should be set aside in a revolving fund available to our current homeowners and those to come in order to guarantee the stability of that housing market.”

“The Mayor has not told our City Council or residents the amount of remaining funds and before they are wasted on potentially dubious projects, the remaining funds should be used as a homeowner TIF (Tax Increment Financing) type program for our hard hit neighborhoods” Starr added.

“The program could be set up as a revolving small loan fund, allowing future citizen homeowners to borrow funds to keep their homes and property in good condition and thus preventing their neighborhoods from becoming blighted.”

Starr concluded by saying “We have a great and growing city and will continue to be only if we help those who can least afford to make even small investments before their property falls into disrepair.”

Mayor TenHaken’s April Fool’s Joke

Even if Amendment A fails the Sioux Falls mayor will still get a $10K raise next year

City of Sioux Falls Election may be lowest voter turnout in years

Lennox Man accused of Child Abuse is City of Sioux Falls Technology Manager

Sioux Falls City Councilor Pat Starr suggests the Council takes their power back from City Hall

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I have been telling council this stuff for over a decade

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