So while the city has been finishing the lowhead dam at Falls Park they have been doing some interesting form building;
But before they started the project they drilled a hole by the old water chute and for about two weeks they were pumping this green oily substance out of the hole. I went there this weekend and it seems they found a way to stop the primordial ooze. I have been told by several local historians and engineers that the entire bedrock under Falls Park is full of this crap because of the old industrial waste pit. Lipstick on a pig.
UPDATE: Apparently the contractor doesn’t seem to care if anyone knows they are working on the building, so why hasn’t the Pavilion said anything? It is also preparing the NE corner for the new outdoor sculptures, so I am sure there will be a ribbon cutting once installed, and it would be kind of weird to see contractors working on the roof that was supposed to be fixed already.
Last week a person who works very close to the Pavilion told me they have been loading materials (roofing) on the roof with cranes last week and continue to work on it. So I drove by this morning and noticed scaffolding on the roof. There was also 3 commercial trucks parked by the work area; An HVAC contractor, a drywall contractor and a roofing contractor. Notice the logo on the roofing truck. This is a company that specializes in this kind of roof repair. So I’m just wondering, when is the administration going to tell the citizens they are repairing the roof. And who is paying for this? #militantclosedgovernment
During his state of the city, which seemed more like having coffee with your pastor in a hotel lobby then an official meeting (it was in a hotel lobby, no lies) he talked about all the ‘crap’ nobody cares about (he bragged about the new sewer plant). Then he started whining, and that is his new thing, whining how everyone treats him unfairly. He cried about the legislature taking property tax revenue from the city and made up some statistic* about how we were going to lose money, then he said, “You have two choices when faced with this, you can either 1) find new revenue sources OR 2) increase the current taxes.” WOW! Or NUMBER 3 – CUT SPENDING!I was blown away that he didn’t even mention this as an option. It amazes me that an elected official is either that arrogant, naive or stupid (probably a combination of all) that he wouldn’t mention budget cuts. And I am not supporting what Sally and Tesler are doing in DC I’m just saying, when less tax revenue is coming in, you adjust. Is there something I am missing? I also found it funny you could only live stream the event on YouTube and not in the city’s stream service or citylink livestream. YouTube is only used when it is convenient for their warped agenda. Maybe next they will give the lead janitor the authority to charge a TP surcharge to fund his kid’s college fund.
*Paul said the city would lose $25 million over the next decade. So yeah, he is whining about losing $2.5 million in tax revenue per year with a city that has a $700M yearly budget. (.0036% of budget).We also have around $70 million in reserves. The city NOT hurting from the property tax cut.
I also noticed the mayor is trying to rip off my old man mohawk. NO dice Bruh. No dice.
My friend Joy, featured in this episode (FF: 16:00) showed me this collection when she lived in Sioux Falls. I told her to never sell it but to pass it onto her daughter. Never thought signatures would be worth that much. When her and her husband retired they moved to Colorado. They collect all kinds of cool stuff.
l3wis 
