So I have been trying to craft this toon about I.V.F. and King Cakes, as you can read, King Cakes have a baby plastic Jesus inside the cake. This is the first year I have not had a piece of King Cake in a long time, and I always find the baby. So I was trying to make a joke about King Cakes and IVF, and had no luck, so I pitched it to a friend, who is actually pro-life, because I wanted a different perspective on it, he gave me this which I think is better than my macabre idea;

As I was watching the Forum Thursday night, something seemed odd, why was this guy I have never seen before who works for a local ad agency and somehow is associated with the Chamber moderating this event?

Than they introduced him, Ryan Budmayr. So who is Mr. Budmayr? Not only was he TenHaken’s campaign manager, he has ran many of the Mayor’s rubberstamper campaigns, including, currently, Richard Thomason’s and is the Mayor’s Facebook page moderator.

So how does the mayor’s minion get installed as the moderator and were the questions pre-sent to the chosen four?

You guys (voters) still haven’t figured out how this works? Have you?

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Some of them did better than most, but some decided it may be a good idea to register right before deciding to run.

The winner of public service hypocrisy? Jennifer Sigette, who decided to register to vote right before she announced she was running for the seat that is now uncontested. As someone who bragged during the candidate forums she has made Sioux Falls her home for the last 25 years and worked in various non-profit settings never voted in a city election.

Or Mr. Burn down the government, Stuart Willett who literally registered to vote one day, and wrote his name down as a candidate the next day?

Whenever these clowns say they want to serve the public and ‘give back’ I ask what they have contributed so far. And it seems having NO experience or knowledge in local government is the secret sauce to getting elected.

Guess whose voting record beats them all?

Ehrisman, Scott –   12  local election voter since at least 02/13/2003

2024 Candidates

Murren, Marc –    8  local election voter since at least 09/27/1993

Starr, Patrick –   11  local election voter since at least 10/28/1992

Tibbetts, Bobbie –    4  local election voter since at least 10/23/2007

Swenson, Gail –   10  local election voter since at least 05/02/2001

Willett, Stuart –    0  local election voter since at least 02/05/2024

Sigette, Jennifer –    1  local election voter since at least 11/13/2023

Basye, Miranda –    2  local election voter since at least 04/18/2013

Jeske, Neil –    0  local election voter since at least 10/04/2022

Zokaites, David –    9  local election voter since at least 03/19/2012

Spellerberg, Ryan –    5  local election voter since at least 09/25/2009

Deffenbaugh, Jordan –    4  local election voter since at least 01/11/2017

Thomason, Richard –    5  local election voter since at least 01/25/2012

RENVILLE, ALLISON –    0  local election voter since at least 09/22/2004

Since Lifelight is considered a ‘religious’ and ‘non-profit’ organization if they are using public property there should be some kind of compensation to taxpayers for cleanup, traffic control and general safety. Not to mention the buckets WILL be passed in the park.

When Jazzfest was in full operation I do believe they paid the city each year thousands of dollars for those services (the fees varied each year by how much the council and mayor liked the event 🙁

I don’t take issue with Lifelight using the park, I also don’t take issue with people who want to worship in a park. The Levitt, a facility owned by taxpayers, is rented frequently for worship events.

But Lifelight should NOT be using the park rent FREE because they are friends with the mayor.

UPDATE: I also found out that the agenda for the meeting wasn’t posted until 18 hours before the meeting after the attorney, Moore, told them he had a report about the trusts. Now if you are wondering if they needed to follow the 24 hour public notice rule, they are claiming they don’t have to because this is a ‘working group’. I am not buying it, it is a public meeting, with public officials in a public building in a public setting. You can call your group The He Man Woman Haters Club and it wouldn’t matter, you have to public notice.

I guess Moore gave the report ‘orally’ at the meeting. Attendees that were outside of the room when he was presenting said they could feel and hear a very loud sucking sound.

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I know, most peeps didn’t know about the meeting, because the Mayor’s office buried the agenda on his secret page, because, you know, he HATES open government and transparency, probably wipes his behind with executive session minutes.

But this little tidbit was interesting;

• Legal Opinion – James Moore

Basically the city was researching trusts, and Moore ‘probably’ told them they have nothing to worry about. You can give Lenin’s brood away with no concerns.

The ‘scenario’ being thrown around is the collection will come under a ‘LLC’ and be SOLD to a private entity that will disperse the collection to private collectors.

I think the collection should be preserved for scientific purposes, but private collections, no way.

I actually think we should take some of the better specimens and work them into a diorama around an aquarium. But the ‘specials’ in town stroking Poops have no desire for the public to benefit from the scientific study of endangered species, it’s way over their heads like fashion, style, ethics, morality, grammar and coherent thoughts.

Conservatives hate science, because it shoots holes in their theocratic theories.

Like I have said in the past, I don’t care about dusty monkeys with arsenic snot in their dead noses, but the way local government is handling this even makes monkeys blush.