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Maybe the City of Sioux Falls could afford eliminating food tax revenue if they weren’t spending so much money on lawsuits

l3wis July 8, 2024 7Comments

Poops is at it again, chairing an anti-tax cut initiative, which is highly unethical;

Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken is now the chair of a statewide ballot question committee called South Dakotans Against a State Income Tax.

There won’t a state income, typical chicken little crap from these folks. I may vote against the measure but not because I don’t support it, but because our spineless, very uncreative, gutless morons we call our legislature will just increase sales taxes on everything else essentially burdening us with higher taxes on other goods.

There will never be a state income tax and Poops knows it. They will lie their way out of this one just like they did on Rec MJ. The truth is NEVER on Poops side.

What’s that sound? Nothing.

l3wis July 3, 2024 17Comments

Since the collapse of the train bridge in Sioux City I have been enjoying the sound of NOTHING. Granted, living Downtown Sioux Falls is noisy, traffic and airplanes even without the train whistles, but it has been so pleasant. I have been getting the best sleep of my life because I am not hearing a train whistle every hour from Midnight to 6 AM. The trains are still moving cars around in town, but the major traffic at night has ceased for now.

This is what we could make our downtown, less noisy, if we would just force the trains to put up quiet zones in every road crossing downtown. There is absolutely NO reason those whistles need to blow non-stop all night long.

I’m kind of hoping it takes 5 years to fix the bridge, but my guess is it will be fixed by next year. So enjoy the sound of silence. It is nice.

Bunker Ramp CENSORED mural gets reused in DC at the Smithsonian

l3wis July 2, 2024 3Comments

We could of had THIS, but instead opted for a color fart (I am linking the image because I don’t have permission to post).

I was told this is a smaller version of what was going to be done on the Bunker Ramp and some changes were made, but very little.

So I ask Mayor Poops the question, what is racist or inappropriate about this image? NOTHING. Heck, the most famous museum in the United States didn’t seem to have a problem with it. I have a feeling that the image wasn’t ‘vanilla’ enough.

Poops, your family nickname says it best, you are full of it.

Here is my drawing I did after I got descriptions of the mural, I am not off by to much, LOL.

The Pavilion Subsidies need to end

l3wis July 1, 2024 12Comments

I guess it is the misfortune of success. The Pavilion brings in a lot of money, as you can see;

They also have millions in reserves. So why are we still subsidizing them?

Just look at the executive salaries, the Director, Smith was making $164K just 5 years ago. So apparently while he was laying people off during Covid he continued his raises. Not bad for running a couple small theaters and an out dated science center.

We also throw millions each year in maintenance of the building (taxpayers own it) from the entertainment tax. While actual building repairs like a roof, windows, foundation, etc., should be covered by the owners any equipment purchases such as lighting or sound or anything that is NOT a permanent part of the building should be the Pavilion’s expense, and the council needs to change their maintenance contract with the Pavilion when they revoke the subsidy to reflect it.

The Pavilion has proven that they can float the boat on their own, so why don’t we let them?

I also heard a rumor that the Pavilion is planning a big concert at the end of summer at Great Bear. Not sure who will all play, but they have a $2 million dollar budget supposedly.

Is the Storm and Stampede moving to the Midco?

l3wis July 1, 2024 4Comments

Season ticket holders of both teams have been telling me there is a push to move both sports teams to the newly minted Augie arena.

The Stampede I understand, but the Storm?

This is just a rumor at this point, but it was confirmed to me that the Denty management has been requesting they both find another venue because the teams block out good concert dates.