So having a blog, I get tons of spam, and lately I noticed that they are using AI. I got this email the other day and just about spit out my beer. It is in reference to the nickname I gave Sioux Falls City Councilor Alex Jensen, CountCilor Jensen. I came up with it after Pitty Patt said that a dead guy could beat Stehly.
I contacted five different journalists. Nothing.
I contacted the city clerk. Nothing.
I contacted all of the School Board members. Nothing.
I have yet to speak with the County Auditor or the person that would be responsible for prosecuting this, Daniel Haggar, Minnehaha States Attorney, but likely he would play a game of back and forth with AG Jackboots and the SOS, then tell you to hire your own attorney. This is how our COUNTY attorney handles election complaints, you are on your own.
This is a public function, and a public attorney needs to prosecute this.
It’s not that difficult to understand (this is the excuse I hear from some journalists).
When the form was initially filled out, it wasn’t complete, so that would make the form fraudulent. The remedy would be to fill out an entire NEW form, sign and date it, but instead the school district employee in charge of elections (a secretary and not a properly trained election official) decided to hand the original form back without amending it and resigning and dating it. Basically strike #2 in reference to fraud and perjury.
It is incredibly frustrating to me that a candidate can blatantly violate campaign rules, then when offered a chance to fix it, continues the coverup with the District employee in tow.
Doesn’t anyone in the media think this important? Do you think it is okay for a candidate to run if they committed perjury on their campaign forms?
Where the HELL is our media? Where the HELL is our local government? Their silence speaks volumes.
You know keeping your mouth shut is no different then lying.
Are they looking for strike #3 covering the whole thing up? So far they have been successful.
The little things in campaigns are important, like filling out your forms correctly, or election officials understanding the rules.
Besides all that, you really don’t need to know campaign rules, it’s a FREAKING LEGAL DOCUMENT! ANY CHANGES TO THAT DOCUMENT MUST BE AMENDED, NOTARIZED, SIGNED AND DATED. DUH! DUH! DUH!
This, IMO, is one of the biggest attempts at a coverup by the school district in recent history. What is this candidate hiding? What is the District employee hiding? They collude on this together? This is why this needs to be investigated and prosecuted by Haggar.
We have an auditor who is Hellbent on fixing election issues (that don’t exist) instead of prosecuting candidates that blatantly commit fraud, TWICE!
I’m not done, this post is the beginning. We will remedy this problem, even if it takes past April 9th, because this time you are NOT going to sweep this under the rug.
The Sioux Falls City Council approved E2’s on the bike trail this evening, Item #75 (8-0).
They understand the physics of riding a bike; weight of bike + weight of rider + speed + braking time. Whether your bike has a throttle/battery or not, doesn’t matter, accidents are based on these physics, not the power source of your bike. I know at least two people who suffered serious head injuries going 10 MPH on a regular bike. The vehicle isn’t the issue, it’s the RIDER! Wear a helmet, ride safe speeds, stop or slow down significantly when passing peds.
I have been pushing for this for at least two years, and last summer I really put the pressure on some city councilors and Neitzert stepped up.
This took longer then expected but the new assistant parks director and some officers from the SFPD stepped up with some speed studies, and guess what they found out? Nobody really is speeding that much.
As I have told councilor Neitzert, I don’t use the bike trail much with my E2 because it is just faster for me to commute thru residential neighborhoods then take the bike trail, but I like having the option if I want to take a shortcut.
The ordinance doesn’t go into effect until June 1st so the city has time to mount an education program and new speed signage.
If we see no issues over the next year, I think in June of 2025 they should legalize ALL mobility devices on the trail, and designate the bike trail 24/7.
Ironically, yesterday, while riding my E2 in the street, where I am supposed to be 🙂 a fine upstanding member of our community (a fat ass boomer who was dumber then a fence post) decided to curse me while buzzing me, telling me ‘You are not supposed to ride bikes in the street.’
This is why I pushed for the E2s on the trail, not for me, I’m used to the idiots that drive in this town, but for those who prefer not to be yelled at every time they are LEGALLY riding in the street. And if you are riding an E2 for recreation, that needs to be on the shared use trail.
Recently our fine mayor, Poops, as his family knows him, decided to brag in the rag serendipitously funded by his close friends (something those supposed rogue journalists don’t tell folks) about how our building permits are hitting records.
They are.
But not because of private industry, profit and the amazing benefits of the free market system but because the taxpayers of this community are propping up building permits that we really shouldn’t be counting or paying for. Public projects and non-profits should NOT be counted as building permits valuation.
We have to pay for the project on the front end, we have to pay for the interest and bond payments, and we have to maintain the facility. Building multi-million dollar projects paid for by taxpayers is NOT progress, it is regression (in financial obligations), and with the amazing growth in this city with PRIVATE new construction, the taxes should come in and up naturally, but they don’t because of the welfare tax system.
In his article he claims;
• $170 Million for wastewater
• $50 million for private parking ramps
• Airport parking ramp
• SD One Stop office building
• Multiple non-profit facilities
Not only do we get ZERO property tax revenue from these projects, they cost us, A LOT! Not sure how you can brag about building permit progress, when the projects are being funded by taxpayers and non-profits that pay no taxes.
I get it, multiple contractors in our city are working on big projects, and ironically, you and I are paying for it.
Break out the bottle of champagne, let’s celebrate spending my tax dollars on stuff I don’t give a sh!t about!
The private sector in this community is like a baby’s diaper that just isn’t quite full enough, but smells to the high hilt.
As you can see, Tibbetts turned in her conflict of interest form without filling out where she receives her income. You don’t have to list the AMOUNT just where it comes from, and if it is anything over $2,000 a year. I would guess being a commercial realtor, sitting on the Sanford Foundation board and her husband being employed by a large bank here in town the list is probably long, but you can add an attachment.
The school district was made aware of the mistake by a reporter and allowed Bobbie to fix the document.
Did you see what I saw? Bobbie was handed the original document to fill out, I know, because the date, the signature and all the handwriting from the original document are the same in the other fields. (I also saved the original PDF document, so I have evidence it was changed).
This actually may be perjury because if you amend a document you must submit a whole new document, you can’t just add to document you already turned in, and you certainly can’t keep the original date. Also, the printed form itself is incorrect because it lists Bev Chase as the contact with the school district, she has been retired for awhile now.
So is this on the School District officials or the Candidate? I think both. Both should know better.
I find it interesting that she didn’t initially fill this out, I also find it interesting that she is the only school board candidate to skip that part of the form. So why didn’t the election rep from the school district inform her that it must be filled out when she turned it in?
When you run for public office, you officially become a public figure and must disclose your livelihood with possible voters. It’s that whole openness in government thingy.
You could chalk it up to a beginner’s mistake, and I am sure that will be the excuse hurled, but what worries me more is that a government election official is not catching these errors and correcting them immediately, or not correcting them the right way.
And then there is the Auditor’s office . . . as a reporter said to me this morning, April 9th is going to be an interesting day.
*Also if you look at her chair of her campaign it is obvious she is a PTH recruit, I guess apparently now he must noodle around in school district politics.
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