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UPDATE: Data Center Petition Drive, Wonderful Chaos!

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UPDATE: Looks like they only turned in about 5,000 sigs so it looks like the petition drive failed. I truly think if they would have gotten organized a month before the approval they could have had petitions and volunteers ready to start collecting immediately. I am impressed though that a group of unorganized citizens were able to get that many sigs. Keep the petition data, there is a big petition drive coming on the horizon, and you are going to want to be involved.

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They turned in the sigs today, and like I mentioned before they went on the Chaos route. So we have no idea how many valid sigs they have until they are verified by the city clerk. I also suspect the developer will be requesting a copy of the sigs to peruse. I stayed out of this, like I have told peeps, I hate petition drives but thot this one was needed this is why I quietly contacted people before the vote. I also look at this as a learning experience for different advocacy groups in Sioux Falls that worked together, which they did. Folks, it is not left against right, or poor vs. rich this is taking on a tyrannical government. And any government that votes against the interest and well being of it’s citizens is tyrannical. The Data Center rezone was tyrannical.

Just read this comment from King Maker Matt Paulson on Facebook;

Dude, you are on the wrong side of history on this topic. A data center is a single story office building with a bunch of computers in it on racks. You are turning them into a boogeyman for no good reason. Sure, they use a lot of power. That’s why they want to build one next to an Xcel substation with excess power generation capacity and room to expand. Sioux Falls is quickly becoming an anti-business state… If you don’t want anyone from out of state to invest in projects in South Dakota, keep up with B.S. like trying to overturn zoning approvals after they have gone through both planning commission and city council.

The guy who made all of his money from the Rec MJ bizzo in Canada harvesting email addresses is giving us advice on Data Centers. LOL. Hey Matt, we are calling them the Boogeyman because that is what they are. I also like how he justified the approval because two rubber stamp commissions approved this. Hey Paulson, your authoritarian tendencies are showing.

There is a lot of other issues going on behind the scenes that I really don’t want to get into, but don’t be surprised if they have the valid sigs. Next stop, the courtroom. Petition drives are not easy, but you can’t throw in the towel mid match.

1st Amendment Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead Sioux Falls

Picking Replacements

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I have complained about outgoing Councilors and School Board members recruiting replacements in the past, now it is moving to the Sheriff’s office;

Captain Josh Phillips launched his campaign for Minnehaha County Sheriff after receiving an endorsement from Sheriff Mike Milstead on Wednesday.

I found it funny that just a few hours after Mike announced his retirement Josh had all his paperwork ready to announce his candidacy. Mike announced his retirement on the Belfrage show and I was actually listening live because Belfrage is my morning laughs. Then a few hours later Josh announces.

Obviously Mike brought Josh in on his retirement before announcing because Josh had all his paperwork ready to file. It was a bad look. I would have waited a week.

Josh does have a lot of experience, but I hope he has a challenger because this statement had me automatically NOT voting for him;


“I believe deeply in conservative South Dakota values, respect for the Constitution, and responsible use of taxpayer dollars. I will use my experience to keep our neighborhoods safe,” says Capt. Phillips.

Hey Josh, not all SD values are conservative. My grandparents on both sides were proud SD Dems, and they weren’t radical left lunatics. Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County are very purple, and when you say crap like this, you lose a lot of voters. I am hoping someone from out of state runs that has lived here for a few years and has actual law enforcement experience outside of this county.

As for Mike, he has been a good sheriff. I actually interviewed him for the blog several years ago, and it was probably one of my best interviews. Him and his wife, a former legislator, really turned MAGA the last couple of years and I do know they have lost a lot of political friends because of it. Which is unfortunate.

I was disappointed that Mike stooped to the recruitment politics, but when you run government in a state of paranoia, these are the people we get. They are so afraid their non-vetted replacements will uncover their misdeeds they have to find a replacement that will be complicit on their past. It’s local weasel politics at it’s best and worst.

1st Amendment Donita Trump Noem Gun Control Kristi Noem

More lies from the Noem

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I was watching a segment tonight about Noem and the 2nd Amendment and comments she made in her book;

Like most stuff in the book, total BS. I will confess I didn’t read the book, because ghost written books by politicians is usually boring and conflated, and I know all I need to know about Noem. But I found the above statement hilarious because it couldn’t be farther from the truth.

I participated in the BLM rally, I walked for a couple hours downtown but didn’t follow the protest to the Mall where a couple of latch key kids threw some pebbles at the police. Never saw a single biker all day. There was a motorcycle gang in Sioux Falls, but they weren’t the kind of gang that you want showing up to a BLM rally to protect police. I saw about a dozen of them hanging out DTSF the day before wearing their colors and jackets. They seem to be focused on drinking beer and not protecting police. They were a chapter of major criminal gang. There is also a rumor circulating that this gang was actually in town to commit burglaries during the protests. That one has been hard to prove since there is NO transparency in the police department. I also remember a flyer circulating on Facebook that a school bus full of Anti-Fa was coming from Fargo. That was pretty funny and surprised Noem didn’t reference it in the book. The day was beautiful and full of love. Like I said, I never made it to the mall, but the time I participated it was peaceful. There was NO bikers and NO anti-fa at the rally. The only problem was a couple of 8 year old boys that were bored at the mall, but that doesn’t make for an interesting narrative.

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