Property Tax Hypocrisy
While the city and county are considering property tax increases on the rest of us, developers are pushing for a huge tax cut incentive; Sioux Falls Mayor Dave Munson’s budget for next year includes a...
View ArticleHow nice. The Gargoyle Leader’s Ed Board cares about tax payers, now that we...
I had to read this editorial twice to make sure, they were saying what I thought they were. I’m shocked! The allowance to raise property taxes by 3 percent or the rate of inflation each year is just...
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Why is Sanford being awarded a TIF? Just Curious.
I found these two items interesting on the Planning Commission Agenda from Wednesday. Good luck watching the video though, I have noticed that it takes a few days for the Planning Commission Meetings...
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Thanks County Commission
I would like to personally thank the Minnehaha County Commission for raising my property taxes almost $40 a year so they can have a raise (for an elected, part-time position they CHOSE to run for). Rat...
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Why does the SF School District have so much in reserve funds?
As I was reading this article about teacher raises (which I fully support) something else in the article concerned me; The school district can afford the pay hike because it has spent less than it...
View ArticleSo are the county’s tax valuations accurate and fair?
Interesting that we were just talking about this the other day on the blog, and our ever increasing property taxes. But this puts a new twist on it; A lawsuit rising from a disputed property tax...
View ArticleThe Value of TIF’s in Minnehaha County
Commissioner Jeff Barth sent this information to me from the county’s equalization office; The combined worth of TIF’s in Minnehaha County is $91,326,856. Of this number the base value (Number that is...
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More property tax cuts for the rich in Sioux Falls
The Baker House, formerly Scott Heidepriem’s residence (I believe this photo, to your far left, was taken while Scott still owned it). I guess if you can’t get a TIF to fix up your mansion, you can...
View ArticleDarrin Smith gets Tifilicious at the County Commission meeting
Click here to view the embedded video. (starts at 20:30) Funny how the commission gets to see this presentation before the council – or at least I can’t recall the council getting the presentation yet?...
View ArticleWhy TIF financing just doesn’t add up
Today in the Argus Leader, they did a story about the Washington Square developers applying for a $4.6 million dollar TIF. They contend they deserve the TIF based on the fact that they will provide...
View ArticleMayor’s Neighborhood Brickwalls Summit, 11/14/2015
Click here to view the embedded video. Our intrepid mayor of Sioux Falls seems to think the US Constitution, Charter and written laws are brick walls to overcome. Listen to him discuss his quest to...
View ArticleIf the city destroys your property and it is clearly their fault what is the...
Apparently it is only small claims court; Merri Nolz won a small claims judgment against the city four years ago. “The judge looked at it and found some contributory negligence on her part, but it was...
View ArticleProperty taxes (assessments) are going up in Lincoln County, but not because...
So this email from the super of Harrisburg was recently sent out; —–Original Message—– From: Notification from Harrisburg School District [mailto:Notification-Do_Not_Reply@target.brightarrow.com] Sent:...
View ArticleThe Always Affable and Tax Happy Mayor Huether
The little talked about Board of Tax Appeals got interesting last time around, especially when Mike Huether showed up; I stated my objection to the increase and the mayor put his hand up for me to be...
View ArticleSeems the ‘abuse’ of TIF’s is all over the place (H/T – Kolache)
This is a letter to the editor over a year ago in the Lincoln, NE newspaper oddly similar to what we are experiencing in Sioux Falls, especially when it comes to TIF’s and the city’s power to hand them...
View ArticleBusted! City’s intermingling of CIP and Enterprise fund money
Remember only a few short months ago before the city election when the Public Works department and Mayor’s office were in maximum B.S. mode? I know, hard to keep track. We were essentially told that...
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South DaCola 2016 year in review (Part I)
ArtMaze, one of the better parts of Sioux Falls life in 2016 2016 has been a rough year for citizen activism. While it has been up and down here in Sioux Falls with many successes and failures to boot,...
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Is Sioux Falls City Councilor Erpenbach proposing a possible unconstitutional...
Here we go again, the lack of Constitutional knowledge of our city legislators. The latest proposal to the city charter could be a possible violation of the 5th, 10th and 14 amendment of the US...
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Petition Signing Drive Through – Stop the Property Tax Increase!
Drive through to sign the petition to put the School Board’s 50 MILLION dollar property tax hike up for a vote! We will be there all day Saturday 9 AM – 5 PM and from 1 PM to 4 PM on Sunday July 2nd....
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Don’t forget to sign the petition this 4th of July
As I understand it, the petitioners will be at Falls Park collecting signatures for tax opt-out on 4th of July. So celebrate America, FREE pork sandwiches, and your right to petition your government.
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