Opponents of the proposed 85th Street Walmart on the south edge of Sioux Falls have announced a petition drive to refer the city's necessary rezoning decision to a public vote. The Save Our Neighborhood folks take little interest in the…
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I guess Madisonians must like regressive taxes. Saying they were acting on public feedback, the Madison City Commission passed a second special maintenance fee Monday night. This road-funding measure amends the tax that was referred and illegally rescinded in June…
The City of Madison dodged a public referendum of its special maintenance fee by rescinding said fee before certifying the referendum petitions. The City of Madison may have broken state law. An eager reader points out that a city can't…
The City of Madison has put off a public vote on its new special maintenance fee... by rescinding the special maintenance fee. I generally get cranky when citizens are denied a chance to vote. One of my correspondents expressed concern…
The City of Madison has put off a pretty strong public demand for a public vote on the special maintenance fee that the city wants to impose on property owners for road repairs. The City has claimed the pretext of…
The City of Madison last week received a petition with 525 signatures to refer a new property tax road fee to a public vote. Citizens seeking a vote need 281 valid Madison voter signatures. Last night the Madison City Commission…
Democracy is afoot in Madison again! Last week, the Madison City Commission approved adding a dollar for every foot of property facing city roadways to local property taxes. Commissioners say the new tax will raise $386,000 per year to fix…
Disclosure: I work for Bernie Hunhoff... sort of. He lets me write on his South Dakota Magazine website. My pay: the warm glow of associating with South Dakota's best monthly publication. (That's actually a pretty good deal!) That said, Rep.…