opinion

The compromise forged over the gurgling controversy of open public input at Sioux Falls City Council meetings is a good one.

Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers in a tweet last week that trying to craft a deal on immigration, even minor adjustments, is a waste of time. It’s disappointing because we need to do something. For far too long, going back decades, we have faced this immigration dilemma. The truth is that we don’t really want to stop immigration. Our economy depends on it.

A couple weeks ago I wrote about how the City of Sioux Falls lets the grass grow tall along the Big Sioux River and some other parks in order to filter storm run-off.

The City of Sioux Falls started using unmowed strips along the Big Sioux River several years ago to help improve water quality.

President Donald Trump had quite a week. From the FBI searching his personal lawyer's office, to pardoning Scooter Libby, to the first early details of the James Comey book, to finishing up the week with launching a round of missiles into Syria, it's fair to say that, even for Trump, it was eventful.

The results of the city election on Tuesday (April 10) were something of a repudiation of the current state of local government.

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There’s been a fair amount of comment on the radio waves and elsewhere this week about public input at City Council meetings.

Where did we think this tariff thing was going to go? The daily escalation of threats and saber rattling between the Trump Administration and China started with steel and aluminum and has -- predictably -- landed in the lap of South Dakota farmers.

I believe we've reached the breaking point. It's time the Sioux Falls City Council pull the plug on televising the public input portion of its meetings.