The Greatest City EVER!

Sioux Falls is a great city. Minnehaha is a great county. South Dakota is a great state.

And the United States of America is an amazing country. We all know this to be true.

But time does NOT stand still. With time comes about change. And change can be good. And change

can be bad. We must be prepared for both.

Some say that China has a 100 year plan. Sounds unimaginable doesn't it? Most businesses focus on

the weeks ahead. Some have a twelve month plan, while others might look into the future 3 to 5 years.

We as a city, a community of 160,000 strong must plan deep into the future, so that we do not fail like the

once great city of Detroit.

Detroit currently has over 100,000 empty buildings and homes. A tragedy for sure. Their infrastructure

is so weak, there are talks of bulldozing one fourth of the city. They did not plan. They did not have their

future in mind. They thought that they would grow and grow forever. Well, they failed quite miserably.

We can not let the same thing happen to our great city. We must build a solid infrastructure that will

support our growth, which will surely happen. We have gone from 109,000 people in 1980 to 160,000

citizens in just over 30 years. One day we WILL hit one million people. Yes we will. Will it be in 2050?

Will it be in 2080? Or maybe 2120? Who knows - only time will tell. Will we be prepared? We will be

if we have the proper people in office. If we dare to dream big, and far into the future.

First we must control growth. At some point, people are going to flock to South Dakota because our

economy, food supply, medical coverage and more are so appealing. While growth is good, we must

protect the people who were born here, on South Dakota soil. Those people who have lived here for

decades, generation after generation. Don't think about yourself, think about future generations. Do you

have grand children? One day your grand children will have grand children. What lies ahead for them?

Only you can now, today, start their future by making the right decisions.

Who has ;that vision? I do.  I want my future grand children, and their

grand children to have all the opportunity that I have today in the year 2014. 2124 will be here one day.

And I believe Sioux Falls, I believe South Dakota will be a greater city and state than they are today!

God bless us all. I wrote this for Greg Jamison, mayoral candidate for the city of Sioux Falls 2014.  Good luck GJ!

the perfect city - somewhere in SD... fully self sustaining, no crime, all amenities, etc...