This is a load of horse#$%&*
This isn't sports related, but I couldn't pass this up.
My hometown -- Hot Springs, S.D. -- has a ballot measure for voters today that could be one of the more unusual items to vote on.
Horse manure.
Last spring, Hot Springs property owner Martin Dahl had horse manure delivered to his residence for what he said was for his garden and then for fill. A complaint was filed in magistrate court by the city planner. He pled guilty and was fined $200, plus, $53 in court costs, was ordered to remove the manure and not haul more of it onto his property for six months. The fine was suspended upon payment of the court costs and Dahl's compliance with the other terms.
The ballot issue, if it passes, would have the city pay Dahl for the cost of removing the manure ($800) and to "procure and deliver to Mr. Dahl either the original manure removed or a similar quality and quantity" to be used in his garden.
As you could guess, it was the talk of the town.
The ballot measure isn't just horse hockey, so to speak, as Hot Springs voters will also have city council elections in Wards 1, 2 and 3 and four school board positions to decide.
You gotta love your hometown. Where else could a city council election winner be upstaged by horse manure?
UPDATE: Voters rejected the referendum 344-312. I'm struggling to come up with a clever play on words now, just to keep it clean, so I'll just leave it at what it is.
My hometown -- Hot Springs, S.D. -- has a ballot measure for voters today that could be one of the more unusual items to vote on.
Horse manure.
Last spring, Hot Springs property owner Martin Dahl had horse manure delivered to his residence for what he said was for his garden and then for fill. A complaint was filed in magistrate court by the city planner. He pled guilty and was fined $200, plus, $53 in court costs, was ordered to remove the manure and not haul more of it onto his property for six months. The fine was suspended upon payment of the court costs and Dahl's compliance with the other terms.
The ballot issue, if it passes, would have the city pay Dahl for the cost of removing the manure ($800) and to "procure and deliver to Mr. Dahl either the original manure removed or a similar quality and quantity" to be used in his garden.
As you could guess, it was the talk of the town.
The ballot measure isn't just horse hockey, so to speak, as Hot Springs voters will also have city council elections in Wards 1, 2 and 3 and four school board positions to decide.
You gotta love your hometown. Where else could a city council election winner be upstaged by horse manure?
UPDATE: Voters rejected the referendum 344-312. I'm struggling to come up with a clever play on words now, just to keep it clean, so I'll just leave it at what it is.
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