...and some guy in stripey bibbers.
Evidently the statewide computer network is broken this morning, with the City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, and half the K-12 network unable to log on.
If you believe the graphics on KELO, the culprits are some big shoes and a pair of stripey bibbers:
Actually, "a fiber-optic line was cut during renovation of the state library in Pierre" this morning. Oops. Notice the effective use of the passive voice to avoid assigning responsibility.
Update 10:35 CDT: That Sioux Falls paper and surely-peeved BIT commissioner Otto Doll need no passive obfuscation of the obvious: they say simply that contractors cut the line.
Paulson’s Accountant wins an award because she knows how to buy airplanes?
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I’m sure she is a lovely lady, but I can buy an airplane, as long as I have
the money. You can get drones now for $50, but not sure you can take the
fam to...
21 hours ago
Meethinks KELO got the information from a press release... passive language... the hallmark of bureaucrats!
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