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Data Centers and Smithfield TIF
I value collaboration, asking questions, and critical thinking for decision making. Working with a new mayor and other councilors will be a great opportunity to use the teamwork skills that I have developed as an engineer. I look forward to listening to constituents, asking questions, and sharing reasons and analysis for each decision made. I hope to bring discussion and dialogue to our city council meetings. Hyperscale Data Centers Data center construction uses resources l
sarapankonin
Apr 222 min read
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Platform
A good friend of mine mentioned that running for city council includes letting people know my platform, so here's the start of it. Listening and proper governance My vision is a governement that listens to it's people. I will listen. I will return phone calls and I will ask questions to our leaders that need to be asked. I'll add an element of teamwork at City Hall because of my honesty, integrity and desire to serve everyone. Police and Fire Protection Advocate for fire st
sarapankonin
Feb 281 min read
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A Professional Engineer
Last week, I had 9 words on southdacola.com . "Sara is a well-meaning mother, which is great..." I am so much more than that! I grew up on a dairy farm and spent many hours alongside my father and my grandfather. My father served on the Great River Energy Power Board of Directors and my mother was a nursing home administrator in Duluth, MN. They agreed upon a board game for my three sisters, and I, called the "We Girls Can Do Anything Game." While in MN, I loved education
sarapankonin
Feb 233 min read
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