Bob Scott | |
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56th and 64th Mayor of Sioux City, Iowa | |
Assumed office January 1, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Mike Hobart |
In office January 1,1990 –January 1,1998 | |
Preceded by | Loren Callendar |
Succeeded by | Tom Padgett |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Scott May 10,1951 Sioux City,Iowa,U.S. |
Political party | Non-partisan |
Robert "Bob" Scott (born May 10,1951) is an American businessman and politician from the state of Iowa. Scott is one of the longest-serving mayors of Sioux City,Iowa,having served a combined 20 years as the city's top elected official. [1]
Scott,was born May 10,1951,in Sioux City,Iowa. He graduated from East High School in 1969.
Scott is the owner of the R.E. Scott Company,a tax preparation service established in 1982,as well as a commercial insurance agency,Business Insurers of Iowa. [2] For over 20 years,Scott was the majority owner of the Sioux City Bandits,a team in the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) league. [3] [4]
Scott was first elected to the Sioux City city council in November 1986,leading a field of six candidates in the field for three non-partisan seats with a tally of just over 8,400 votes. [5] He was sworn in for the four-year term along with fellow newcomers Stanley W. Evans and Joanne Grueskin to the five member council on December 29 of that year,with the term scheduled to begin on the first of the year. [6] Scott quickly emerged as a fiscal conservative,casting the lone dissenting vote against the city's $46.5 million operating budget for fiscal year 1986-87,declaring that the council had failed its responsibility to make significant spending cuts. [7]
In March 1989 Scott drew fire along with fellow city council members Grueskin and Evans when they were sued by the Iowa Freedom of Information Council and the Greater Sioux City Press club for allegedly having skirted Iowa's open meeting law by having met with a candidate for interim city manager in October 1986 in South Sioux City,Nebraska. [8] Iowa law prohibited gatherings of the city council without the posting of a meeting announcement and publication of a meeting agenda. In attempting to dodge these provisions by secretly meeting with retired Midwest Energy Company executive Frank Griffith across the river in Nebraska,the trio (along with a fourth council member,the late Cornelius "Connie" Bodine) had nevertheless run afoul of Iowa's restrictive open meeting requirements,the lawsuit charged. [8] Scott and his colleagues were cleared of the charge in April 1989 when Judge Richard J. Vipond ruled that the conclave did not constitute a "meeting" according to Iowa code;the lawsuit was therefore dismissed with prejudice. [9]
In September 1989,Scott announced his decision to run for a second four-year term on the Sioux City city council,indicating a desire to expand the number of industrial jobs in the community and pledging to hold the line on city utility rates and property taxes. [2]
The mayoral election of 2011 was especially popular among Sioux City's voters because it was between Scott and former mayor Tom Padgett. The election would come close in the primaries with Padgett leading 2% over Scott. [10] However,Scott received the support of former Sioux City mayor Jim Wharton and many other local officials. [11] The November 8th election saw Scott beat Padgett by 113 votes,5304 to 5191 respectively. [10]
In 2015,Scott ran unopposed for reelection along with councilwoman Rhonda Capron who also regained her seat. [12]
Scott also won Sioux City's 2019 mayoral election,against Sioux City Public Schools teacher Maria Rundquist,with 6,421 votes or 68%. [13]
Sioux City is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census,making it the fourth-most populous city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County,of which it is the county seat,though a small northern portion is in Plymouth County. Sioux City is located at the navigational head of the Missouri River. The city is home to several cultural points of interest including the Sioux City Public Museum,Sioux City Art Center and Sergeant Floyd Monument,which is a National Historic Landmark. The city is also home to Chris Larsen Park,commonly referred to as "the Riverfront",which includes the Anderson Dance Pavilion,Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum and Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Sioux City is the primary city of the five-county Sioux City,IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),with a population of 149,940 in the 2020 census. The Sioux City–Vermillion,IA–NE–SD Combined Statistical Area had a population of 175,638 as of 2020.
Siouxland is a vernacular region that encompasses the entire Big Sioux River drainage basin in the U.S. states of South Dakota,Minnesota,Nebraska and Iowa. The demonym for a resident of Siouxland is Siouxlander.
The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux City,Iowa,and compete as a member of National Arena League (NAL). The team was founded in 1999 as the Sioux City Attack. In 2001,the team assumed their current name of the Bandits. The Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center.
KMEG is a television station in Sioux City,Iowa,United States,affiliated with the digital multicast network Dabl. It is owned by Waitt Broadcasting,which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group,owner of Fox/MyNetworkTV/CBS affiliate KPTH,for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios along I-29 in Dakota Dunes,South Dakota;KMEG's transmitter is located in unincorporated Plymouth County,Iowa,east of James and US 75 along the Woodbury County line.
The Sioux City Art Center began as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1937 when the Art Center Association of Sioux City,the Sioux City Junior League,as well as other community supporters,received a grant of $3,000 to create the first art center. After the Federal Assistance Program ended in 1940,the Sioux City City Council voted to fund the Art Center and established the Board of Trustees,the City's fiscal governing board for the Art Center in 1941. It is located in Sioux City,Iowa.
Southern Hills Mall is an enclosed regional shopping mall in Sioux City,Iowa. The mall draws approximately 6 million visitors each year,primarily from the Siouxland region of Iowa,Nebraska,and South Dakota. The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney and Scheels. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears and Younkers.
KMNS is a radio station in Sioux City,Iowa,United States,broadcasting a sports format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and affiliated with its Fox Sports Radio network. iHeart's studios in Sioux City are located on Nebraska Avenue,and the transmitter is located southwest of Dakota City,Nebraska.
KSCJ is a radio station licensed to serve Sioux City,Iowa,United States. The station is owned by Powell Broadcasting and licensed to KSUX/KSCJ Radio Broadcasting Co. It airs a news/talk radio format.
The Martin Hotel,erected as a Chicago style building in 1912,is located in Sioux City,Iowa. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,it is significant for its architecture,operating for many years as the Sheraton-Martin Hotel and now known as the Martin Tower Apartments.
The Siouxland Conference is a ten team high school athletic conference in the northwest corner of Iowa,consisting of schools ranging from the smallest class (1A) to the third largest class (3A),and known for its prominence in small school basketball.
U.S. Highway 77 (US 77) is the shortest U.S. Highway in the state of Iowa. It crosses into Iowa over the Missouri River from South Sioux City,Nebraska,at Sioux City and runs approximately three-tenths mile (500 m) to an interchange with Interstate 29 where the road continues north as Wesley Parkway. Like all other state highways in Iowa,the route is maintained by the Iowa Department of Transportation.
The Warrior Hotel is a historic hotel opened in 1930 and restored in 2020,located in downtown Sioux City,Iowa,United States.
The Sanford House,also known as the Stone House and Summit Mansion, is a historic residence in Sioux City,Iowa. Throughout the 1990s,it was commonly referred to as the “Home Alone house”in reference to the similar looking neocolonial residence featured in the eponymous film that had become a pop culture phenomenon.
John J. Kooiker is an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017. He was elected from the fourth district.
Sam Kooiker is an American politician who served as Mayor of Rapid City,South Dakota from 2011 to 2015.
Sioux City mayoral elections take place on the year preceding the U.S. presidential election. Inauguration typically takes place on the following January 1.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa was held on November 3,2020,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Jeffrey Taylor is an American political scientist,politician,and a Republican Party member of the Iowa Senate from District 2 since January 11,2021.
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