“Controversial”? What’s controversial about it? It’s awesome. What Colorado is trying to do is controversial. South Dakota is a great state, spent some time there. In summer ;)
Rapid City, et. al. can be fine in the Winter.
Yes.
In English, "controversial" means "a topic that normal people voluntarily argue about."
Big Media does not speak English. Big Media speaks Newspeak. In Big Media Newspeak, "controversial" means "something that the speaker/author dislikes."
And now you know ...