Before we start talking about Litz, I first want to post a correction about Dick Kelly and Pat K. hanging out in the Auditor’s office election night. This is perfectly LEGAL as long as it is after the polls have closed (though I don’t agree with it). Sorry, I was technically wrong, but you were ethically wrong.
I have been hearing quite a few grumblings about Mr. Litz and his job performance. It is no secret that former auditor Roust did a very good job of training her employees, but obviously, you can only train your employees so much, and you certainly would not show them how to do your job, what’s the point? She took her job seriously, that means educating herself on new procedures and training her employees. That’s what a responsible manager does. The buck must also stop on the auditor’s desk. That means if one of the auditor’s office employees makes a mistake because of lack of training, that is on the auditor’s head. I know that some of these employees have expressed frustration with Litz’s ‘management’ style, or lack thereof. When employees in the auditor’s office don’t have faith in their boss, this can be counterproductive to having smooth elections.
I do know that in the municipal election, running out of ballots was not good, and a little bit inexcusable (still waiting for the SOS to do a proper investigation). When their printer (B & S) delivers the ballots, they are delivered to the auditor’s office, not to a school district employee’s van. Rumor has it that the city, the school district and the auditor’s office don’t work well together, some within city government might even want him to personally fail, which I think is ridiculous. As a public servant citizens should always come first, whether you think the auditor is total loser or not, should not matter, when it comes to elections and voting, the strong public servants should always help the weaker links. I see this as an underlying problem, because if Litz fails, it hurts us more then it hurts him. Kiss and make up.
Secondly, I do know that auditor employees had to call Roust for advice primary night because Litz did not have the answer. They can only rely on this for so long. Eventually Roust is going to stop answering her phone since she no longer holds that office, she has no reason to educate herself anymore on election procedures. That is what Litz is supposed to be doing, and passing that info to his employees.
I do know that Litz had mentioned to several people while he was running for the job that he was only going to be a ‘manager’ and his employees would handle all the details. Sorry Bob, if voter’s just wanted a ‘manager’, we would just hire one for a lot less money. You are an elected official that gets paid very well, you need to educate yourself and do the job well, otherwise this may be just a temp job for you.
You get what you vote for. Everyone knew he wasn’t even remotely qualified for this position – and they voted for him anyways. Embarrassing.
The only thing that got him the job was the ‘R’ behind his name, even though he is really a Democrat.
He was inserted by C & H so the events center vote could be rigged. Before being counted, he took votes home and his dog ate the Nays. He’s outlived his function if the next mayor’s election is federally monitored.
“he took votes home and his dog ate the Nays”
Do you think the same dog ate his BIN yard sign and his wife’s fashion sense?
Is this the guy from the commercial?
“I lift things up and put them down”
“How is Minnehaha County Auditor Bob Litz doing?” What a question.
Add the incompetence of the vote count in Mitchell and we see it is the mission of these people to be part of the ALEC mission to prove government is incompetent. Once the government is proven totally inept, the corporations will be asked to takeover and run it like a “business”. The rich own and run everything while we remain serfs.
How bad does Dugood, Sub-Prime, Litz, Gant and PP have to be for the people to revolt?
Funny Lemming. Humor here lightens things up. Careful, ignorant voters will make him governor or the new star in Terminator movies.
“Do you think the same dog ate his BIN yard sign and his wife’s fashion sense?”
Really? You are the rudest and shittiest little troll on the face of the earth. I wish Bob Litz would kick you fucking big mouth ass.
LOL!
The woman I was referring to accused me of being a ‘stalker’ because I drove by their house and took a picture of a public official’s yard to prove he had removed his BIN sign. I wish he would kick my ass, then we would have a reason to recall him.
And BTW, I know who posted this comment. Get over yourself already.
Is anyone looking at running against him yet?
Litz’s employees violated federal election law the night of the election. There was several election observers present from around the nation that had interest in a certain national race. All of the observers said they saw shocking violations by Litz and all but one of the employees conducting the count. Currently several of the groups have filed complaints with the FEC about the violations. Funny not a peep from the Argus Liar, Auditors Office or Gant’s office in Pierre.
Can you give me any links to those violations? Would love to see the complaints. I do know someone locally who was there that night also watching.
Were you part of the Ron Paul group? I had a South DaCola foot soldier being a poll watcher that night and this is what he observed:
The Ron Paul group were stationed everywhere the process was working, taking many notes through the whole count.
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As I have said, under current rules, I saw no shocking violations to the current rules. I looked, asked many questions, and received straight logical answers. The staff left by Roust know how to run this process. I may still not trust the machines but the staff seemed to do the process proper.
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The problems found in my observations involved SOS office and Gant hounding Litz and staff for results of some sort to publish. Candidates standing with the uncounted ballots in the Auditor’s office. The candidates were talking with the ballot staff and using Auditor’s office machines during the absentee ballot opening.
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If there was a smoking gun somewhere, I somehow missed it. I do wish I could have witnessed strife or organized deceit but the evening was relaxed confidence on the part of the staff.
I know this post is from 2 years ago, however I do want to mention, for those who may not be aware, that this November I will be running against Mr. Litz for the position of Minnehaha County Auditor. I have over 15 years of management experience, as well as 5 years in banking, and the common sense and work ethic to get this job done, and done right the first time. Visit my site for more information. http://www.votefortonyb.com