Yes, municipal governments work with the school districts in their respective territories and often school and municipal elections share a ballot like they will next Tuesday in Rapid City, BUT . . . (Stu Whitney column)

Building a new sports and entertainment complex. Working to improve race relations. Finding ways to ensure schools are properly funded. Forging relationships with businesses to spark growth.

This is what you get when you take a sports writer and turn him into a city columnist overnight. Lack of understanding.

Municipal governments have NO control over School District funding, and vice versa.

While it is nice for the mayoral candidates to weigh in on the school district opt-out in Rapid City or school start dates in Sioux Falls (as our mayor thought appropriate) they really have no control over it. That is NOT a leadership issue, it is a governing/jurisdiction issue.

Please, do us all a favor and do a little research on the basic tenants of local government. After all, it is where the big decisions are made, not in publicly supplemented indoor tennis courts.

10 Thoughts on “Columnist should learn the basics of municipal government before writing about it

  1. The Daily Spin on May 29, 2015 at 9:46 am said:

    No state income tax here. Also Texas but I learned over 65 pays no school taxes there, oil pays. Tax corn so retirees not move to Texas.

    Stu is OK but more beef and less potatoes.

  2. Having read some of his columns, whenever I see a column by “STU”, I engage in wishful thinking and can only see a column by “STFU” now and based on his lack of talent and impartiality, can’t bring myself to read it.

    For your readers not familiar with the acronym (no insult intended) it means “Shut the F#ck up” and seems appropriate. Unless his columns are the Argus’ attempt at comic relief, then it’s working. I’ve laughed at most of the ones I’ve read.

  3. rufusx on May 29, 2015 at 4:38 pm said:

    tenets – not tenants. Basic English. Just sayin’.

  4. Joan on May 29, 2015 at 6:04 pm said:

    I’m also getting tired of seeing 1/2 to full page pictures of Jodi Schwann, Stu, and another man that in the pictures appears to be grey haired, on an almost daily basis. Isn’t it enough that we see Jodi in the Business Journal and on KSFY’s 5:00PM news on Tuesday. That being said when she comes on the news I stick my nose in a book. Actually, I think it must be something with people in my age group, because I don’t know anybody that likes her, dating back to when she was a news anchor. I also figure she can’t possibly know everything about all the good jobs that she has had. It must be who she knows, not what she knows about all of those jobs.

  5. Ol'Bubbleguts on May 30, 2015 at 1:39 am said:

    Either that or sleeping her way to suk=cess
    or rewarding failure with suk=cess

    OBG IAaL,..way the shit goes (woo powerful weed nightshift) conclusion

  6. The Daily Spin on May 30, 2015 at 1:46 pm said:

    Seems like the Argus is no longer a newspaper but a prospectus. Several pages of questionable meaningless brochure meant to attract unsophisticated investors.

  7. Joan on May 30, 2015 at 9:53 pm said:

    Ol’Bubbleguts, I have suspected that about Jodi ever since she became a Chief of Staff. It does get really tiresome to see the huge pictures of these three people in the Argus on a daily basis. You would think if they had that much extra space, they could find something worthwhile to report on. It’s getting to the point where I refer to the Argus as a scandal sheet(the ones sold on the news stands in the stores.)

  8. Ol'Bubbleguts on May 31, 2015 at 4:21 pm said:

    I used ta hate buying that rag for my SF deceased fiancée
    on Sundays.
    $3 something dollars (out here its $5) good gawsh
    when I has a paper-boy in NJ I collected about $1.10 a week from 60 or so customers.All 7 days cost $1.10
    Day of collecting from the deadbeats get a gino giant predecessor or spin off of big mac and a pop $1.10
    on the way home.
    Keed could be a keed and independent business child.
    Helicopter parents and that dork who wore PJs
    and was drinking coco for obamacare ad,shows this
    country is done.
    OH working papers~ 8/ enjoy your I
    crap

    OBG,…IAaL puttin heat on whoof 40 out here.
    10 seconds to get off my lawn

  9. My god OBG I wish I could make sense of what you write!

  10. anonymous on June 1, 2015 at 1:06 pm said:

    BH, I’m glad to hear I am not the only one who doesn’t understand Ol’Bubbleguts babble…..

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