Our in resident arbiter of hat protocol decided to create a scene during the Sioux Falls City Council public input on October11, 2016 when Dan Daily decided to wear a proper hat for the occasion.

To prove a point, Dan Daily wore his jester’s hat to prove what a fool Rex Rolfing has become during his hat tirades. From Wiki: A jester, court jester, or fool was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain him and his guests.

In medieval times the jester entertained by making humor out of things the powerful were doing. The nobility of the court were never to be criticized or laughed at so it was up to the jester to drive home the point and get the tension out of the room. Dan’s answer to the ridiculous crap Rex has been spewing about hats must end. Did this do it? When Dan called Rex out of order and the mayor asked Dan to continue, Rex left the room. Good job Dan!

There was much more including two garbage haulers speaking against the 1st reading of three really badly written ordinances affecting them. Their talks may have killed at least one of the proposals later in the evening.

5 Thoughts on “Hat jest to Rex Oct 11, 2016

  1. “You wear $ 1000 suits and I wear hats….” That was priceless! LOL

    I think it is fair to say, that we as Americans have a lot in common with our British cousins, do we not? Are not most of our democratic traditions and institutions in this country a continuation of British democratic thought and practice?

    Sure, they have a monarchy and we do not. They have a parliamentary system, while we have a presidential system. But those distinctions, major or not, were the result of us as colonialist once, who wanted our own self-determination or least taxation with representation and not without, and in so doing made our own attempt at reinventing democracy even though we cherished the same fundamental values of democracy as our British cousins then as now.

    Overtime, our two countries have had their bumps in the road when it came to dealing with each other. Whether it be the Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, or the British support for the Confederacy during our own Civil War, but over time, we have grown to be each other’s staunchest ally, which eventually caused us to work together to beat the Axis Powers – and tight has our relationship been ever since.

    And given this deep connection to British politics and democratic values as Americans, which I think speaks to the inevitability of our two nations close and current relationship, perhaps our own City Council could take a lesson from our British cousins across the pond. Some cousins who had times may seem more reserved than us, and yes, definitely even to this day a more classed society, but their politics, however, expresses a tolerance that our own Council has lost or needs to learn.

    And that is, that when a Member of Parliament is elected to office. It is tradition for all of the parliamentary candidates for a given constituency (Their equivalency to congressional districts) to meet in a great hall where all the constituency ballots are counted. These candidates are then invited to stand on a stage together, regardless of the candidates credibility or electability for that matter, before the vote counters, the press, and any interested citizens to heard the reading of the final vote count, and to find out who has won the seat in Parliament for that given constituency.

    Here is an example of this tradition in former Prime Minister David Cameron’s constituency from the 2015 elections. And as you watch this, what do you see? Well, you will see the then current Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron, (He still has to run in his own constituency as a MP candidate to maintain his PM position) standing on the same stage with a candidate from the “Give Me Back Elmo Party,” who is in full costume. In fact, I bet they would even allow a candidate wear a jester hat, if he or she wanted to, stand on that stage, too….. Huh?

    Image that, a lesson from our cousins across the pond, who appear to be more reserved, more classed, yet somehow more tolerant:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXxDxAzp_Q

  2. The D@ily Spin on October 16, 2016 at 7:04 pm said:

    Ok, enough about hats. There’s a problem with the council misrepresentation and respect. They should know they’re just for show. Per the charter, the mayor has absolute power. Scott had a good presentation. He’s become an important influence in the community. The mayor should ‘Listen and Learn’.

  3. The D@ily Spin on October 16, 2016 at 7:08 pm said:

    April 2018 can’t come soon enough.

  4. matt johnson on October 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm said:

    So Theresa gets accosted in the hall for not attending a meeting but Rex can leave whenever he wants?

  5. The D@ily Spin on October 18, 2016 at 8:39 pm said:

    Respect would be removing your hat. Disrespect is a councilor leaving a legal procedure without hearing public testimony.

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