Funny how these things go? When mayoral candidates are running for office they claim to be ‘bi-partisan’ than they go and do things like this after elected. If I was Paul I would have just quietly sent Noem a check.
It’s no secret by now, if you want someone with a lot of money/contribution connections, you call Michelle. TenHaken did it when he ran for mayor and now Billie Sutton has summoned her.
While it’s great to bring someone on your campaign team who can help raise money, do you pick them as your running mate? How does a well-connected former Republican with ties to the healthcare and investment banking industry in South Dakota relate with working class Democrats, Independents and Republicans?
I don’t know.
I have often argued that the Democrats have a platform that stands up for these people. Worker rights, higher wages, education, health care, quality of life, etc. They don’t need to be ‘Republican Light’ to win over these kind of voters, they just need to get the message out. I guess we will see how this plays out in November.
• Sioux Falls hosts Pheasant Fest for the first time, yet no one stays at our hotels for the event.
• Trains running through DTSF have two derailments this year, but nobody seems to be worried. Maybe that’s why Billion pulled out?
• Sioux Steel announces big redevelopment project Downtown. Maybe we will finally get our secret hidden park back?
• Nobody in the city knows if an actual safety study of Falls Park has been done after a little girl drowns. First it WAS done, than it was mis-information, than it was a training exercise, than lastly it was just an ‘Oral’ report. We finally got a real study done last month (that didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already knew).
• Mayoral Candidate Loetscher proposes Police Precincts, the TenHaken campaign beats her up over it, than after becoming mayor proposes precincts but calls them by a different name.
• Council Candidate Brekke holds news conference about the mayor’s Executive Orders and gag order on city employees.
• Legacy Developments ‘tries’ to blame the media and blogs for their negative image. I guess that building collapse and illegal asbestos removal had nothing to do with it.
• Argus Leader endorses TWO mayoral candidates before runoff. WTF?
• Several city election candidates violate sign ordinances by posting signs in the city owned boulevard (parking strip).
• Mayoral Candidate Jim Entenman spends a record $41.40 per vote and gets his ass handed to him.
• Liquor license parking seems to be the new trend for the rich and well connected, first Sanford then the Lamont companies.
• TenHaken campaign donor has his children donate thousands to campaign to skirt donation limit rules. Slimy.
• The GOP hate machine, once again gets involved in a non-partisan mayoral race. They know no limits. Slimeballs.
• TenHaken’s 100 day plan goes to Sh*t!
• Former Republican Lavallee co-chairs TenHaken’s mayoral campaign, than runs as Lt. Governor for Sutton’s campaign. Only in South Dakota.
• Highlight of the year, interviewing Mayor Pete Beuttigieg;
• Mayor Huether gets nominated for a Golden Padlock award for the Secret Siding Settlement. He doesn’t win.
• Rex Rolfing exits the city council than runs for District 13 and gets beat by a newbie. Thank Gaia.
• Transparency is promised by the new council and mayor, we are still waiting.
• Mr. Bendo moves, but told his pipe holding is a violation of sign code. The ridiculous notion gets sorted out.
• Newly Elected Mayor TenHaken appoints former Developer Executive his COS. Didn’t see that one coming. Yeah right. He also appoints a partisan hack as deputy COS who in his free time enjoys bashing liberals on FB.
We checked on Michelle Lavallee’s voter registration to see if she recently changed it, but in past tense she is showing up as a Republican and has a very poor voting record.
I also found it interesting that Billie would pick a person who co-chaired Paul TenHaken’s mayoral campaign. While tapping a Sioux Falls Woman with savvy in running a campaign within Sioux Falls is a good idea, Billie really needed to tap a Democrat (you know, the party you are running in). I saw Heidepriem make this mistake when he did the same thing.
Why is it when Democrats run for statewide offices in South Dakota they think they can win as ‘Republican Light’? Either just run as a Republican/Democrat or not at all. This STRATEGY has NEVER worked, and I have no idea why the SD Democratic Party keeps playing this card time and time again.
Is it too early to congratulate Governor Noem on her win?