South DaCola

It’s OKAY for our mayor to pull a Karl Rove?

Dave Munson’s Hero?

Only the Gargoyle Leader would defend the mayor by saying it is okay to ignore a subpoena;

Meanwhile, Munson decided not to show up for a deposition that was scheduled for Feb. 19.

 

In this case the mayor’s move is justified.

Justified to ignore the law? As we learned in the Sandy Jerstad crash em’ up, bang em’ up, lawmakers should always be following the law and should be held to a higher standard. But not in South Dakota. Run a stop sign and kill a guy? Slap on the wrist and 100 days in jail.

Lawyer William Garry, who’s representing the city, argues that any information the mayor has about the contract can be obtained from other city employees.

 

As a matter of fact, the contract itself should be easily accessible.

DOES NOT MATTER! Munson signed the contract! He is the responsible party. The buck stops here. The big cheese. Commander in chief. If he can’t remember what he is signing, maybe he needs to sit down with those ‘other’ city employess and figure it out before he testifies.

But there’s no indication that the city either is devaluing this case or trying to make it hard for the plaintiff to gain the information he needs.

Nope, just a pathetic local newspaper pandering and apologizing for them.

In lieu of any such development, however, the mayor is within appropriate bounds to make sure that all the pertinent details about the contract are available in other ways.

No he is not. Who made the great Gargoyle Leader Editorial board judge and jury all of sudden? God forbid. A supoena is just that, a supoena. If he doesn’t want to follow it I suggest we cuff him and stuff him for contempt of court. Case closed!

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