South DaCola

Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

May 2010

Kermit Staggers Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Mayor Race

I guess I am not the only one who thinks Beck is nuts

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The publisher of our local rag enjoying his favorite snack

Glad to see someone else called his ass out on this;

Equally disturbing is Beck’s use of extreme language, saying that a dangerous divide exists in Sioux Falls concerning whether to move the city forward or backward. This is a contrived division because the real divide that exists in the city is between the political elites (including Beck) who hold power and the citizens who want a say in government.

Ironically, Harald had first hand experience with this when, as South DaCola reported during the campaign, Harald was harassed by the city’s code enforcement office about his STAGGER’s political signs.

Rand Paul Tea Party

Rand Paul wins by over 59% of the vote in Kentucky

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This will have ramifications. As I told someone tonight, “Will he follow thru on his teabagger promises?” Remember, Obama used the fringe left to get himself elected then forgot about them after he took office (That’s okay, Steve got a job suckering the ‘Good People’ of Sioux Falls into voting for Huether (you know, the guy with the gay agenda – Mike, not Steve). Will Rand remember the teabaggers?

In the first race called Tuesday night, conservative insurgent Rand Paul — son of former GOP presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul — defeated Secretary of State Trey Grayson in a Republican primary fight for the seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Jim Bunning.

Code Enforcement Sioux Falls

Dan Daily beats the city in court. He was denied ‘Due Process’ which is guaranteed by the State and US Constitution

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I will not post the entire 26 pages of the verdict, BUT, I will post some highlights and the conclusions. Click to the right for the entire document. (11-12-09 findings and conclusions)

Remember when the news did a series of stories about how code enforcement was a mess? This paragraph speaks volumes;

And the last sentence in this one says it all – beat a dead horse and maybe it will wake up.

I think the verdict is pretty clear – the city is violating citizen’s constitutional rights to Due Process. Wonder if the city will appeal the decision? I want to personally thank Dan Daily for taking up this cause, this just wasn’t a ruling for him, but for the citizens of Sioux Falls who have been harassed by the city and had their hands tied. While many people may think I am mean in some of the statements I make here, most of the time I am being sarcastic, but right now, I am not; someone needs to pay for the code enforcement mess, dearly, and hopefully it will be city attorney Tornow. Besides being fired, I would love to see him disbarred, fined and jailed for crimes against the constitution.

Mayor Subprime Mike Huether SF City Council

Tears of a Clown?

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Here is a recap of Mike’s first day in office;

It started out with some show tunes by some school children and some tears from our new mayor. (Seriously Mike, stop crying. You spent a gob of money and won. We get it. Congrats).

He kinda shoots the whole transparent government thingy in the toilet in this interview with Megan Luther from the Gargoyle Leader. He refuses to;

• Name members of his transition team

• Name what department heads might be canned

• Jodi Schwan’s future

I guess he will only be transparent when it is convenient for Subprime Mike. This of course is no surprise to me. He worked in a very secretive industry and it will be hard for him to adjust.

In the informational meeting Mike decided to repeat his campaign speech at the beginning and did it again in the regular council meeting. I had a few disappointments during the first meeting. When the competitive bids were discussed, no councilors asked questions. In fact Mayor Subprime didn’t ask a single question during the entire meeting. This worries me a little with him having NO government experience. Of course the mantra from the department heads was they were coming inline with state law when it comes to competitive bids (which is true). But since when does the city care about state law or the US Constitution?

In other news, Greggo Jamison gets elected Council Chair and Sue Aguliar gets elected Vice-Chair. And not once did Greggo rip up fake checks or bitch about a casinos.

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