Two Birds w/ One Stone (H/T – Sy)
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southdacola (c) 5/11/12
Not only did we get a sweet naming rights contract, we also got a new location for the next Walmart.
(Notice the two birds flying above the place – LOL!)
May 2012
Not to long ago the SE Fair was in financial straights, now they are going to Vegas.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsEhXE5IUCQ[/youtube]
From an SE Fair entertainment announcement email;
Coming to the 2012Â Grandstand
Tracy Lawrence
Friday, August 10‘Tracy was sincerely disappointed that he couldn’t perform last year due to weather”, says Scott Wick, Fair Manager, “He made a point to personally meet with us at our convention in Las Vegas last fall to work out his return as to not disappoint his South Dakota fans.”
Maybe I am wrong about this, and hopefully music guru Hudson can chime in, but does the SE Fair really have to attend conventions to bring in musical acts? We have things called telephones and email to work out contracts now.
And you wanna be my latex salesman
Had to laugh at this Stormland TV non-story tonight, reminded me of this;
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T35QhLx_KI[/youtube]
UPDATED: Why is Pat Powers still operating a private political consulting business while working for the SOS?
UPDATE: Pat must be a little worried about the press, this is his website’s main page;
I also liked this little snarky graphic before you are sent to the above;
“Safe Elections? No problem. Would you like to buy a brochure? I know this great guy that can help you out with that, oh, ah, yeah, it’s me.”
I was pretty surprised to see that Pat is doing political consulting and marketing while working in the office that is in charge of fair and safe elections. I’m no constitutional lawyer, but if I am the only one that thinks this is a HUGE conflict of interest, there must be something wrong? Pat ran this business when he was still operating Dakota War College (which I still think he has a hand in) But I just assumed he gave it up when he ran off to Pierre with his Burger King buddy Gant.
But according to his website;
500 – Call for 2011-2012 pricing!
1,000 – Call for 2011-2012 pricing!
2,500 – Call for 2011-2012 pricing!
5,000 – Call for 2011-2012 pricing!
*Call for other sizes and quantities
And the address of the business has changed also;
Mailing Address:Pat Powers
DakotaCampaignStore.com
235 West Broadway, Pierre, SD 57501
Hey, I am all for someone making an extra buck, but you probably shouldn’t be profiting from candidate marketing when you work in the SOS’s office.