I will admit, I don’t know much about Maynard Konechne, but after watching most of the SDPB candidate vids, I liked his the most. He reminds me of my grandpa Carl, Scotland, SD native, in more ways then I can ever imagine. Hardworking, yet realizing helping others is what is most important.
Go Maynard! (but I would lose the tie, all those American flags are making your chest look like an optical illusion)
Sam got praise from me August 1, for lowering garbage rates. Sam is the recipient of my first ever Patriot of the week for putting his fist down on property tax increases;
Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker has vetoed the city council’s decision to raise city property taxes next year.
The city council voted 6-4 earlier in the week to increase property taxes by the rate of inflation, an adjustment done to offset rising costs.
Kooiker says the property tax is not needed. The mayor says city sales tax collections are rising more than had been expected and eight tax increment financing districts are expiring.
The inflationary increase in the property tax would bring in an extra $402,000 in revenue to the city.
Sam has it right. If a tax increase is not needed why do it? Every year I see the SF city council and recently the Minnehaha County Commission make this same stupid decision while the mayor sits and brags about the great economic shape we are in. Municipal government’s job is to provide services to citizens from the taxes they pay. Not entertainment or more prosecutions (spending money on crime prevention makes more sense, and saves tax payers $$$).
BRAVO SAM!
Yes, Angie, there is a lot of garbage that needs to be taken out in Pierre.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKsyENC1ICA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRggfo_5HEc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4MDUItzNhM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoVyHC4teRY[/youtube]
I thought I would add a Republican to the mix;
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2yNonGco_E[/youtube]
And it seems they have made no effort to fix the data they sent to substitutes.
Stehly sent this letter to them today about correcting the information (read entire letter):Â schoolboard
Has Australian PM Julia Gillard been treated any differently by Pickering to the male and other female characters he’s drawn over the years? (click to enlarge)
In 30+ years of cartooning, I’ve never seen a politician, let alone a Prime Minster, react to cartoons and / or questions in such a way that he (or she) would resort to personal abuse and denigration of the satirist at a press conference. Julia Gillard lost it.
The Australian Prime Minister attacked cartoonist Larry Pickering at a media conference, not once but three times, labelling him, his cartoons and relevant revelations and questions about her dodgy past, a ‘misogynist’, ‘sexist’, ‘smear’ campaign. (He’s drawn a relatively few cartoons of Julia nude – but no private part showing). Commentators are now wondering, “Golly, Pickering hasn’t drawn male politicians like that, has he? He must be a misogynist sexist. The cartoons are offensive. He must be a woman hater.â€
Really?
And to think Councilor Vernon Brown was upset about my cartoon of him in a swimsuit at Drake Springs Pool.
l3wis