January 2013

Minnehaha County Commission decides to review the petitioner policy

I would like to give commissioners Cindy Heideberger and John Pekas props for voting to keep the petitioner policy AS IS. Commisioner Dick Kelly made an amendment to their motion and asked that the policy be reviewed over a 90 day period. We testified that system works well now, and does not need to be changed. I argued that the county administration building is the perfect place for petitioners because that is where citizens are already coming to do business with their government. I also reminded the commission that the taxpayers own the building and pay for it’s function. I ended by saying if elected officials do not like petitions, they should do a better job as elected officials.

I also want to clear up any misconceptions of commissioner Barth’s role in the SF parks board, and any connections he may have, in an email from him today he told me this;

Hey Scott!
Good to see you and hear your views.
FYI
I am not in any way involved with the city park board. I have never been to one of their meeting and I don’t know if I am even acquainted with any members of the board as I don’t know who they are.  No on has complained to me about the Spellerberg petition but I have had many complaints about petition carriers.
Jeff
I had previously mentioned that Barth was the contact person for the county when it comes to the SF Parks board, apparently he is not. Thank you for the clarification Jeff.

What are SOS Gant’s ambitions? (Guest Poster)

It is being reported in the national media the deeper ambitions of the Jason Gant financers, RSLC.  For those who might need a refresher course here it is.  In the election seasons prior to Jason’s ascension to the Secretary of State’s office in Pierre he was South Dakota’s leader of the Republican Senate Leadership Committee (RSLC).  We here at SouthDaCola.com have discussed at length during 2012.  In these articles we showed how the RSLC was dumping major money into their chosen equally right wing candidates.  These candidates are now running constitutional offices in Pierre and operating as circuit court judges.  These people are in office only because Jason Gant and the RSLC gave them the money and cover to win.

Major media outlets in presenting the RSLC to the broader audience are still missing the power and funders behind the RSLC.  The RSLC is not a Republican Party operation.  When we first look into it we thought so also.  The power and money is the Koch Brothers and their arm: ALEC.  Jason Gant and his ilk in the legislature are financed by out of state rich benefactors who care nothing of South Dakota or its people.  They only care about power.  The Kochs are accomplishing it through RedMap, The RSLC Redistricting Project.

The About page on the RedMap Project page tells us much:

What is redistricting and why does it matter?
At the conclusion of the 2010 national census, congressional seats will be reapportioned to each state.  The states with a shrinking population will lose congressional seats and states with a population boom will gain seats.  A massive effort to redraw state legislative and congressional lines will take place according to each state’s laws. The party controlling that effort controls the drawing of the maps – shaping the political landscape for the next 10 years.  In 38 states, governors and state legislators play a determining role in the redistricting process.

What is REDMAP? 
REDMAP (REDistricting Majority Project) is a program of the RSLC dedicated to winning state legislative seats that will have a critical impact on congressional redistricting in 2011.

How can REDMAP succeed? 
REDMAP succeeds with your help.  Only by staying up-to-date on the latest news, and engaging your friends and family about the importance of our effort, can we succeed.

How can I help? 
REDMAP is a grassroots effort.  We are funded solely through contributions from commonsense conservatives throughout the country – and we rely on grassroots conservatives as our best means of alerting fellow conservatives across the country to our efforts.  Make a donation here today.

Look at the bravado in the above quote.  RedMap is currently bragging about their successes in stealing the 2010 and 2012 elections from the citizens of their states.  Read their bragging points now on line.  Nowhere in the bragging does your voter rights ever get presented.

Senator Stan Adelstein of Rapid City has begun the process to clean up the SD Secretary of State office but the needs are much bigger.  We have a nation of gerrymandered states including South Dakota.  We currently have a one party state in South Dakota.  South Dakota is a cheap state.  We live in a state where politians are easily purchased.  Look at the finance records now coming on-line at the SOS website. We will be researching these records and will be reporting our findings.  With these records we will be updating our list of ALEC members who are working for their out of state masters.  You will be seeing who has allowed their South Dakota principles compromised by the Koch Brothers money.  Senator Stan needs our help to bring South Dakota fairness and sanity to Pierre.  We at SouthDaCola.com intend to help him.

UPDATE: Why is Minnehaha County Commissioner, Jeff Barth taking photos of petitioners?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39RzAASfv6I[/youtube]

As I have reported this past week, the County Commission plans to boot petitioners out of the lobby.

I found out this past Friday, commissioner Barth was taking photos of a petitioner, which is a form of intimidation and harassment, I am assuming to build his case.

UPDATE: I also found out today that Barth is the county commission contact person for the city’s park board. Curious if the Park board had anything to do with this decision to all of a sudden limit (pool) petitioners?

Not sure where all this hostility towards petitioners comes from, but oddly, it almost always comes from elected officials – gee, I wonder why?

I hope to speak at the CC meeting on Tuesday about their silliness and paranoia.

Agenda: agendacc

Who the heck is the SF Trailer Patrol?

A South DaCola foot soldier sent this to me:

This e-mail was forwarded to me just now. My brother’s customer received this yesterday and the offending trailer went home this morning.  This trailer license was traced to —‘s company. Someone with DMV access?

——– Original message ——–
From: John Swen <siouxfallspatrol@hotmail.com>
Date:
To: ———
Subject: Trailer

Hello,

I was just wondering if your are aware that a trailer registered to your company has been sitting in a residential driveway on ——-th St. in Sioux Falls, SD for over a month now? Do you not own any commercial property that it can be stored on instead of it being an eyesore to this neighborhood?

Is someone with the city’s code enforcement office acting outside of work on their own, and using a fake name? I’m just curious, not speculating – who has access to DMV records besides government employees? Can I do a search of a license plates online myself?