April 2016

Interesting time for an appeal of this ordinance

It doesn’t take a constitutional scholar to realize the ordinance the city is attempting to repeal is a clear violation of 1st amendment rights. Doesn’t matter what city board you may sit on, nobody can hamper your free speech rights which include giving money to a candidate. While ethically questionable in some cases, completely legal.

So why has the city decided to now repeal this unconstitutional ordinance after a recent election (Item #B)? Makes you wonder how many appointed officers violated the ordinance in the past or even in this past election? Hey good for them, they were well within their rights. It’s the timing that smells fishy.

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New Books from SD Authors Wilson & Fanebust

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Jerry Wilson’s, Across the Cimarron, is out! The story begins with the 1892 Land Run into Cheyenne Arapaho land in Western Oklahoma and spans 65 years until the great Cimarron River flood of 1957.

The book is available from Amazon.com, from Mongrel Empire Press, or from me. Details about the book can be found at

http://mongrelempire.org/catalog/fiction/across-the-cimarron-by.html

Jerry will do a multi-city book tour in Oklahoma April 2-9. For those in the Vermillion area, Jerry will do a reading at the public library Tuesday, April 26 at 7 pm. I will read at Zandbros in Sioux Falls Friday, April 29.

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Wayne’s new book on the Old West will be released in May or June. Published by the Center for Western Studies at Augustana University in Sioux Falls.