I’ve been working on a series of paintings about the old west called, “Pop goes the West’.
Here is a sampling;
Lille Langtry
 Apache Kid
Deer Skull
Doc Holliday
Just listen to this guy’s lyrics, nevermind all the fancy musicianship. He reminds me of my favorite songwriter of all time, Hank Sr. REAL. HARD. and SAD. Some people just get it, Jason is one of them.
I have been waiting for Rex to return from the Orange Juice state to actually campaign in person (still haven’t seen him). He is is relying on the ‘R’ behind his name, a few yard signs and this recent mailer to put him over the top.
Got a really good chuckle out of his ‘VISION’
Just go to sfmeetings.org and type in Rex Rolfing, and see his voting record for yourself.
Fiscally responsible. WOW! In the 8 years (2008-16) Rex served on the city council he voted for EVERY single fee and tax increase. He also voted for millions in TIFs and bonding, including the Indoor Pool, Huether Tennis Center ($500K), Administration building that we did not need and the The Denty that has never paid it’s mortgage EVER through revenue.
Rex wouldn’t know what fiscal responsibility was if it hit him like a Jesus snow plow.
He also did ZERO to improve workforce while he served on the council, except voting for an expenditure to put billboards of the former mayor’s face all over Minneapolis.
He also followed the marching orders of his former boss and police chief by ignoring our drug and crime issues for 8 years.
Besides the glaring hypocrisy of Rex’s vision, we also forget that;
• He trumped up false ethics violations towards councilor Stehly, in which he had a freak out session where the puck under the gavel went flying thru the air. He even made light of it later by pretending the bone above he is chewing on in the picture was a gavel and started rapping it on the table like a gavel after covering the end in tin foil.
• Rex said publicly he doesn’t want his contact information on mailings even though his city owned council email address and phone number are public information.
• Lastly, his only (non)accomplishment on the council was passing a silly ordinance about having a majority instead of a plurality in council races, which only makes elections more expensive for both taxpayers and candidates (hopefully the city council will overturn this soon, but I see they are waiting until after the election so they won’t make him look bad-chickensh*ts).
Let’s face it. Rex is NOT fiscally responsible, he is NOT ethical, he does NOT believe in government transparency and he is willing to throw anyone under the bus he doesn’t agree with.
There is whole host of other things I could say about this VOID of leadership, but I won’t. I will leave you with a paragraph from a postcard I also got today from his competitor, Kelly Sullivan;
She pretty much sums up Rex Rolfing and his ilk in one sentence. Living in a bouncy house.
Do as I did as a D13 voter, fill only one box out for the House Race. Kelly Sullivan.
Vote NO on X
One of my grandpa’s clocks from his collection.
I still remember him saying on November 4, 1980 how he voted for Carter, because “He was a good man.” I know, I was in first grade, and how can I remember this? Well, because my grandparents were opinionated. I know, hard to believe. They would tell you how they felt about their last sh*t, the food they had for lunch and the color of the sky, and they would wrap it all in a joke and a few ‘choice’ words. You knew what they were thinking. All of the time, and if they didn’t want you to know they would say it in Czech, then hug you while laughing at you.
I often think about how I have followed politics, and it always brings me back to the kitchen breakfast nook at my grandparent’s house, they were never shy about their opinions. Especially politics.
My grandpa Carl liked Carter for obvious reasons, he loved the earth. My grandpa was a certified green thumb, who could make anything grow, trees were his passion, but he could make anything work from his 70’s Caddie to his International Scout, to his passion of clocks.
I think he would look at Noem as a ‘fake’ and I would love to hear what he thinks of her right now. It would be colorful.
Both governor candidates have shared ‘traditions’ and ‘values’ but I often wonder if they know WTF they are talking about? The South Dakota I grew up in cherished these things, and if you worked hard, you may not become rich, but you were always rewarded with good friends, good food and a sense you were loved and valued for your beliefs.
When you vote on Tuesday, think about what is most important to you, like ‘Good People’ who care about you, the earth and your family, and want a better life for us all. To this day, I still think my grandpa’s vote for Carter was the right thing to do. Because we don’t have to mention the other guy, who Noem has presented as her hero in the latest debate. A man who put us down a path of the rich stealing the middle class and destroying a country who was modeled after people like my grandpa Carl.
He would be truly disgusted.
Hard workers who believed in this Republic, to take care of us, when we can’t, to defend our right to our opinion, and when we take up arms it is for the defense of our ideals, not to simply cause bloodshed. As Americans, we are better than this. We defend the right of others, we love those who don’t agree, and we embrace diversity and ingenuity. We simply are the Greatest Country in the world, and we don’t need props to remind us just leaders to hold our hands.
We can go down the same old path folks, but we can’t accept those results.
Vote for what you believe, because if you do on Wednesday you will have nothing to feel guilty about.