June 2024

UPDATE II (add 202): CITY OF SIOUX FALLS EXECUTIVE ORDER 207 & Flowchart

l3wis June 10, 2024 6Comments

UPDATE II: I am adding this EO, because it goes with the line of power.

UPDATE: Mike Zitterich sent me this, thanks Mike!

Under Article 2, Section 2.03, you find the answer you are looking for:

The selection of interim successors in the executive order shall be at the mayor’s discretion from among department heads or city employees; however, the number and order of proposed interim successor designees shall not be effective without the advice and consent of the city council.

This is the line of people who would assume mayoral authority in case of an emergency. I think during the Huether Administration the Public Works director was number one. I also find it ironic that the person that is 2nd in line is the COS who has actually been running the city and signing multiple docs for the mayor. The Council Chair should really be 2nd in line (not sure if charter language would have to change to make that possible?)

UPDATE: Noem attends Pride!

l3wis June 10, 2024 2Comments

UPDATE: Forgot to mention Pride being held at the Canaries stadium. Several wondered why there was no alcohol at the event. I always assumed they wanted to make it more family friendly, but that was NOT the case. Besides being charged an atrocious amount for rent of the facility they got NO staff from the Canaries. SF Pride had to staff the entire event and I guess the Canaries said NO ALCOHOL since they would NOT be providing staff to serve it. Now, SF Pride could have taken out a temporary license for the event, but that takes a little planning.

I was shocked to see Kristi during Pride festivities. Cricket didn’t look so good.

Drinking Liberally UPDATE

l3wis June 10, 2024 1Comments

I used to post these, and I am going to start again. It’s the weekly state of politics according to Sheldon, enjoy!

In politics: Nationally: Per polling to date, Trump’s felony conviction has had only a small effect on the Presidential election in November. It is hard to believe that only a small portion of the electorate is bothered by the thought of having a President with a finger on the nuclear button who is ineligible to purchase a firearm in most States.

In South Dakota: The main stream wing of the Republican Party suffered a solid defeat in the primary elections held last week. Fourteen incumbent Republican legislators were replaced by insurgent and, generally speaking, more conservative (MAGA-like) candidates. The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) might have been able to take advantage of this rightward drift of the GOP if they had fielded a full slate of candidates. Unfortunately, the SDDP handicapped itself by running Legislative candidates in only 52 of South Dakota’s 105 legislative races, one of the SDDP’s poorer candidate recruitment efforts in recent memory. They will have to wait until next year as they say in sports, or the next election cycle, as they say in politics.

The SDDP will hold its State Convention next week and it is long past time form it to reflect on its current direction. Democratic registration continues to decline, breaking the support level of 144,000 as of June 4th, ending with 143,993 registered Democrats, down 250 since May 1st against a Republican registration gain of 1239. The is the 10th consecutive month Democratic voter registration has declined. Over this time period, which just happens to coincide with the current SDDP leadership’s recall of their State Chair, Jennifer Slaight-Hansen, the Republican plurality over Democratic registration in South Dakota increase by 10,096. As I often repeat, the voting public in South Dakota is not buying what the SDDP’s current leadership is selling.

I wish I had better news.

You have got to be kidding me!!!!

l3wis June 9, 2024 6Comments

So when the Proud Boys wanted to sponsor a street dance in Scotland a few years back, the city was like, “Come on down.” Until Frankie and the other towns folk said, “Get lost.”

So this garbage happened yesterday in the state capital. Should not surprise us. Our state government has ran on a racist agenda for decades, it’s just out and about and on display.

State Representative Will Mortenson commented on X, “Hearing reports about Nazis marching in Pierre. I don’t know that rock they crawled out from under, but they are not welcome here.”

Hey Will, it is the ROCK you and your fellow legislators have created over the past 60 years so don’t act all surprised when these A-Holes arrive in Pierre.