Update: I want to correct this post. Since it has been confirmed he resigned and was not terminated they can handle it as a personal issue in executive session. Now if he didn’t willingly resign, they would have to vote on terminating him in public.
Update: The rumor circulating is he was terminated because he pissed off developers. I know, shocker!
The short answer is YES. When the Sioux Falls city council decided to fire then city clerk Owens behind closed doors they got slapped with an open meetings violation. Harrisburg recently fired their city administrator behind closed doors. That is a NO-NO. Whether the person was doing a good job* or not does not matter, an appointed position like this is hired in the open and fired in the open. I hope this person slaps Harrisburg with this violation.
*There was a quiet recall effort amongst citizens in Harrisburg to get rid of the city administrator. Not sure if this had an effect on his firing or not? He also was getting into it with our mayor over jurisdiction lines and the state over the prison. Will we ever know why he was fired?
Maybe this is “narcissistic” of me, but I see that the DS has now published an article that is critical of a prominent South Dakota politician just two days after I criticized them for not questioning Dusty’s appearance at a ribbon cutting, for a project which he voted against, and thus, how the DS appears to be a Republican Rag.
Once again, Dusty is having his cake and eating it, too…. #LetThemEatCake
https://www.thedakotascout.com/p/rep-dusty-johnson-other-gop-and-democratic?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=918389&post_id=148496078&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1pb9s0&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
I have to wonder if this might be connected to actions which brought the proposed new state prison to the altar to be married into the Harrisburg wastewater treatment system?
I found out the real reason he ‘resigned’. It has to do with the state. That’s all I have to say right now, but I am sure a couple of reporters are working on it.