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UPDATE: A sigh of relief

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UPDATE: Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag, or should we say, Greg Jamison. Yesterday on the Belfrage show, they mentioned that Jamison is considering a run for Mayor. This is true. I also heard another mayoral candidate will announce either this week or next, he has already been mentioned in the past.

I was in a pretty good mood yesterday, even as I was sweating my ass off on the pedi-cab. After Erickson’s announcement last week, I was feeling a bit bummed. The run-up to this year’s mayor’s election was going to be boring as Heck, even though I do think the council races will be fun to watch. It seemed to me Erickson has it in the bag so what’s the point of even following it. I know I have held out hope of a Darkhorse candidate coming forward, I am sorry to report, there isn’t one. But there may just be a more Salted Caramel Horse candidate coming forward. I am excited to hear about these new prospects and look forward to their announcement. (no timeline has been set) Let’s just say in certain circles, we are thinking we have hope in installing a mayor who truly wants to help the people instead of the chamber. Let’s keep our fingers crossed on this one, if all else fails depend on superstition, or prayer, whichever you prefer 🙂

And Woodstock says, “Aren’t they one in the same?”

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Secretary of State Johnson in deep doo-doo

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Besides breaking state and federal laws, you have to question if she acted alone;

On July 31, The ACLU of South Dakota sent a letter (see attached) to the Secretary of State’s office demanding they remove publicly available copies of the statewide voter registration file that make it possible to identify which voters registered at public assistance offices while applying for assistance programs. On August 1, the Secretary of State’s office complied with our demands to remove the data pertaining to where a voter registered and notify all impacted voters by mail. 

This was an egregious violation of voters’ privacy rights. These privacy rights are guaranteed under state and federal law, including the National Voter Registration Act (“NVRA”)

I don’t think it takes the average bear to figure out Johnson isn’t intelligent enough to have acted alone on this. She would have had to have the backing of the Attorney General. It will be interesting to see what heads will roll on this, besides Johnson. As for the act itself, whoever is guilty, not only is it a violation of state and federal law, it probably violates several ethics laws, but besides all that it, it is extremely despicable, but not surprising since our entire state government has been taken over by the Trump Administration who has a very racist agenda.

Christine Erickson Elections

I went to a Chamber Mixer and it turned into a Mayoral announcement

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Besides Erickson announcing her mayoral candidacy today, she also said she is engaged (to another human being 🙂 Heels pulled all the stops, besides having the entire board of directors from the Chamber there in support, she had many current and former local politicians there, including Greg Neitzert (I am going to assume he will be assisting the campaign in one way or another, or maybe considering an At-Large run for council? I wondered why I haven’t gotten any short story texts from him in awhile? As for Christine herself, she looked like she hit the salon and the spa right after the gym, damn, she looked good! Pay attention future candidates! Hit the gym NOW! If Christine does become mayor, she will make many precedents; First female mayor, First city councilor to be elected mayor, and first Single mayor? Though she staged some engagement 🙂

Let’s not fool ourselves, we should just have the election for mayor next week and install the winner next year, why waste a year of our time when we know who the next mayor will be. I hate the predictability of this city, but you know what they say; Sh!t in, Sh!t out.

*This is in no way an endorsement of Erickson. I even told folks that I may undervote in the mayoral race. I am going to try to remain as neutral as possible with all the candidates. I think Jamie and Joe are great candidates that need to be explored also, but we know how this goes by now folks.

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My Man Mike may be losing support for his mayoral bid

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All the signs are certainly there; Secret strategy meetings, and a full on ass kiss assault on social media buttering up folks for his mayoral run.

So is he running? That is still up in the air, but someone has presented me a likely timeline scenario. Those close to his shadow campaign have confirmed to me the plan is to announce very late (Feb/March) and self fund. It is actually a good strategy . . . if you are running for a district seat on the council, but not so much if you are mayoral candidate.

I’m sure he is going to rely on name recognition, but has virtually been a ghost since he left office. I have NOT seen him in public since, not even once. Granted I don’t run in those circles, but I find it odd that he has been such a phantom. Take your time Mike, hopefully you will realize by next year you need to pack up your crap and leave town and stay as far away from city hall as possible. We re-elected Trump after a 4-Year stint . . . how is that working out? You get my drift.

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