I have asked different government folks about the above mailing asking if it violates any election laws. My answers have varied. So, what do my readers think? Is this legal? THE ENTIRE MAILING HERE.
I would think mailing a REAL bill to a prospective donor is a no-no. But since when does Trump and his little dog killing sidekick ever follow rules?
So I was thinking, maybe the solution to our goose problem is shipping them off to Springfield, Ohio? Just keep the residents away from our dog parks. Those folks would have a feeding frenzy. Oh, Donny, the stories you weave.
AND IT CONTINUES TO PILE ON
While a certain dynamic duo in town seems to have the governor on the run with her credit card statements I got a chuckle out of what this news organization(?) had to say about why they are doing it;
COMBATTING SECRECY AND IGNORANCE
That’s rich considering these two hid investor information from the public when applying to be the legal newspaper of Sioux Falls, oh, and got the unethical council and SOS’s office in on your scam. Government SECRECY!? You make me laugh. Also, how do you combat ignorance? Ignorance is the lack of knowledge on any particular topic. So is this paper going to make the public more aware of the corruption in Pierre with their 4,000 subscriptions? I’m dying! Hopefully you will figure out what hair and nail salons Noem has been visiting these days. The public is DYING to know, just don’t give them the info in a gravel pit.
SPECIAL CONTRACTS FOR SPECIAL PEEPS
Well it was like Christmas for certain ad agencies in town last Tuesday at the City Council meeting;
Councilor Ryan Spellerberg brought two separate amendments Tuesday night – both of which passed unanimously and with minimal council discussion. One allocated $150,000 for a marketing campaign to encourage the public to donate to charities rather than to panhandlers.
Yes Kids, instead of actually taking REAL capital and spending it on bus tickets to help get these folks home or a street outreach program that picks these folks up at night we are giving the money to well connected ad agencies to tell us to NOT give to these folks. Talk about government ignorance!
With the recent closure of the Sioux City warming shelter we are in deep doo doo this winter. Instead of finding ways to ignore these folks, maybe come up with a plan for this winter, like NOW! I hate to say it, but I have a feeling we are going to be reading about a lot of homeless tragedies this winter.
I heard next week the council is going to fund a marketing campaign called, “Nothing to see here, move along.” it will be for discouraging folks to come to public input and public meetings.
SPEAKING OF DEAD GEESE
Not sure this ties in, but I don’t care. The city wants to see the entire Delbridge Collection sold as a group. Like I said, could care less about a bunch of dusty monkeys in Lenin’s Tomb, but there is some historic and scientific value to the collection and we should save it. I think we are missing a massive opportunity here to build a very unique exhibit, but instead we have to make sure the Mayor and his friends make money building a convention center we don’t need. SHINY BALL, MUST TOUCH!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
In Politics: Nationally: Kamala Harris is exciting Democrats and invigorating the Obama/Biden coalition. She has overtaken “The Donald” Trump in polling averages and Republicans have been caught off-foot for a change. It may be a bit of a honeymoon phase but there is substance in the shifting political winds and, with hard work, Democrat may celebrate a victory this fall.
The word against “The Donald” these days is that he and MAGA Republicans are “weird” . “The Donald” has provided us with numerous examples during the last eight years, none weirder, more telling, and more uncomfortable than his interview with the Black Journalist Association. Here is a link to the full interview. Draw your own conclusion;
Mine? Weird!!! And he is the Republican Presidential candidate.
The scary thing is that the election is very close and many of our fellow citizens take solace in “The Donald’s” candidacy.
I play in a poker league of 30 to 40 mainly white males, 25 to 65 years old on Tuesday nights and this week, after Biden stepped down and it became apparent that Vice-President Harris would replace him as the Democratic Presidential nominee, I was taken aback by the aggressive political talk (there usually isn’t any) against Vice-President Harris from many of the people at the tables. It was as mean as anything you have heard publicly and it was expressed aggressively with certitude. I finally asked if they would choose a man convicted as a felon 34 times by a jury of his peers. This didn’t seem to have much effect. It is scary. There was even speculation of civil war if Trump loses.
The New York Times has an article that tries to explain Trump’s appeal. I link it here for everyone’s edification: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/25/us/race-wealth-gap-economy.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240725&instance_id=129691&nl=the-morning®i_id=15266483&segment_id=173089&te=1&user_id=bf7f68c027dbeeacc1307445a35ef609
The point here (IMHO) is that, as James Carvelle said, “It is the economy, stupid”. Trump doesn’t present a solution to solve the economic angst of the working middle class but he does offer them scapegoats to excuse their economic frustration. His appeal is racist, misogynist, homophobic, and autocratic but it has been effective. Democrats need to call it what it is by appealing to our fellow citizens better natures but we also need to present an economic program that appeals to them and provides them hope for the future and their ability to partake in the “American Dream”.
From what I have observed so far, Kamala Harris “gets it”.
In Politics: In South Dakota: I keep waiting for visible signs of campaigning by South Dakota Democratic candidates and The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) without much success. The SDDP has a Communication person on staff but the SDDP has only produced five press releases in July. Maybe I am blind to the normally frantic activity of campaign season because I am not a big user of Social Media.
Reviewing the SDDP’s voter registration efforts and its overall success we find that they made absolute progress, increasing their Statewide registration by 90 voters since the beginning of July. Unfortunately, for statewide, GOP voter registration increased by 1568 voters during the same period. `The SDDP received $70,000.00 several months ago to work on voter registration. Thankfully that money is showing some results though it is a work in progress at best.
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