Who let this guy in journalism?
I will have to say I am pretty proud of the fact that I predicted Kermit and Mike would make the runoff months ago yet I am really puzzled by the council seats. It is no surprise that Jim won, but I was shocked by the losses of Bob, Theresa and Rex Rolfing winning. I think it really came down to the lack of media coverage for the council seats. Costner really nailed this one, and predicted that people would probably vote for endorsements.
So she actually said to me… do you know who the Argus Leader endorsed? I did know, and I told her what they recommended after which she said “well they always do a good job so I trust them”.
Voters did very little research on the council candidates and followed the Argus Leader endorsement. This amazes me, since the paper has such a terrible track record on political issues in this city. They were wrong about the Rec center, they were wrong about the indoor pool, they were wrong about the developer arterial road tax increase and they were wrong about the Events Center, yet a majority of voters said to themselves, “How can they be wrong about the endorsements?” Ă‚Â I just shake my head.
And BTW, who the heck is Rex Rolfing? I was so unimpressed by his forum appearances that I almost fell asleep. This next council is really gonna be a challenge to whoever the next mayor is. He might have to pass out 5-Hour energy before each meeting to get results.
Now to the fight I still have a dog in. Stay tuned over the next two weeks, we are gonna expose Mike for who he really is, a man who has stolen all of Kermit’s ideas (no sales tax for EC, transparency in government, fiscal responsibility, etc, etc.) but is taller and has more hair.
Remember who helped run Mike’s campaign, a seasoned campaigner, Steve Hildebrand,Ă‚Â a guy who pulls no punches, and neither will Detroit Lewis. I found it interesting that that tidbit of information did not come out until today, even though I exposed this fact months ago;
Huether, meanwhile, hired Steve Hildebrand’s political consulting firm. Hildebrand was President Barack Obama’s deputy campaign manager and is considered one of the top Democratic consultants in the nation.
Stay tuned tomorrow for Mike’s last financial report before today’s election and the interesting math he uses . . . .
BTW, while most of the MSM in Sioux Falls really sucks on election night, I will have to give a gigantic middle finger to the Argus Leader and especially Patrick Lalley and his live blog this afternoon. While reporters Ellis and Luther tried to stay on topic, Lalley could not resist to bash Kermit any chance he got. Pat, it was unfair journalism, I almost wondered if you were running a blog? Maybe you and your golden boy, Bill Peterson, who lost tonight, can go on an extended vacation for at least two weeks and a day.
Instead of bashing a 21 year public servant you should actually find out what Mike’s REAL job was at First Premier Bankcard and why his resignation just happened to coincide with the Feds making their fee harvesting schemes illegal? That would be fair journalism. You know what Kermit stands for, he has been an open book his entire life.
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