Ironic Johnny; Stop smoking crack! (H/T – Jackilope)
l3wis Mr. Calculator really needs to give it a rest.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FydSZqFhmvs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
2010
Vernon Brown to the rescue of Staggers?
Is Vernon defending Kermit over the bogus ethics investigation because he feels Kermit was wronged? Or is afraid it may be his hide next? Makes you wonder if the ethics committee was trying to dig up dirt on Vernon to?
Staggers is concerned that the investigation went beyond the scope of the original complaint. Something that also concerns city councilman Vernon Brown.
“Probably, the most disturbing part for us is the complaint was filed but the investigation went beyond what the complaint was,” Brown said.
And let’s hear the bullshit response . . .
Mike McKnight, the chair of the Board of Ethics, says local laws give them the ability to go where the evidence takes them, and if any changes were made to that part of the law, it would limit their work.
LMAO! You mean the same ‘unconstitutional’ laws that tell people when they are in violation of city code? A city can’t just make up laws that are in violation of the US Constitution and the State Constitution and then use those bogus laws to assert power. Kermit nails it with this comment;
“In making it public then they’re going to be held accountable. When you have a situation where things are done in secret, accountability goes by the wayside,” Staggers said.
Is the economy getting better? Nope.
I have said all along, that even though people (claim) the recession hit SD later it will last longer here. These numbers are pathetic;
About 38 percent of children in South Dakota are living in poverty, up sharply from 14 percent in 2001, according to new statistics released Tuesday.
The state’s reaction is even more pathetic considering they are more worried about illegal immigrants coming to SD;
Neither the governor’s office, Department of Health Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth nor Department of Social Services Secretary Deb Bowman would comment on South Dakota’s plummeting rank.
And it really comes down to jobs;
Beaver said the solution to the child poverty problem lies in creating employment opportunities for South Dakota parents. “The bottom line are jobs, jobs and more jobs,” Beaver said. Even if jobs are created, the situation won’t get better unless parents can prosper in them, Randall said. “(Economic conditions) will, to some extent, trail the national economy,” Randall said. “But a lot of it depends on our own state’s economic development efforts and the extent to which we go after jobs that are solid, well-paying jobs.”
Kinda sounds like our ‘cheap labor’ mantra has come to bite us in the ass.
Rant-a-Bit Episode #2 w/ Special guest Jonathan Ellis from the Argus Leader
Image; Argus Leader
http://m.podshow.com/download_media/25683/episodes/241851/rantabit-241851-07-27-2010.mp3
