Seems there is going to be some shakeups in the SD Dem party next weekend, or maybe not;
In South Dakota: Next weekend the South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) will hold its McGovern Day dinner, the SDDP’s big annual gathering and fundraiser. Keith Ellison, Congressman from neighboring Minnesota and National Democratic Party Vice-chair, is scheduled to be the featured speaker. Keith was one of the few Democratic office holders who endorsed Bernie Sanders, the Socialist from Vermont, in the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primaries. He said Bernie reminded him of Jack Lemmon in that greatest of all Minnesota ice fishing movies, “Grumpy Old Men”.
The SDDP will hold a state Central Committee meeting in conjunction with the dinner. Constitutional amendments, which could lead to an election of state party officers at this same meeting, have been introduced. To quote from a letter from Rachelle Norberg summarizing the proposed amendments, “One of the most important changes in the proposed amendment is the moving of State Officer elections to a spring window on odd-numbered years, typically held at the same time as the McGovern Day fundraiser. If passed, this change causes an election of new officers to be held April 29th, 2017. Please ensure all potential officer candidates are given adequate notice to the best of your ability”
There could be fireworks at the Central Committee meeting, folks!!! Rumor has it that Paula Hawks wants Ann Tornberg’s job.
I am not a big fan of the current SDDP Chair, but a snap election, initiated in this manner, with almost no notice, seems deeply arrogant on the part of the conspirators and very wrong-headed. This appears to be a palace coup by Powers behind the throne. Changing one Queen for another is not progress even if the new Queen would be substantially taller. Change requires changing the Powers that be.
I would agree with the mighty Pooh-Bah, change can be good, but you have to do it carefully. I keep telling the Dems I would return to the party if they get their poop in groop, looks like I will be an Indy for the indefinite future.
Paula is the one who blamed her recent congressional lost on the State Party, but this is the same congressional candidate whose campaign in 2012 for the state House helped fund a campaign post card encouraging the voters of District 9 to vote for her, as a Democrat, and one of the Republican candidates too, as a part of a “Non Partisan Team.” This post card was at the cost to Democrat Mark Anderson’s own state house candidacy, who was the other Democrat running in District 9 that year. I might also add, that Mark at the time was the President of the South Dakota AFL-CIO.
One of the number one rules about being a true Democrat is to not be flippant about labor and workers’ rights in general. The other rule is to work together with fellow Democrats when times are tough and not waste our energy trying to cut off each other’s heads for our own advancement….. Well, hopefully, that is…..
Although, I welcome much of the new found energy, since the election of Trump, which some have recently brought to the SDDP, especially with the women heading up LEAD. With this energy and its execution, however, comes not only a right but also a responsibility to be a “Full Service Democrat.” And a “Full Service Democrat” is not only for women’s, LGBT, religious, and minority rights, but also for workers’ rights regardless of the workers sex, their orientation, their race, or creed.
thanks for the brainfart
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