The Sioux Falls School District and former Sioux Falls City Councilor Marshall Selberg got away with it.
And why wouldn’t they?
The school district allowed a candidate to use perjured forms, TWICE, with NO remedy.
Marshall Selberg PERJURED a finance form, possibly lied about his voter registration over the past year, and served OUT of his district for at least a year (a close friend of his confirmed to me he was living out of the SW district for at least a year.) AND he told a reporter on a phone that he was in fact living out of the district and that he needed to ‘move on with his post council life.’ So you moved out a year in advance to prepare for your future life?
These are ACTUAL crimes, not just ethic violations.
The media looked the other direction and local government officials who have the power to fight corruption and unethical behavior also looked the other way.
Where was the City Attorney? The State’s Attorney? The SOS? The Attorney General? The County Auditor(s)? The School District’s Super and Board and many more in City Government, including councilors, who dropped the ball.
And the media hid under a rock while they battled who can get a couple grand from the city a year for legals.
So why did the media help the school district and the city cover this up? Because by saying nothing, you are a part of the problem. You can’t blow your horn every year during Sunshine Week then hide when you see corruption and say nothing. Open government is a 24/7 thingy, not just when it is convenient for you to transcribe a press release.
I don’t think it was a conspiracy at all by the media, just plain old laziness.