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Meet the Legislative Candidates

l3wis 3Comments
I sent this letter out to over forty legislators (all party affiliation) running for the state legislature in the Sioux Falls area (entire document); southdacola

Greetings,

Candidate for the 2012 South Dakota Legislature,

The election is quickly coming upon us, and I want to extend my political blog out to you. I run a political website called southdacola.com, you may or may not have heard of it. I have approximately 10,000 individual readers a day, 7-days a week. I cover mostly Sioux Falls area politics (city government, school district, Minnehaha county commission and state districts in the area).

I want to give you the opportunity to profile yourself on my website at NO CHARGE. I am sending this letter to candidates for the state legislature in the Sioux Falls area, Democrats, Republicans and Independents. I am a registered independent myself and support candidates in both parties, this is not a partisan trap.

 

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UPDATED: District 6 Debate Debacle

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UPDATE: Okay, sometimes Detroit gets it wrong. Sorry, I apologize to both candidates and the debate organizer. Apparently there is many conflicting schedules in the debates being proposed. Thanks for clarification from the debate organizer. I do stand by my words though about debating your opponent, and feel it is important. I also put this information out there for these reasons, to get the RIGHT story.

Otten and Schriever, Senate candidates for District 6

From a South DaCola foot soldier;

Lennox HS debate coach has been attempting to put together public debates between District 6 candidates.  He has set them up as two sessions; one, between the four House candidates and the other, between the two Senate candidates. One of the Senate candidates (Ernie Otten) is resisting this – wanting to have all 6 candidates at one time. The debate coordinator feels this would muddy the comparisons between candidates.  Rumor has it Otten has also been using conflict with high school sports season as a reason to reject various dates.

So why doesn’t Otten want a one-on-one with Schriever? If I was Otten I would leap at the opportunity to challenge my opponent one-on-one. Not only would you get more time to argue your case, you can clearly set yourself a part from your opponent. I wonder what Rich thinks of the whole matter?

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The heck with the legislature, Maynard for Governor!

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I will admit, I don’t know much about Maynard Konechne, but after watching most of the SDPB candidate vids, I liked his the most. He reminds me of my grandpa Carl, Scotland, SD native, in more ways then I can ever imagine. Hardworking, yet realizing helping others is what is most important.

Go Maynard! (but I would lose the tie, all those American flags are making your chest look like an optical illusion)

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SDPB Meet the candidates – Some early DaCola endorsements

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Yes, Angie, there is a lot of garbage that needs to be taken out in Pierre.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKsyENC1ICA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRggfo_5HEc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4MDUItzNhM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoVyHC4teRY[/youtube]

I thought I would add a Republican to the mix;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2yNonGco_E[/youtube]

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State Democrats have a candidate in Senate District 6

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Richard Schriever filed today at the State Democratic HQ to run for SD Senate District 6. Richard’s motto will be “A Balanced Perspective.” Richard comes from one of the founding families of the area, having lived and worked in every community in the district, having been both employed and an employer, having done the hard manual work of farming and construction as well as holding advanced degrees and working with the highest level executives at major multi-national corporations.

Richard says this;

I am a native of Tea, grew up in Tea, Sioux Falls and rural Harrisburg and am a graduate of Lennox High School.  I am an alumni of USD and Augustana College, and hold an advanced degree from a California School. I have been a small business owner and manager both in South Dakota and California and have consulted to major US and international companies, but I have also been a farmer, a welder and a bricklayer.  I currently live in Lennox, SD, where I have chaired the Planning Commission for 5 years.

I believe I will bring a well-rounded and balanced perspective to Pierre as your senator from District 6.  My goals in Pierre would be to assure that the people come first, and not just one point of view or another, but that everyone is equally considered. We need to move the state forward in a fair and transparent way.

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