Author: @SoDakCampaigns

Gov. Noem Orders Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Late Rep. Bob Glanzer

PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem today ordered that flags be flown at half-staff in honor of the late State Representative Bob Glanzer from sunrise until sundown on Monday, April 20, 2020, the day of his funeral.

“I was very sorry to hear of Bob Glanzer’s passing. Bob was a man of true integrity and someone I greatly respected,”Governor Noem said. “He epitomized what it means to be a true statesman and worked tirelessly for the people of Beadle and Kingsbury counties as well as for our entire state. Bryon and I will miss him dearly, and we extend our deepest sympathies to Penny and his entire family.”

Glanzer, 74, was a state representative from District 22, which is Beadle and Kingsbury counties.  He had been serving in the state House since 2017. Please direct all questions to Ian.Fury@state.sd.us.

WHAT: Gov. Noem orders flags flown at half-staff in honor of late Rep. Bob Glanzer
WHEN: Monday, April 20, 2020 from sunrise until sundown

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It sounds like there are members of the Sioux Falls City Council who are not in agreement with Mayor Paul Tenhaken that you can issue a strict (and potentially troublesome) stay at home order to keep people shut in for the next three weeks:

As confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the Sioux Falls area hit nearly 1,000 this week, TenHaken formally called for new restrictions that would make it a crime for people in Sioux Falls to move about the city for reasons deemed non-essential.

and..

Among councilors, the conversation centered on what Greg Neitzert and Christine Erickson said is contradicting language in the proposal. The ordinance draft submitted for consideration says non-essential workers are not to go to work, while later a section specifically says businesses are encouraged to remain open.

and..

TenHaken said the reason that language is included is to urge businesses to find alternative means to provide goods and services without operating out of a brick-and-mortar facility.

But that explanation didn’t sway councilors.

“If you don’t have customers, and you don’t have employees, you don’t have business. Period,” Erickson said.

Read the entire story here.

And Christine Erickson is extremely correct.

I look at myself. I work out of the house. I have suppliers in Sioux Falls that work in massive buildings, so social distancing isn’t just easy, it’s the norm.  I work and order remotely, but there can come times where I have to pick up product.  If it becomes a crime for those businesses to operate, or for me to back a truck up and load boxes as I pick them up, I’ll get my supplies elsewhere, and drive through Sioux Falls.  Which means my revenue goes elsewhere, and those businesses are deprived of the income.

Frankly, when Mayor TenHaken says that they’re urging “alternative means to provide goods and services without operating out of a brick-and-mortar facility,” I’m left shaking my head because there are some goods that ONLY come out of a brick and mortar facility.  It’s not like people are going to use things like a printing press in their #@% garage.

And if you can’t get product in Sioux Falls, I know I’ll just go elsewhere.

I might not be as harsh on the Mayor as my guest columnist on the topic, but Paul needs to realize that not everything can be done electronically via e-mail, and someone has to do the work. Maybe that’s not the intent of the ordinance, but if that’s the case, they’d better get much more specific, fast.

It’s not much use turning cities into police states and going overboard as you claim to be protecting society if you destroy it in the process.

US Senator Mike Rounds has filed his 1st quarter FEC report for 2020. And he’s offering a fairly tough hill for his opponents to climb.

Rounds April 2020 Fec by Pat Powers on Scribd

Rounds for Senate is noting $282,756.50 raised during the first quarter, against $206,297.49 spent. Leaving the first term US Senator $1,889,290.67 cash on hand in his committee (not counting joint groups, etc.) to get through the next few months.

Apparently, this postcard hit the mail in SF Today from Theresa Stehly:

“Stand up for Stehly.”  Hm. That would not have been my first choice as a slogan. Why? There was someone else who already used it:

As noted in politico:

…George Wallace, whose slogan, “Stand Up for America!” barely hid his real agenda: to roll back the clock on racial progress.

Yeah. If I was Theresa, I don’t know if I would be adopting the slogan of one of the Country’s last segregationist presidential candidates as my own.   Just sayin’.

From KELOland News, the Republican and Democrat Senate Caucuses have appointed a committee to look into allegations of misconduct that were made against two of the leaders of the State Senate:

Political party caucuses have chosen nine members of the state Senate to investigate a complaint that two top Republican senators were intoxicated while conducting official business at the Capitol during the final working day of the 2020 session of the South Dakota Legislature.

and..

The Executive Board set a June 30 deadline for the investigative panel to submit its report. The board is scheduled to meet by teleconference at 10 a.m. CT Monday, April 20. An agenda hadn’t been posted as of 9 a.m. CT Wednesday.

Read it all here.

Borglum for US Senate April 2020 FEC by Pat Powers on Scribd

Scyller Borglum for US Senate has filed her latest FEC report for activity in the first quarter of the year. $9,661.71 raised. $4,972.54 spent, $12,908.55 cash on hand, against a $12,000.00 loan.

Borglum is fighting against the same challenges that every challenger campaign faces – scaling up – and finding a way to bring in the revenue necessary to conduct campaign activities at a statewide scale.

You can find ways to make $12,000 stretch.. but that might be nigh-impossible against a primary opponent that has $1.8 million on hand.

Ahlers April 2020 FEC by Pat Powers on Scribd

For being the Democrat challenger to a Republican incumbent, Ahlers is not showing that the Democrat party has marshaled around him as their nominee. In fact, it’s kind of the opposite. With former State Democrat Party Communications director Aaron Matson “consulting” for him, it’s hard to see that Ahlers is doing anything but sending out a lot of Constant Contact e-mails.

$22,124.17 raised. $3620.62 spent. $35,989.28 cash on hand.

Well, that wasn’t great. And no wonder Liz May claimed in a press release that she “outperformed” on signatures to try to distract from the numbers that everyone is really looking at.

Because she sure sucks at fundraising.

Liz Martyr May April 2020 FEC by Pat Powers on Scribd

Liz Marty May might want to consider changing her name to Liz “Martyr” May, because she fell on her sword in her first quarter of fundraising.  $34,211.11 raised.  A $5000 personal loan. And $27,716.36 spent in her first quarter.

Of that cash spent, over $11,000 went to her Texas based consultant, Jim McIntosh, and another $6000 went to a Texas based contract staff member, a Victoria Peltier. Then, another $10k spent on a California based media production company.

Literally, every dime Liz May spent went towards out of state consultants and employees.   But she wasn’t done spending. Because Liz is carrying $9,990.24 in outstanding debt, half of which is a loan to herself.

However, there is bright spot here.  As Liz actually spent $266.25 in South Dakota.  So there’s that.

So she got a few more signatures than Dusty? I’m sure that’s quite the comfort to her tonight.

Quite the comfort.

Liz May might claim she’s over performing when paying people for petition signatures, but Dusty Johnson had a good month in fundraising:

Dusty Johnson April 2020 FEC by Pat Powers on Scribd

$193,424.00 raised against $64,813.12 spent, leaving Dusty $743,708.28 in his main account. That’s nothing to sneeze at.

Especially when you compare it to Liz May’s gasping $34k in contributions… hang on…

From my mailbox, Liz May’s campaign handler is claiming Liz May outperformed Dusty Johnson in collecting petition signatures:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 14, 2020

PRESS CONTACT
jim@lizmayforcongress.com
605-430-1221

Liz Marty May’s grassroots effort outperforms
Dusty Johnson’s establishment organization.

Republican Candidate Liz Marty May’s grassroots effort paid off big time. Since her campaign kick-off announcement on February 1, she and her army of 83+ volunteers collected 2,796 valid petition signatures.

That is 1,066 more than the required amount, and 776 more than Incumbent Dusty Johnson collected.

“I am blown away by the tremendous amount of support my campaign has received. This is probably the biggest grassroots movement that South Dakota has seen in a long time. Our volunteers worked day and night collecting signatures. You know it’s a powerful movement when we exceed the required amount of signatures amidst a health pandemic,” says May.

Since Coronavirus, campaigns have had to pivot their strategy to reach voters. The Liz Marty May campaign is relying heavily on good ole’ fashion grassroots with a dose of digital technology to ensure voters’ voices are heard on June 2nd.

“I’m under Martial Law on the reservation, we can’t leave. We’ve made adjustments and are now working smarter. South Dakotans’ are hurting financially, especially the ag community. We aren’t counting on out-fundraising Dusty Johnson’s incumbent war chest, we are counting on our powerful grassroots movement. Our petition numbers don’t lie. The conservative base is fired up. The ranchers are fired up. And those tired of the status quo are fired up. Coronavirus changes a lot, but not that,” states May.

In light of Coronavirus, the SD Secretary of State will be mailing absentee ballot applications to every registered voter between April 17-24. Voters are encouraged to complete their application as soon as possible to allow for delivery and processing times. Once an application is verified by the county auditor, a ballot will be mailed to the voter.

Liz Marty May is a proud 4th generation South Dakotan, a successful small business owner and a trusted rancher. She is running for Congress for the ranchers seeking relief from unfair trade practices, for the farmers who feed the world, for the small businesses trying to turn a profit, and for our future generations.

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Apparently, you can claim that you’re overperforming when you’re paying people $10 a pop in travel credits.