Called that one. Islam announcing for SF office today *Updated*

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Called that one. From KELO Radio:

Taneeza Islam says she’s announcing a run Tuesday.

and..

She did not specify which office she’s running for. Mayor Paul TenHaken and two at-large city councilors are up for reelection in April.

Read it here.

And the Argus is carrying the story as well:

Islam, whose statement notes she will be “the first American-Muslim who is first-generation to run for citywide office,” has been critical of both Sioux Falls and South Dakota leadership.

Read that here.

I’d be surprised if it isn’t mayor. (Kind of anti-climactic at this point.)

*Update*

Yep. Called it.

13 thoughts on “Called that one. Islam announcing for SF office today *Updated*”

  1. I don’t care about historic firsts, I care about the direction of the city, state, and country, and she would try to move in the wrong direction.

    I wish her no success in her endeavor to seek a public office.

  2. A city which runs on pork and beer is not an easy place for Muslims to feel welcome in. How does she plan to fix it?

    1. I guess if you hate America and want to transform it into a backwards country. I hope she loses big time.

  5. This is just an opportunity for her to get her name out in the public and then run for a different office in the future. Sioux Falls is headed in the right direction, no need to change horses at this time. I am hopeful that the (very few) trolls on this blog behave themselves and not choose to get down in the gutter with shameful, anti-Muslim rhetoric. Yeah, she’s liberal, we all know that. Yeah, she’s a long shot, we know that too. But, as long as TenHaken runs a clean race, I don’t think folks need to worry much.

    1. Now look, a city which celebrates St Patrick’s Day, Christmas and Pride Month with parades, has events like Ribfest, Octoberfest, and The Big Grape, is not going to feel welcoming to Muslims. It’s not that Muslims aren’t welcome to participate, it’s that their religion prohibits them. Of course they are going to feel marginalized. So how is she going to fix this?
      And what is “shameful anti-Muslim rhetoric” about pointing out that they believe homosexuality, apostasy and adultery all warrant the death penalty? That they believe men should be allowed to kill their wives and children if they have dishonored the family? These are facts, horrible ugly facts about how they treat each other. Don’t delude yourself with happy ideas about what they are willing to do to you.
      Islam is incompatible with western civilization. So knock off the virtue-signaling about how open-minded you are and deal with the fact that 20% of the world’s Muslims aren’t going to be satisfied with abusing their own, they want to kill you, too.

      ICYMI: David Horowitz had this interesting conversation with a Muslim student
      It’s a classic
      Check out this video on YouTube:

      https://youtu.be/JuqTKXZjffE

      1. Wow, why don’t you tell us how you really feel! All kidding aside, I never said or even alluded that I was defending the Muslim religion and it’s beliefs, far from it. All I was trying to get at is let’s have a civil discussion here about the future of Sioux Falls. Period. Again, I don’t think you have much to worry about in terms of any change in direction in Sioux Falls politics in the near or distant future. Bottom line, a far far left candidate has little to no chance of winning.

  8. While I may not fully support all of her ideals, beliefs, I do fully support her in her quest to run for public office, I think every citizen should run at least once or twice regardless whether lose or win. I do not care what political party you are from, let the people decide based on what you say, do, your actions speak greatly. The more people on that ballot every 2 or 4 years, means the more voices to be heard, the more voices that heard, the more questions you begin to ask, the more our incumbents have to respond to their public voting history, their actions, their agenda. I want to see no less than 6 people running on any proposed ballot for a public office job, whether it is Mayor, City Council, or State Legislature. That is the way it is suppose to be..

    Taneeza Islam I am sure is a great advocate for helping people, her claim to fame has been to help immigrants adjust to their new lives here in Sioux Falls, that is her trademark. I have nothing against that, but I will be most wanting to know how she plans to spend nearly $400,000,000 million of tax dollars, and what projects she wants to do, how will she balance out the every day common residents versus the large land owner/property holders of the city who are vested in the city itself, that is what the current Mayor has done well.

    I take a different approach to this news – I totally support her in making this run for Mayor, cause I beleive everyone should show their civic duty to the people of this state and this city.

    This all coming from someone like myself, who is also comtemplating a run for City Council real soon.

    Mike Zitterich
    For Honest Government

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