Remember Anthony Mirzyants who yesterday was attacking House Majority Leader Scott Odenbach because House & Senate Leadership (Rep. Odenbach & Sen Mehlhaff ) are carrying the administrations’ bill on Education Savings Accounts?
Why the hate? It seems he dislikes that it’s not his bill. Or at least the bill from his employers. You see, Mirzyants is in a snit because he has Rep. Heather Baxter carrying his legislation he was paid to support as a lobbyist for his Ron Paul group, Young Americans for Liberty, and as the lobbyist for a special interest organization, he needs to deliver for his paymasters.
In fact, despite the bills being introduced, even before people are being sworn in, he’s continuing to lob bombs against leadership (and the Governor) as “the insiders and their friends.”
As opposed to the legislation being brought by his employer from out of state.
While you’re contemplating all of this, don’t forget that special interest lobbyist Mirzyants is also the same person who was attacking Senate President Pro Tempore Chris Karr for his committee appointments a little more than a month ago:
It seems that a lot of this is manufactured sturm und drang to try to drum up business. And to provide fodder for the weekly reports he has to send to his superiors to justify them sending a paycheck from Texas to South Dakota. I’m sure we’ll see plenty more manufactured outrage directed as leadership to justify something going in a report, and to collect names for sending fundraising appeals to.
As opposed to actually having a seat at the table or accomplishing anything.
It is as if out of state Koch-funded American Action Fund will put Anthony Mirzyants in front of a firing squad if he is not able to convince legislators to pass this taxpayer funded zero regulation, church school/ home schooler voucher scheme and saddle South Dakotans with fiscal and educational black hole. The pressure must be enormous!
I do this because it’s the right thing to do 😎 thank you for the review
And who exactly TOLD you it was the right thing to do? Trump, God, or Paul?
Depends on who you ask. Can I answer, all three?
Found this email: [email protected]
I am going to complain to his boss.
Ulterior motives aside, let’s be fair here. Scott’s bill should be in the trash bin.
Whoever you are, and whatever your motives. I agree. Let the REAL School Choice activists get it done right.
This is the little feller who was passing out Taffy Howard’s propaganda at the statewide convention in 2022 to get Steve Haugaard nominated Lt. Governor. There really needs to be a rule against lobbyists holding precinct positions, it was really annoying watching him like a little bug buzzing around spreading misinformation with absolutely no concern for decency or honesty, like a little robot that can only handle a singular task. That’s exactly the kind of ‘politicking’ we do not need in our politics. Anthony could serve a terrific purpose if he was more focused on rounding himself out as an individual before going back into politics. He is still a baby. You can tell when a person has gotten completely swept up in the game and needs to take a step back.
Glad I made a good first impression! The only thing that could get me to take a step back is God or getting hit by a (school) bus, so don’t hold your breath.
Why don’t you check out the AAF website to get a better feel for the motivations here?