While he might have been telling black women to “go back to Wakanda” on Twitter, former North Dakota Republican Party Executive Director Dave Roetman is telling Minnehaha County voters that he wants to move into the County Courthouse, as he has thrown his hat in the ring today to be a candidate for the Minnehaha County Register of Deeds.
Since his return to Sioux Falls, Roetman has not been without controversy, as he was cited by one faction of the hard-right Patriot Ripple Effect group which he helped found as being the reason the group imploded, and that Roetman had been actually “spearheading a stealth campaign for Toby Doeden” for months:
In Sioux Falls, there is a prominent group that formed roughly 4 years ago by the name of Patriot Ripple Effect (PRE). I was a member of this group for the past 2 years until about 6 weeks ago, when I decided to very publicly quit the group. My reason for doing this was not “to be divisive”, but to shed light on the fact that I had identified 2 sitting board members who were sneaking around doing campaign work for Toby Doeden. Toby has never been a member of PRE, nor helped them in any tangible way.
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I have made very clear my opinion that the heavily advertised astro-turfed campaign of Toby Doeden is being supported and helped along by hidden actors in the Establishment, most likely without Toby’s awareness whatsoever. I have no hard evidence to present to you at this stage of the game, but I feel it in my bones, and I suspect many of you do also.
In totally related news, the two Operators at the core of the near implosion of PRE and the Battle Royale that is taking place in the MCGOP have both been spearheading a stealth campaign for Toby Doeden these past 2 months.
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The man who nearly destroyed PRE is named Dave Roetman.
Read that for yourselves here. (and my apologies in advance that I sent you there).
With former Minnehaha Co GOP Chair Roetman on the outs with various groups and factions in the GOP, it remains to be seen how he is going to build a coalition to win the office.
Frankly, today’s announcement may also spur others to run. With the possibility of Roetman serving leaving a number of people with too bitter of a taste in their mouth for them to let it go.
Jim Stalzer — can you please tell everyone the story of how Roetman almost destroyed the Minnehaha GOP?
Could you say it yourself.
I have heard of at least one other candidate running for this office so stayed tuned, Minnehaha County voters, and study/learn about the candidates for this and every other office you will have the chance to vote for.
Whoever it is, he/she has my vote!
He’d fit right in with Auditor Leah Anderson. Minnehaha might be on a steep decline if this is the level of talent it attracts for key administrative positions.
I dont know—if Chris Larson doesn’t like him then Roteman might have my vote.
These people have way too much time on their hands.
Dave Roetman is a sociopath with a deep grudge against the Republican party.
This position should be appointed, not elected. Minnehaha County needs a home rule charter.
Dave Roetman represents the slowly dwindling support for the only impeached South Dakota constitutional officer, former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. He has worked to destroy the SDGOP and anyone who supported the impeachment ever since that day by breeding much of the hate that is so prevalent among Republicans today. Before that he nearly single-handedly broke the Minnehaha County Republican Party through horrible mismanagement. I hope Minnehaha county wakes up before he’s nominated.
I echo that!
Dave was butt-hurt that he was not re-elected as the Minnehaha County chairman. There were a number of complaints, nothing really awful, other than mailing out a candidate’s literature to the wrong district, and hitting on women who were half his age as if he were Leonardo diCaprio..
ANYWAY, people in Minnehaha County were tired of him, and decided they wanted a change. That was all. So he decided to exact his revenge by rounding up a hoard of useful idiots, the Ripple Effect Wackadoodles. ..
Monae Johnson found them to be very useful, they secured the nomination for SOS for her, and then she fired him. She let the Weibels run her campaign for her, and I suppose they thought she would give them jobs once she was elected, but she didn’t.
But reading the op-ed linked above, the author still believes The Establishment is the enemy. He still doesn’t get it..