Think back to 2020, when Rapid City Councilwoman Laura Armstrong was under some pretty strong fire and had a number of complaints lodged against her over a COVID era facebook page she was involved with which scolded businesses for not enforcing mask mandates:
It all stems from a Facebook page called “The Caring Businesses of Rapid City” that highlights businesses that enforce a mask mandate in their establishment, versus those that do not. The rolodex of businesses not requiring masks has been dubbed the “naughty list.”
The complainants accuse Armstrong of creating or supporting the page and are asking she be removed from the Council.
In fact, when she thought that was a position to launch a campaign for the office of Rapid City Mayor in 2023, her alleged shame-site for masking inspired some urban art to encourage the former council woman to practice what she preached:
Well, the Rapid City Democrat has now announced that she’s planning to try to inflict herself on Rapid City once more, according to the Rapid City Post:
“I am excited to return to City Hall and get back to work for all Rapid City residents,” Armstrong said. “Our community deserves leadership grounded in accountability, transparency and collaboration. I have always believed that when we bring people together, we find the strongest solutions.”
I’m guessing when she said, find the strongest solutions, she’s referring to using the force of her office to take to facebook & publicly shame businesses who don’t want to follow her opinion.
As she did before.
Remember when PTH did basically the same thing?
I was just thinking about that! So glad he’s about done. I’ve had my fill of his self serving social media posts and agenda.
Well, her ward will decide if they want her back or not, so I think her chances are as good as they ever are. I haven’t met the person in Rapid City who is more knowledgeable, more motivated, more energized and more optimistic about the best possible future than Mrs Armstrong is. She is the most of all of these much needed things and her ward knows it.
Ms. Armstrong once stumbled into a a Conservatives with Common Sense breakfasting and got a real whatfer handed to her. grudznick does hope for that opportunity again.
If Trump sucking cash out of our households with his tariffs is conservatism, then conservatism is comatose or dead in your party’s hands right now. Have THAT with gravy.
Laura, you need to, as the young kids say these days, just chill out with a chill pill. Take off the mask, have a sausage or two and be a pancake.
Haven’t seen her in a mask since 2021. And the conservatism comment I made is sincere and true. If you think conservatism is happening in the GOP you’re mistaken. MAGA has made every elected body a whipsaw tilt-o-whirl of childish wish fulfillment and instant gratification. The Democrats full intention to restore bipartisan Congressional governance sounds very conservative by comparison. That’s why I switched parties.
I agree, the prices of all that stuff-nobody-needs-on-Temu are just too high!
Don’t forget Hobby Lobby! Prices through the roof! We’re all going to die!
You just keep on being the problem, we’ll fix it without you.
That 10% tariff on Dos Equis must be hard on the men who aren’t as interesting as they think they are
At least Armstrong has the intellect and character to put herself on the line regarding COVID mask mandates.
I was in Portland/Beaverton OR during COVID. While there for over a week I personally saw TWO people NOT wearing masks… out walking in residenetial areas of Beaverton. Even driving up to the McDonald’s window you had a mask on. Then flying back TO RC, the home of “You can’t tell me what to do!” the airplane was all masked up, then the lobby of the RC Regional had less than 50% of the people wearing masks. God, I am embarrassed to be retired in a state with such low IQ folks. Gotta be proud of Noem too.