The hotel owner involved in the racist comment controversy in Rapid City has turned to Governor Noem in trying to remove Mayor Allendar from office. But, to no avail:
Nick Uhre, co-owner of the Grand Gateway Hotel, sent a lengthy email to Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday asking, in part, for her help to remove Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender from office.
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“The Governor’s office generally does not comment to the media on correspondence received from private citizens. The Governor is opposed to all racial discrimination – there is no room for racial discrimination in South Dakota,” Fury said. “Due to ongoing litigation on this subject, she will not be commenting further at this time.”
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“I have no more employees in the bar. Soon, I will have no employees in my hotel due to them fearing for their safety,” Uhre wrote.
Well, what did he think was going to happen?
The Governor condemned the comments along with everyone else who doesn’t wear a hood in South Dakota.
I condemned the rush to Law-fare and media paying short shrift to the issue.
It’s about the comments, but not the incident.
It’s sleight of hand.
You’ve defamed me in your comments calling me a member of the KKK, but don’t worry, I’m considering a lawsuit over it.
This comment seems just as bad as calling Trump racist when he wanted to put America (the boiling pot) first.
God when will the cheap shotting stop.
Did you report that Oglala Lakota Bruce Whalen just held his 60th birthday party there?
I mean really!
What actually happened that caused the reaction by the Hotel owner?
Did they perceive a security issue as a result?
Not rushing to judgement is not the same as being a member of the KKK (I can’t believe this needs articulating among “adults” in the room).
Mr. Dale, the 5 Gs are rumored by the latest psuedoscientific studies to cause the individuals whose brains are affected to rush in with their mouth without thinking. As a close personal friend of yours, I’m just sayin…
Help me out here. Were the comments made by someone who owns the hotel or someone who is related to someone who owns the hotel? As I understand it, it was the owner’s mom who made the comments. That does not make policy. I do not know of very many people who approve of the comments, but perhaps some can understand the frustration the writer who made the comments felt.
You should go read the comments by the owner and get back to us. You probably should lay off the sugar as well.
“Due to ongoing litigation on this subject, she will not be commenting further at this time.”
This is pretty hilarious considering this has never stopped noem from commenting before on pending litigation. She hasn’t kept her mouth shut on ravnsburg during his entire impeachment investigation.
If Allender was a democrat, or not a former police chief, the dictator may have shown up. However, this would be a tough sell, even to Kristi. Allender accepting state laws and allowing marijuana in the city is probably a target of Kristi too. I hear a lot of departments are ignoring the law and still arresting people with medical marijuana if they only have a tribal card (as reported in the RC Journal). They claim they are only accepting state cards, which I’m not sure are even being issued yet. They need to give up on this losing battle.