As related on KELOLand.com, there is an odd chain of events where Senate President Pro Tem Chris Karr has apparently stripped Senator Helene Duhamel of a seat on the Capitol Restoration Commission that she had previously bees serving on, and replaced her with himself.
And then, of course, he didn’t bother to figure out when the meeting was and then actually go to the meeting. Because it was someone else’s job to tell him when the meeting was?:
Republican Sen. Helene Duhamel has received an official letter telling her that she no longer has a seat on the Capitol Complex Restoration and Beautification Commission.
Taking her place is Republican Sen. Chris Karr. The same man who, as the Senate’s president pro tem, happens to hold the authority under state law to decide who among the Senate’s 35 members should be on the commission.
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The letter surprised Duhamel. She said Karr never called her. As to why he chose himself, she can only guess.
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“I wasn’t at the meeting because I hadn’t been notified that, because normally when you appoint, you get this e-mail letter saying, Hey, you’re on this thing and here’s what it is and here’s what it’s going to be, and I never received that,” Karr said.
You know, I have every confidence Helene would have been there, had Karr not usurped the appointment for himself. And would have looked up when the meeting was being held, as opposed to needing a letter.
If you’re not familiar, the meeting time, date and locations are listed in the South Dakota Register, the Boards and Commissions website, etc.
Put all the MAGA / RINO vitriol aside: the incredible incompetence of the current cast of characters in the Capitol gets more starkly evident every day.
Current Leadership*
….and guess who the MAGA’s currently in charge in Pierre draw all of their incompetence inspiration from?
Yep, it’s the guy who appointed Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., Kash Patel, and Linda McMahon et al to his Cabinet.
Try not to be stupid.
Well that looks oddly authoritarian.
Nice headline – “Senate Leader Karr strips Senator of committee role as she prepares for cancer treatment.”
“Classless Karr”, glad you keep giving the nickname validity.
“Classless Karr” — Glad you keep giving validity to the nickname. And doing something this lowbrow to Helene Duhamel, of all people, the epitome of class and grace.
Is this really who you want representing you South Dakota?
Many of us wake each day wondering if there will be some new high bar of incompetence set in Pierre. We are rarely denied this daily treat.
Klassless Mr. Karr may not want to take a little responsibility to look into the obligations of the committees to which he appoints hisownself, but he probably wants to be on that committee of beauty and accouterments to put softer and wider tufted leather chairs in the legislatures chambers and beef up the stalls in the Stace Nelson Memorial Bathroom. It’s probably less a poke in Ms. Duhamel’s cancer than just a basic self-serving move.
Thanks for reminding us of Stace. I had placed him in my repressed memory banks.
He feels no shame for this removal of Duhamel.