Someone isn’t having a good day. Especially after this morning, when Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken announced who he was endorsing in the races for City Council:
I say someone wasn’t having a good day, as former Brookings Democrat and more recently Sioux Falls resident Pam (Merchant) Cole, who happens to be a candidate not selected for endorsement by the Mayor, had a bit of a public freak-out about the whole thing:
So, not only does she crab about not being an endorsee, she goes hard negative on Rich Merkouris.
I get the impression that this campaign is going to continue to not go well for Pam.
Barranco? Why would anyone vote for a carpetbagger? He has no ties to the area and has been here for what, 12-18 months? He claims to be a Sioux Falls lawyer, but is he even a member of the South Dakota bar? We can do much, much better
“… has been here for what, 12-18 months?”
His campaign site says five years. Other than that, I know David’s wife, Catherine, worked for the state GOP a few years ago. So, no, they’re not multigenerational South Dakotans, but “carpetbagger” isn’t accurate.
Hey Pam Cole, BYE BYE.
Do Brookings Bobcats get to vote in the Sioux Falls city elections?
No idea who Pam Cole is, but if she is an actual South Dakotan from Sioux Falls, I’ll support her over a guy who has been here for a year. How could he possibly know what Sioux Falls needs?
They’re not running against each other
The Barrancos hosted a fundraiser at their home in Sioux Falls at least three or four years ago.
Catherine has been carrying a lot of water for the elephants for years, has served on the Minnehaha County Central Committee, the state party executive board, and the SDFRW, doing things like finding sponsors for the state party HQ and organizing Minnehaha County fundraisers & election night watch parties at venues like the Washington Pavilion and the Minnehaha Country Club. The Barrancos have been very active and highly visible for years.. Don’t know where this notion that her husband has only been here a year came from.
The notion stems from the fact that until a “Meet the Barrancos” feature spread in a Sioux Falls neighborhood vanity publication and his early “I’m first to enter the race” campaign announcement, almost nobody has known who this guy is. Even today, outside of campaign fundraising events, his footprint in Sioux Falls is very small.
Your own post is mostly about Mrs. Barranco. Perhaps she should be the candidate in a Stepford-style candidacy?
Not to be lost upon voters in a non-partisan City election – the fact that most posts on this blog in support of David Barranco have been placed by partisans from places other than Sioux Falls. (queue ‘Troy’ with a token post of support from a Sioux Falls Country Club-style Republican who is actually a resident of Sioux Falls and eligible to vote in the election).
“… organizing Minnehaha County fundraisers & election night watch parties at venues like the Washington Pavilion and the Minnehaha Country Club.”
Because in this brand of ‘republicanism’, it is most important to note the location of these events (and also ‘Who’ is attending, vis-á-vis the three column ‘host’ lists which have become en vogue for campaign fundraiser announcements).
Some political math to consider:
Sioux Falls-area Country Club-style ‘republican’ = essentially Democrat
(but unable to complete registration as such because, well, the social club of ‘republicanism’).
actually I heard the country club is a good location because they only charge for the food, not the use of the room, and they have plenty of free parking, with the result being it’s one of the cheaper event venues.
I don’t know how the Washington Pavilion operates, but you get more people to show up when you don’t invite them to sit on folding metal chairs placed around on a concrete floor covered with dirt tracked in from an un-paved parking lot. Funny how that works.
“Yah, ‘cuz the Country Club is the only restaurant or event space which has a paved parking lot and which offers free use of a private room with purchase of food …”
Aren’t these the people Paul hand picked to begin with? not surprised at all about his selections
Rather have a few people in there to put a check on him and have some balance
Exactly. We don’t need rubberstamps for the Mayor. Only one of his endorsements earned my vote.
Are there any forums or debates to see these candidates?
Lots of other people in the comments don’t think it’s appropriate either but Rule 1, never miss a chance to bash a candidate you don’t like.
I guess Pam has problem with Christians who don’t embrace her religous beliefs. Can’t believe she is running on an I’m “an authentic Christian” platform. On the brightside, at least we all know her heart now.
Pam (Merchant) Cole is your typical batshit crazy white liberal female. She’ll never sniff city hall here in SF. Maybe she can go back to Brkgs after this and wreak more havoc there.