Right after posting a canned message sending lots of love on Mother’s Day, late last night the Minnehaha County GOP got back to doing what they do best; providing endless entertainment by their infighting:
“The actions of rogue Executive Board members, including the Vice Chair, State Committeeman and State Committeewoman, in attempting to duplicitously sideline or undermine the County Chairman are not only procedurally improper but are also deeply damaging to the reputation of the Republican Party in our county and across the state. This wrongful behavior reflects a blatant disregard for both the rule of law as set forth in our bylaws and is an affront to the will of the Central Committee. Such divisive, misguided and power-driven conduct is unbecoming of our party’s leadership. If this continues unchecked, it will erode the trust of South Dakota Republicans and tarnish the integrity of our organization in the eyes of those we are supposed to serve.”
“We therefore respectfully call-on the elected Executive Board members to immediately end the repeated efforts to wrongfully undermine Chairman Petterson and his efforts to establish a functional board as we continue to move forward into the 2026 election cycle.”
In other words, the chair controls the social media, and he’s in a big old cat-fight with the Vice Chair, the Committeeman and Committeewoman… And they aren’t going to get a darn thing done, as part of the Minnehaha County GOP’s standard operating procedure.
Speaking of catfights, one of the commenters under a previous post was noting an item about the Patriot Ripple chip group:
Came to the comments to see if anything was said about patriot ripple; I guess they had an emergency meeting before the event with Toby and have all change of leadership?
So, looks like that organization is in complete upheaval as well.
Never a dull moment in Sioux Falls politics.
So there was a power tipple at the Ripple?
Can we have our party back, please?🤦♂️
No you cannot
Can we have our party back is right.
I hear Roetman was kicked to the curb by the Ripple Effect.
Think Korry will censure Symens, Pischke, and Myers?
This is just like Days of Our Lives except bipolar.
But not nearly as attractive
If you read both the Bylaws and Roberts Rules of Order, it would appear that County Officers can be removed.
BYLAWS: SECTION III – COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
3. Officers: The elected officers of a County Central Committee are the county chairman and county vice chairman, who shall be of the opposite sex, a county secretary, a county treasurer, a state committeeman and a state committeewoman, who shall hold their offices for a term of two years or until their successors have been elected.
Roberts: Removal From Office: 62:16
• If the bylaws provide that officers shall serve “for __ years or until their successors are elected,” the officer in question can be removed from office by adoption of a motion to do so
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The vote required for adoption of this incidental main motion is
(a) a two-thirds vote,
(b) a majority vote when previous notice (as defined in 10:44) has been given, or
(c) a vote of a majority of the entire membership—any one of which will suffice.
Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th edition (p. 804). Kindle Edition
BYLAWS: 7. Meetings:
D. Rules of Order: The rules contained in the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order
Newly Revised shall govern the County Central Committee in all cases to which they are
applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules
of order the County Central Committee may adopt.
I’m not aware of any Minnehaha County rule that renders either the bylaws or Roberts rules void in this case.
So any elected member of the board can be removed for no reason other than some wish to remove them?
If you did not want such chaos, why did you elect Pischke and Symens to the exec board???
Completely agree