Quite the dichotomy of candidates who have filed petitions this morning.
On one hand Jim Halverson, candidate for District 21 House who I wrote about last week, filed his paperwork this AM to run in a primary for that election.
On the other, Rick Weible, of whom much has been written about and I’m sure much more will be, also filed paperwork, except he’s taking on the Republican Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree in a race for District 8 State Senate.
So far today, you have a good candidate running in Jim Halverson. And you have one of the leaders of the election truther/vote counting machine paranoia movements in the state.
Petitions were also turned in today by Republican House Assistant Majority Leader Taylor Rehfeldt (D14) , and in D7, we have Weible’s fellow Brookings book banner Jeff Struwe also turning in petitions to run for the House.
This June Primary election, it looks like Republicans will be presented with choices; are we going to seek the light with those who present us with leadership and opportunity, or are we going with those who campaign on conspiracy theories and big government that tells us what we’re allowed to read and how we are supposed to raise our kids?
And those should be considered important choices.
Jeff Struwe another from out of state that moved to South Dakota to burn books. Thanks Kristi!
what makes you think Kristi is responsible for the Screwy Struwes?
Starting sometime in late 2020 or early 2021, the Struwes spent their Thursday afternoons on the corner of 22nd Avenue & Orchard Drive, protesting :
ALL EVENTS CONNECTED
Elections. FBI Corruption
Maxwell. Five Eyes
Oil Lines. Vatican
Russia. UK Majesty
Ukraine. Pray 4 Light
Kazakhstan. Freedom
Central Banks. Health Ind.
The Virus’s. World Corps
Big Pharma. Human Trafficking
Big Tech. UN CIA
I had to take a picture of the sign they had out there, so I could try to make sense of it. I cannot make sense of it.
They also make a point of going to school board meetings to complain that everybody is lying about everything. Susan is so unhinged she makes Jeff look sane. If he is elected, he might do okay if he can make Susan stay home.
I don’t know why they live in Brookings, but I don’t think Kristi recruited them..
He would fit right in if elected.
He will need to leave his wife at home. She snatched a can of pomegranate flavored soda water out of my hand, insisted on reading the ingredients, informed me they are potentially lethal. On another occasion she got in my face to complain because I was wearing a mask and “inhaling carbon monoxide,” so I gave her an earful about my medical problems. And on a third occasion she told me I shouldn’t eat farm-raised salmon “because you don’t know what they’re feeding them.” I refrained from telling her I know what wild salmon swim in: I’ve had giardiasis, and it was blast.
If she is allowed to roam the halls of the Capitol, she will drive everybody crazy.
Minnesotans have been moving to South Dakota since the 80’s. Some very successful South Dakota business are Minnesota transplants. Not to mention the growth of Souix Falls is , in part, because of Minnesota tax policy.
Blaming the Governor is wrong.
Casey Crabtree is a big government Rino he needs to be voted out of that district
And you want a conspiracy nut job like Wieble to take it? lol.
Crabtree gets things done. This seems to annoy a few people who don’t like that.
If Weibel is elected, he will quickly piss off enough people that he will be kicked out of the caucus, and will get nothing done. .
Struwe and I disagree on some things (especially the people he supports) but can find common sense from time to time. Struwe may even find my support this year. Slick Rick Weible on the other hand is just plain stupid. Somebody needs to tell Rick what my mom used to say, “you are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.”
Crabtree and Rehfeldt. Two of the best!
Casey Crabtree knows how to bring people together and build a team like nobody I have ever seen. He’s a real leader. Glad Ashley borrows him to us.