Did you catch this item from KELOland yesterday?
The Jamie Smith for Sioux Falls Mayor campaign announced a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Old Courthouse Museum featuring Joe Batcheller and Greg Jamison.
Smith finished second in a five-way race for Sioux Falls Mayor. Jamison and Batcheller finished third and fourth, respectively.
Greg Jamison crossing party lines surprises me greatly. In case you’ve forgotten..
There’s Greg Jamison as part of a group including some of the furthest right people in the legislature, such as Former Gubernatorial wannabe Jon Hansen and Lt. Governor wannabe Karla Lems, House Majority Leader Scott Odenbach, Brandei Shefbauer, and Bethany “lock up the librarians” Soye.
Yet now, he’s supposedly going to be standing alongside Jamie Smith, the last democrat who ran for Governor, who is out looking for a new job again.
Here’s Jamie Smith exchanging policy ideas with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at last years’ McGovern Dinner in Sioux Falls. And I’m sure Jamie is going to be standing with Joe Biden soaking in new ideas for his vision of Sioux Falls at the Democrats’ Dinner tomorrow night.
Jamie is the standard bearer for Democrat politics and policies in the state, and that’s who Republican Majority Whip Greg Jamison is going to be standing next to today at a podium endorsing? That’s a pretty far fall from being a member of Republican legislative leadership. If a special session is called before January, is Greg going to join his new friends on the north side of the House chamber? Because it seems that’s where his loyalties have shifted.
Of course, it could mean something different, given what the visuals have represented the entire election. As I’ve said before, the Mayor’s race in Sioux Falls seems to be a bunch of middle aged-men ganging up to try to keep a woman in her place. I’m sure that image won’t rear it’s ugly head at all today.
If you’re a Republican in South Dakota – Don’t stand with Democrats Jamie Smith, Tim Walz, and their new buddy Greg Jamison – go get on Christine Erickson’s website to donate and/or volunteer to help her bring this race home on June 23rd!
I’ve been elected as a non-partisan Mayor. I’ve been elected as a REPUBLICAN legislator and Assistant Majority leader in the SD House. The required skill sets are different. Republican or Drmocratic philosophies have very little to do with running a city. It takes good management skills. It takes learning from others on issues ranging from fixing pot holes to keeping sewer lines working to planning developments and more.
I am NOT endorsing any Mayor candidate at this time. But to dismiss a candidate for Mayor because they are a democrat is narrow minded. And to assume supporting a democrat reveals a distrust of women as leaders is gender baiting and un-useful.
From policing to budgeting you’re just very wrong.
Approach to business and development, the priorities are very different.
You’re very wrong.
Respect to Greg and Joe. This is a non-partisan race and they’ve worked with both candidates, and apparently they think Smith can do a better job than Erickson. I agree.
Jamison may be a little turned off by a group of wealthy guys giving her a $100,000 donation for this kind of race. It sure got my attention.
I am not saying that all of these individuals are bad. They aren’t. It just gives the appearance that they are buying the office.