State House of Representatives rejects silly request to continue beating dead horse

Pat Powers

South Dakota’s House of Representatives defeated a motion this afternoon to continue beating the stupid and already decided issue of State Representative Pourier’s residency into the ground:

The South Dakota House of Representatives defeated a motion Tuesday questioning the residency of Rep. Peri Pourier, D-Pine Ridge.

The vote was 62-5 against the request from Rep. Steve Livermont, R-Martin, to form a special committee to look into the matter.

And..

Rep. Jon Hansen, R-Dell Rapids, said evidence “suggests” Pourier was a resident “at all times” even though she lived elsewhere for part of the time.

Read it here

Voting in favor of the measure were representatives Livermont, Brunner, Mulally, Marty, & Frye-Mueller.

Proving conclusively that no matter how dead a horse might be, someone will always be there to continue beating it into the ground.

7 thoughts on “State House of Representatives rejects silly request to continue beating dead horse”

  1. Her residency doesn’t sound any different than Sam Marty who lives in Hettinger, ND but claims residency in South Dakota. Interesting that he would vote for a committee to look in to something like that.

  2. Do you suppose that the rural mail route that Sam lives on originates out of the PO at Hettinger, ND but that his residence is in SD? Happens quite often when you live along borders.

    1. On second look his ranch is near Prairie City, and he lives there most of the months out of the year.

      1. Exactly. The legislature could spend a lot of time trying to sort out this sort of thing and 65 representatives recognize the complexity.

  3. I’ve known Sam Marty all my life and he has always lived in District 28. He grew up on the family ranch in Harding County. After his first wife died, the family sold the ranch in Harding County a several years ago and Sam bought a neighboring ranch just across the county line in Perkins County. A few years ago he married a nurse from Perkins County who worked just across the state line at the hospital in Hettinger. Her husband had also died and she bought a house in Hettinger to be closer to her work. After a tornado tore through his ranch in Perkins County, destroying most of the buildings and tearing up his house, Sam stayed with his wife in Hettinger while he was rebuilding the home place so they could move back in. The only time he wasn’t living in the district was when he was serving in Vietnam and he has always been an eligible voter in his district.

  4. Thanks Betty, you’re right on target as usual ! It would be interesting if someone who actually lives in or near Pine Ridge could tell us if the two addresses that these two legislators use are actually legit and they actually live there. Also, it’s rather hilarious to note that Rep. Pourier lists her occupation as a “background investigator” !!!

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