Rapid City Journal: Schumacher quits race.
After causing a huge amount of controversy in the Rapid City Mayoral race over switching from the Sam Kooiker team to the Mayor Shaw team (after a financial arrangement with Rapid City businessman Doug Hamilton was made) Rapid City councilman Mike Schumacher announced today that he's withdrawing from the race as reported by the Rapid City Journal's website:
This tale is getting more and more interesting all the time. There's got to be a Shakespearean theme in here somewhere.
Alderman Michael Schumacher will not seek re-election to the Rapid City Council this June, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. "I know people are going to read this and say, 'Oh, it’s the cliche ‘family reasons.’ But that’s really what it is," Schumacher said. "I don’t think people truly understand how much time and effort is involved. As a part-time council person with a full-time job, it is hard to juggle everything."Read the whole article here. And for a seat which had been considered safe (and likely uncontested) now facing three challengers didn't have anything to do with it either.
Schumacher said he made the decision recently but that it has little to do with the controversy about being offered money to consult for Mayor Jim Shaw’s re-election campaign.
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Three people - Brian O’Connor, John Witcraft and Ron Weifenbach - have filed nominating petitions in Ward 1 for the June 5 election.
This tale is getting more and more interesting all the time. There's got to be a Shakespearean theme in here somewhere.
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Mike is carrying the cliche to a new, more existential level - ADMITTING that it is a lame transparent excuse and still using it when it is laughably false.