Rapid City Mayor campaign might just be a long and hard fought election
The Rapid City Mayoral Race continues to heat up as this year's hot political race for the 2007 municipal and school elections. Today in the Rapid City Journal, one columnist is not terribly kind to the sitting mayor as he paints him as a chronic backstabber:
This one is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better.
It’s a good thing Mayor Jim Shaw and the city council got benches back up at some of the Rapid Ride stops. Now, Rapid City citizens can sit comfortably while watching the mayor and some aldermen throw people under the bus.Read it all here in an article which paints the mayor in not such a favorable light. intimating that he either knew about cost overruns and didn't tell anybody, or that his staff is running the show, keeping him in the dark.
First to wear the Shaw steel belted tread design is shrewd political confidante and Ward 1 Alderman Mike Schumacher. Schumacher told the press he had contracted with Shaw supporter Doug Hamilton to run Shaw’s campaign for a big hairy wad of money. Schumacher, who had long supported Ward 2 Alderman Sam Kooiker, was widely criticized for being a turncoat for sale to the highest bidder. Shaw’s response: Doug who? Mike who?
EnVision Design of Rapid City, designer of the embattled civic center expansion, has the best view of the underside of Shaw’s campaign bus. They have skid marks caused by civic center bids that came in millions higher than estimates.
This one is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better.
Comments
Shaw will always be haunted by the Iowa State Fair issue
Kooiker just doesn't have the vision and is just about as narrow minded as they come
Hanks probably has the best shot and isn't a bad guy, but I think he has a tendancy to be driven by personal agenda rather than what's best for the group as a whole
I don't even know the others who have talked about or entered the race - guess there's not a lot of name recognition there, which pretty much says it all for them.
Rapid's city government needs a breath of fresh air. I know there are some good people living in town who would make great candidates. I wish they would get interested in the process.
But as we all know, it's often a thankless job.
Tom Has beat up and opposed every single good thing that has happened in Rapid City, He brought forward the sales tax increase (tax on food) then fought and won, to have it be a bank for developers, so our taxes went up so the city could lend money to developers, hahahahaha
yaaaaaa right,,,,,,this is gonna be a fun election for me,,,I'm gonna write about 10 letters to the editor about his garbage.
He opposed wal-mart.
he opposed restrictions on the strip bars on Rapid City.
Listen to the meetings of him "acting" as Mayor, he called people out of order that had signed up to speak about anything, on or off of the adjenda, and would not let them talk. He defended buying a building for a million dollars, the city later sold for less than 300 thousand, he is a joke as an alderman and will be a disaster as Mayor.
so anon 11:19 what exactly did Tom Johnson "handle well"
Point man ???? hahahahahaha you musta been sleepin,,,,hahahaha
Frankly, I think Rapid city deserves a looser for mayor. In fact I hope ward 5 re-elects that looser Hurlbut also. You remind me of a looser, I hope your running.
Johnson opposed letting the school district build a bus barn on its property on hwy 79, tried to kill the project, would have cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, he almost succeded. what a looser.
geez, the city could have bought the guy his own van and paid somebody to drive the guy across the street for alot less money.
I can trade punches over tommy boy johnson all nite dude, oops u r tom arent you?? are you allowed to play on the computer at safeway ??
you forgot to mention, dreyer, meisner, cornella, catron, chapman
How can facts be bitter ?
If you know any of the statements are not true, I would be glad to see the evidence.
You are trying to defend a current candidate with the records of people long gone, Partridge, Kriebel, Bush. I guess it was nice of you to include Hurlbut in that group, hahaha. Maybe he will be gone like the first 3.
Lets get back on track, What did Johnson "handle well"?
"He handled things very well for the city then"
What things did Tom Johnson handle well?
was the public treated well?, no
were the meetings shorter?, no
has he voted to raise taxes?, yes
did he oppose the majority in Rapid city with his stance on wal-mart?, yes (facts)
All you anon wimps must have attended Schumachers campaign school, never answer any questions directly with facts, always give a twisted phsyco philosophical babelized answer. But I guess when the facts are not on your side that is your only option, hahahahahahahahahahaha
Johnson is a terrible councilman and will be worse as mayor.(opinion)
hahahahaha
FACT !!!! NOT MY OPINION
I say again Johnson opposed the majority in Rapid city by opposing wal-mart, at this location.
You must be one dumb lawyer Bob.
hahahahahahahahahahahahah,
Take care folks, happy Easter.