The "friendly" Rapid City Mayoral runoff turns negative
I've had a few calls and e-mails tonight on how the Rapid City Mayoral race is starting to heat up and shifting negative.
That didn't look to be the case from the start when the #2 from the contest to winnow down the number of the candidates gave this quote in the Rapid City Weekly news:
"What?" You might be saying - "Alan Hanks might actually have said one thing, and done another? Heavens no. " Why would we think there's that sort of track record out there?
Promise made. Promise broken. Promise made. Promise broken.
At least the bar of expectations has been set pretty low.
That didn't look to be the case from the start when the #2 from the contest to winnow down the number of the candidates gave this quote in the Rapid City Weekly news:
Hanks agreed.Or maybe not. Word on the street tonight is that there's a negative push-poll going on tonight to test negative imagery and messages against Sam Kooiker. And given that there's two candidates in the race, and only one isn't Sam, it narrows down the list of who is behind it.
“Sam and I have been friends. We served together on the City Council,” he said. “We continue to be friends. This will be a friendly runoff race.”
"What?" You might be saying - "Alan Hanks might actually have said one thing, and done another? Heavens no. " Why would we think there's that sort of track record out there?
Promise made. Promise broken. Promise made. Promise broken.
At least the bar of expectations has been set pretty low.
Comments
C'mon, act like you've been there before huh? This stuff really isn't very difficult if you just try.
The money spent on polling is huge and they dont have to say who is paying for it ever. Maybe Hanks can help fix that in the legislature next year, since I'm sure he is going back. Hamilton will lie about Sam Kooiker not reporting 7700 dollars and turn around and spend tens of thousands on polls and not tell anyone that he is the one paying for the polls.
IF HANKS IS BEHIND THIS SHAME ON YOU ALAN !!
please tell us you are not
Sam represents a real opportunity for taxpayer representation at city hall and I, for one, am taking it. He deserves the opportunity. Vote Sam Kooiker
Enough Hanky Panky!
There's a campaign slogan for the kooky one - gratis. I can see the campaign ad already. "Someone's been running slanted phone polls that lie about my record. I say enough hanky panky. Together let's make Rapid City work."
How much would PP charge for that?
The only reason not to poll is if you don't care what the voters think. And that's not good either.
I would like to hear your resume', because it must not contain any experience with small town political races. Most time those folks dont even spend, in total, what a poll costs, I know Kooiker isnt. Kooikers "polling" is "grass roots", eye to eye, phone call to phone call, conversation to conversation, handshake to handshake polling. That is the best way to "know" what is going on.
Your ongoing assessments of the RC Mayor’s race and the torrent of breathtaking nastiness directed at Kooiker are admirable and insightful.
Too bad you’re blind to the same traits exhibited by your brazen gods in the SD GOP.
Carnivore opinion.
He basically asked me to give him the benefit of the doubt on being in Stan's pocket. And I did.
But in the end, he proved that any doubt was misplaced, and he's no more than simply a tool.
Stan's tool, that is - something to be used at PACaSTAN's leisure.
and that was from Mark Twain about 100 years ago.
Mark Twain's exact words were: "‘The remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” "
See what a little research will do for you?
http://www1c.btwebworld.com/quote-unquote/p0000149.htm
First, you tried to spin how bad it would be to let Rounds pick a new legislator.
Now you're trying to spin a push-poll into a negative attack.
You've been around long enough to notice that even the race for dog catcher gets dirty if it's in Rapid City... I'm sure this "awful" poll came as a great shock to you.
You don't need to spin things here, we all know who you're supporting.
That could be the SDWC's motto.
Pampermeisters? Naughty naughty.
That's the way this thing works, ace. And by the way, both campaigns have their signs up all over town on a lot of peoples property.
What is it with you guys and your signs? You'd think that's all there was to running a campaign.
SIGN WARS
(Da da da DAH da)
...cue Kook Slytalker fight/flight sequence,
I hate blogger who intentionally lie.
I haven't seen a single Hanks sign on any of Hamilton’s property.
The records show that Hanks has never taken money from Hamilton, and it was Kooiker who has taken thousands from him and approached Doug for support and was refused because Hamilton was supporting Shaw.
I love how PP and the religious right try to spin things.
OHHH I almost forgot, wasn’t it Ellie, the holyer then now candidate that took 27k from Doug Hamilton?
PP is showing that he is anything but fair in his articles.
For those who don't know, Hamilton owns rental properties all over town — who knows how many, maybe thousands.
Now, do you any of you have landlords who tell you whose political yard sign you can put infront of your rental house or apartment? Does anyone seriously think Hamilton does this?
Goofy.
Further, IF there are yard signs on a lot of "Hamilton properties" it probably means there are a lot of low-to-middle-income folks living in them who support Hanks, since that's typically the kind of property Hamilton owns and rents.
Ok, so, go ahead and accuse those poor hard working people for supporting Hamilton's meglomania with their meager rent money.
Goofy.