Are they moving ahead, or just grasping at... Well, grasping at something.
The Associated Press is reporting that the Legislative Executive board is meeting with their attorney to review what, if anything, the Attorney General found in his investigation into allegations that State Senator Dan Sutton Sexually groped an 18 year old male legislative page:
A South Dakota legislative committee met privately Tuesday with the lawyer who is handling the investigation into allegations that a state senator engaged in sexual misconduct with a high school student who served as a page.Read it all here at the Rapid City Journal.
Sen. Ed Olson, R-Mitchell, chairman of the Legislature’s Executive Board, said Sioux Falls lawyer Jim McMahon told the committee what he has learned from criminal-investigation records that were subpoenaed from the attorney general’s office. The panel also talked about what direction the probe will take in the future, Olson said.
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The lynch[sic] pin here is what Long produces. If he has nothing but hearsay, this backfires on its promoters in the legislature. If he does produce evidence that merits court action, then the hoopla would have been worth it.
I'm all for running a kid groper out of the legislature for obvious reasons. But this has, to date, been a glaring example of process executed very poorly. Next time this happens, the clowns better have the smoking gun before they organize a public shame parade. Or there had better be significant consequences for malpractice as legislative leaders.
The goings on in the motel room were consensual between two adults. But when dad found out, he got mad and blamed Danny.
No laws were broken, but nonetheless this doesn't make it right.
If a legislator had consensual sex with an 18 year old female page, would it be any better... No, the rest of the world, especially the opposing party, would go through the roof.
If nothing else, Danny is guilty of being incredibly stupid for having a page share his motel room.
Oh wait, I keep forgetting I'm in SD. Where there IS something wrong with that.
http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheOuting.htm
Male or female, 18 or younger, It doesn't matter! This was a SD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT on a school sanctioned/government sponsored program!
It also doesn't matter what actually happened.
Our legislators should be held to at least the same standard as our teachers for heaven sake!
A teacher, Scout Leader, Coach, Church Youth Leader... whatever... who shared a bed with a HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT on a trip would no longer be a teacher, Scout Leader, Coach etc....
I like Dan. I like his politics. I am sorry for his family... BUT... he made an incredibly stupid decision that NO ONE in a leadership position with youth should get away with.
EVEN IF NO GROPING TOOK PLACE... still a one bed hotel room with a HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT is a dumb idea and shouldn't be overlooked!
I can remember many times when we had groups of students and rooms with 2 Queen or King sized beds and four students to a room.
Several times we got another room rather than have MY OWN son or daughter and I sleep in the same bed.
On a family trip we likely would have saved the $$ but on a school or youth trip--not so.