But who will get the coffee?
Here's a tip I got last night. We'll know in short order whether or not the rumors are true.
Normally, the South Dakota State Senate has 4 sessions of different legislative pages. And during each of those sessions the Senate hosts 10 high school kids.
What did I just hear on this? There will not be the same number of kids. In fact, I'm told that the rumor is that numbers are down.
Why? Well, that whole Dan Sutton thing has thrown a bit of a wet blanket on the interest level of kids to come to Pierre to fetch coffee from the cafe' for legislators and to update their bill books.
As a legislator related to me, one future page's dad approached him and very clearly stated "if that Sutton thing is not dealt with, there's no way my kid will ever do that."
I can't blame the dad. Heck, with my oldest child having the name of "Paige," I'm considering calling her by her middle name until this all blows over.
You know, I wouldn't want her to be exposed to anything negative because of that whole mess.
Normally, the South Dakota State Senate has 4 sessions of different legislative pages. And during each of those sessions the Senate hosts 10 high school kids.
What did I just hear on this? There will not be the same number of kids. In fact, I'm told that the rumor is that numbers are down.
Why? Well, that whole Dan Sutton thing has thrown a bit of a wet blanket on the interest level of kids to come to Pierre to fetch coffee from the cafe' for legislators and to update their bill books.
As a legislator related to me, one future page's dad approached him and very clearly stated "if that Sutton thing is not dealt with, there's no way my kid will ever do that."
I can't blame the dad. Heck, with my oldest child having the name of "Paige," I'm considering calling her by her middle name until this all blows over.
You know, I wouldn't want her to be exposed to anything negative because of that whole mess.
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that was a joke.
Or keeps them from being an intern in Washington because someone might send them anthrax.
Or maybe you just made this up.
But when is the FBI going to solve that anthrax case?
I also agree that his child has a much greater chance of sexual assault as an altar person than a SD Senate page.
My daughter did this. She stayed with great host families, she made friends that carried thru into college and beyond, and this was the stepping stone to many exciting things in her life.
If any parents are reading this and thinking of not letting their kids be a page because of the Sutton affair, please rethink your decision. This was a one-time happening, occurred when a page shared a room with a Senator, and occurred between "used to be" friends. Not the usual fare for pages in Pierre.
Once again,the whole page program is great. Please don't let this mess sully it.
Sutton was also a chaperone for the Flandreau Junior High music program.
Does anyone know if he is still involved in those activities or did the charges drive him away from that stuff?
Has anyone from those two programs asked him to leave? Or, have the local sponsors of those two organizations asked him stay on?