News of note for the city of Pierre

Some interesting info from Tony Mangan, news director at KCCR. First, from the political side of things the River Cities Transit will be prviding free rides to the polls on election day for anyone living in the Pierre/Fort Pierre area. River Cities is the local cab company here in Pierre and anyone interested in a ride may call them at 945-2360. Kudos to River Cities for this great community service. If the local cab company in your town isn't doing this yet, encourage them to do so.

Second, apparently Pierre has attained saturation on quick service submarine sandwich retaraunts (Pierre, pop. >15,000, has three Subways and a Quizno's.) Despite the existence of no less than three other national sub chains that could have been attracted to our fine community; someone has decided to take a step outside the box and bring a couple new franchises to town.

The planned Shooting Star strip mall project announced the they will be housing both a Papa Murphy's and (my personal favorite) an Arby's. This will be Pierre's second attempt at a paternally named pizza chain, and our first Arby's.

It is too bad Arby's couldn't get here sooner, as I understand that the only reason PP relocated the family was so that they could be closer to the fix of juicy roast beef on a kaiser roll.

Curses to you Arby's!

Rusty

Get your colors at the Dakota Voice

I would like to send a shout out to Bob at the Dakota Voice for taking the next step regarding the John McCain shirts I mentioned in the previous post. While he chose to use less colorful language in his design, it still maintains the overall flavor of what I was looking for. And the best part is you can actually buy them and rock them around your neighborhood. Check them out here:

http://www.dakotavoice.com/2008/05/new-mccain-2008-t-shirts-expressing-our.html

Thanks Bob, glad there is someone out there besides myself keeping the faith.

Rusty

A return from the desert!

First I would like to apologize to the five loyal readers of the Gribble Report for my lengthy hiatus. Ever since John McCain became the Republican nominee I have been in a general malaise regarding my feelings about the future of the party. I felt bamboozled, as I do more so everyday when he makes a speech about greenhouse gasses and how he wants to reach out to the other side of the aisle. It sickens me.

But as we have approached the South Dakota Primary on June 3rd, the juices have begun to flow. I am getting excited about my city and county races. We even have a House primary here in district 24. All of these have united to get me fired up about politics again.

I will be supporting John McCain in November as the lesser of two evils, and for those of you who feel the same way as I do, I have come up with a new slogan:

John McCain

F**K IT!

Please let me know what you think. If it is a big hit I may move on to the ordering t-shirts process. Other than that project I am also eagerly awaiting the outcome of the Legislative primaries and the preparation for the general election showdown.

As mentioned earlier on this page the Republican political director has moved on. My first question now as we get ready for the season is how will the party fill the void? It is undoubtedly a very crucial position that will advise and oversee the Republican candidates in the general campaign. Has the party been interviewing? Is someone hired? Will the job stay as a permanent position or will it morph back to it's more familiar one and done format?

I think that this position could be one of the most crucial jobs in South Dakota politics as we are facing a year when many observers feel that we could lose the State Senate and take major hits int the House. The right person could help us staunch the bleeding; the wrong, who knows?

Another dilemma (for me anyway) on the ballot this year in District 24 is Corey Landeen, Republican House primary challenger and Director of the South Dakota State Employee's Organization. He seems like a nice guy, but I just don't know if I can vote for someone who's job description includes the word lobbyist. I have to assume that he would be doing both jobs, and I don't feel like that represents my best interests. It seems like a conflict.

Anyway, enough for now. I don't want to bore the loyal reader(s) that I may have left for too long; but rest assured that I am back, and I plan to hang around for awhile.

Rusty