tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post1735082560406309041..comments2023-09-25T03:57:22.736-06:00Comments on The Decorum Forum: Jim Shaw's Baloney SandwichBob Newlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05388226473052858297noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-59273536699545059442011-09-07T16:44:25.723-06:002011-09-07T16:44:25.723-06:00Whatever you say, Mike. If you keep changing your ...Whatever you say, Mike. If you keep changing your story enough times, pretty soon you might actually get close to what actually happened. Meanwhile, if you don't mind, I'll just stick with what i read in the newspapers.BFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-40941936571783048902011-09-07T16:16:22.770-06:002011-09-07T16:16:22.770-06:00You are almost correct on the $7,700 for Schumaker...You are almost correct on the $7,700 for Schumaker, Bill. I was wrong. Hamilton paid Schumaker to work on Pete Fuller's campaign until Fuller told him he couldn't do that, so Schumaker had already been paid, so they amended their report to suggest Schumaker worked on Kooiker's campaign. He did not work on Kooiker's campaign.<br /><br />So Sam took money from the Casey family and is vowing to vigorously fight in support of the voters' wishes on billboards. What's your problem with that, Bill?Michael Sanbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523147171085428754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-48942301099779745892011-09-07T03:53:30.047-06:002011-09-07T03:53:30.047-06:00Mike. Tsk. What I remember is what I read in the n...Mike. Tsk. What I remember is what I read in the newspaper:<br /><br />http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/article_2743dc3d-1f15-5ef6-b841-461c61186979.html<br /><br />Excerpts:<br /><br />"Earlier this week, Kooiker discovered an amended 2006 report filed by Elect Better Government PAC, operated by businessman Doug Hamilton that said the PAC should have reported that city council member Mike Schumacher was paid $7,700 by the PAC to help Kooiker's city council campaign last year."<br /><br />"Schumacher and Kooiker had a falling out earlier this year after Schumacher revealed Hamilton planned to pay Schumacher to consult on Mayor Jim Shaw's re-election campaign. That deal apparently fell through after Shaw said unequivocally that he would not accept paid help from Schumacher.<br /><br />Kooiker freely admits taking donations from Hamilton in the past - he reported receiving $2,000 from the Elect Better Government PAC on his 2006 finance report - but he said he knows nothing about Hamilton paying Schumacher for last year's election, and as a result could not have included it on his own campaign finance report.<br /><br />Kooiker has known Schumacher since 1997. He credits Schumacher with encouraging him to run for office in 2002 and has accepted Schumacher's volunteered help on all his past campaigns. But Schumacher was never paid by Kooiker for any of that help."<br /><br />...<br /><br />And yes, Sam got a big campaign donation from the Casey family.BFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-638596772517482902011-09-06T10:14:45.433-06:002011-09-06T10:14:45.433-06:00Bill,
Do you just get vague memories, cram them in...Bill,<br />Do you just get vague memories, cram them in your brain blender and spit out whatever suits your purpose.<br /><br />Schumacher's claim was he threw Kooiker under the bus to work as a "professional consultant" to Hamilton to get Shaw elected<br /><br />$7700 from Hamilton to Schumacher was for Schumacher to run SHAW'S campaign and SHAW denied it.<br /><br />Kooiker received a small sum from Hamilton in his first campaign for council. When it became clear to everyone what Hamilton was, Kooiker refused his contribution for the mayoral run. Shaw accepted Hamilton's dough and defended Hamilton and came in third in a five-man race.<br /><br />To my knowledge, Kooiker received no dough from Lamar, but I could be wrong. He may have received something from the Casey family, which owns Epic. But, he has stated for the record that Rapid City will defend the vote of the people.Michael Sanbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523147171085428754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-72527978650913696082011-09-02T17:11:09.262-06:002011-09-02T17:11:09.262-06:00Almost forgot... Mike says:
"I would be happ...Almost forgot... Mike says:<br /><br />"I would be happy at any time to debate Mr. Peterson's integrity vs. Shaw's favorite "good old boy" benefactor, Doug Hamilton, the disgraced sexual harassment foreclosed upon slumlord."<br /><br />Seems to me that Sam did a little feeding at the Hamilton trough as well. <br /><br />Something like $7700 from Hamilton, then Kooiker denied it. Hamilton ran a full page ad rebutting the denial. Most of the $$ went to hire Mike Schmacher to run Sam's campaign if I recall.<br /><br />You sure you want to go there?BFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-56436088780468616932011-09-01T09:31:08.958-06:002011-09-01T09:31:08.958-06:00Looks like we're about to find out what stuff ...Looks like we're about to find out what stuff Sam is made of. Lamar is suing the citizens of Rapid City on the billboard thing. Will SK dance with ones who brung him? Or the ones who wrote his campaign a check?BFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-65887364132782497782011-08-31T22:09:31.995-06:002011-08-31T22:09:31.995-06:00Good post Mike.
With the complete overhaul of cit...Good post Mike.<br /><br />With the complete overhaul of city government, I wonder who the Journal thinks is buying in to that BS?Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747451938346384727noreply@blogger.com