By Ed Randazzo
I’m told that there is a push-poll underway in Rapid City that asks questions about Alderman Sam Kooiker.
I saw Sam Kooiker on Tuesday and someone asked him if he was running for mayor and his reply was that he was considering it but had not yet made a decision.
Mayor Hanks has not announced his intentions either but this bit of
information leads me to believe that his decision has been made. I had reported on 1/31 that there had been a fundraiser for the current mayor on 1/27 at Black Hills Harley-Davidson as well. I’m thinking that one or two of Hanks’ supporters are behind this poll and one of them recently commissioned another push-poll to hype his proposed sales tax. Maybe he got a package deal price.
The real shocker here is that apparently one question relates to Alderman Kooiker’s censure by the City Council. If I were Mayor Hanks I wouldn’t want to bring that up at all. The voters spoke very clearly on what they thought about that maneuver.
It’s also quite interesting that this sets a negative tone for this race even before it has begun.
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