How can you tell the difference between a shady petition circulator who’s up to no good and a real South Dakota circulator who’s trying to put an honest measure on the ballot?
The real South Dakota circulator will stand and talk with you:
Larry Spitzer of Aberdeen is collecting signatures to refer the bond funding for the new Aberdeen public library to a vote. Larry Spitzer isn’t afraid to tell the general public, via this reporter’s camera, why he’s asking for citizens’ personal information… unlike some of the shady characters who have run from my camera.
You may be lucky, Cory. The man you accosted in Rapid strikes me as a forgiving type.
I saw him at Boyd’s and asked to see his two petitions. I looked them over front and back and they were to create a redistricting commission and the other was establishing nonpartisan elections. He was friendly and willing stop soliciting other people to explain the petitions to me, but I was on my way to work, so he gave me a flyer for each.
You were told this before, but you persist in attacking this man and the other man with which he sometimes works. We all make mistakes and suffer misunderstanding of facts, but it’s what we do after we find out we are mistaken that reveals our character. Makes one wonder what other inaccuracies you present as fact to sensationalize on your blog.
The Rapid City guy must have gotten a stern talking to from his employer. I didn’t accost: I asked to sign a petition. He refused to allow me to exercise that right. I reported his refusal and his belligerent response accurately.
Larry is a good guy that I’ve seen attend candidate forums and take an interest in what politicians are doing. He doesn’t seem to have any political agenda (although he does have definite political opinions!) I wish we had more people like that around.