According to the Black Hills Pioneer, the "no" vote on the Cabela's land transfer was outspent just a little:
The company made three $30,000 donations to the Vote Yes for Cabela's committee, according to the report. The donations were made on Sept. 9, 10 and 12.
No report was made on how the money was spent, but Cabela's bought newspaper, radio and billboard advertising and also sent mailers out to voters.
The No Free Lunch Committee, which opposed the land donation, collected $2,708, according to its pre-election report.
Two men - Dwayne Coleman and John Barta - made $1,000 donations and Fred Weishaupl, who led the effort to place the issue on the ballot, donated $500. There was $208 in unitemized donations.
The committee listed $1,445.54 in cash on hand in the report, filed Sept. 11.
Apparently there was an interesting disagreement at the Monday night city council meeting between Mayor Hanks and citizen Steve Brendan:
Brendan began speaking about the Cabela's vote and the Sept. 10 forum sponsored by The Rapid City Weekly News and the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce. According to Brendan, Alderman Bill Okrepkie used fear tactics at the forum to try to get people to vote in favor of the land giveaway.
Okrepkie got upset at Brendan's remarks and Hanks asked Brendan to respect the council members and not make accusations against them.
"If you want to talk about the issues, that is fine," Hanks said. "But picking on specific council people is not allowed."
Brendan asked if he could get back the time it took for Hanks to speak and he was denied that time. An argument then ensued over what was being said and who had the floor. Hanks banged his gavel after Brendan interrupted a number of times. After Hanks finished speaking and Brendan began talking again, Hanks held the gavel in the air as a warning.
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