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ABATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ON JANKLOW ACCIDENT– Rep. Janklow has had a long and successful career here in SD. He has serve one term as Attorney General, a total of 16 years (4 terms) as Governor (longest sitting Governor in our history), and now a term as US Representative. During all this time, Jankow’s driving record has been well known and even still, he has been elected each and every time he has ran for an office. The reason is that he is a down to earth person that gets things done. Very important for a state as small as SD.
In addition to the above, he is a motorcycle rider himself (something the press seem to not want to mention). During his tenure as Attorney General, and Governor, he was one of our most steadfast allies in the battle against helmets. He has also been appointed to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
There are those that make him out to be a bit of a loose cannon, and to some degree, it is earned. Never the less, he has never been one to shirk his responsibilities. He has always accepted the penalties given him for his driving habits and without complaint. In fact on one occasion, while he was Governor, a patrolman offered to let him out of a speeding ticket, and he told the patrolman to either issue the ticket or find another job. I wonder how many of us would have done the same if we were in the same position?
Having said all that, you are probably thinking that I am defending him. Well you would be incorrect in this thought. I am simply giving you some insight into the man. ABATE of South Dakota, like most citizens here in South Dakota want justice. It has nothing to do with who Rep. Janklow is, or that a motorcyclist was killed. It is simply a matter of a man died because of another man’s negligence. The man who died could have just as easily been driving an automobile.
The facts are simple and straight forward. The driver of the automobile did blow through a stop sign, traveling in excess of the speed limit by approximately 16 miles per hour. The decedent, traveling within the legal speed limit collided with the automobile resulting in his death. Both men were tested for foreign substances in their blood, and both passed in accordance with the laws of South Dakota. The driver of the automobile tested 0.0, and the rider of the motorcycle tested 0.01.
It is axiomatic that a wrong has been committed and that the driver of the automobile should be subjected to charges and a trial. That is exactly what State Attorney Bill Ellingson has done. I have known Mr. Ellingson for many years, and I know him to be a straight forward, dedicated and tenacious prosecutor. We are comfortable that Mr. Ellingson is doing everything within the laws of this state and his power to assure that justice is done.
At this point in time, we have absolutely no reason to believe that the investigation and legal proceedings are going anywhere but where they should be. Namely, bringing the driver of the automobile to justice just as the system would do with any of the rest of us in the same circumstances.
Rest assured if the process begins to fail, it will not go unnoticed and we, in conjunction with the MRO’s I mention above, will do everything possible to insure that the process stays on track and that justice is served.
Once again, thank you for your inquiry.
Darrel Killion
State Coordinator
ABATE of South Dakota
ART’S REPORT– I got a couple more pic of my project FLH.
–Art
QUESTION OF THE DAY–
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QUESTION: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nationwas the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt,had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raisethe kids.
What the hell happened?
–from Rev CarlR
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