|
 |
| Search |
|
|
ASSOCIATED
PRESS
Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video
material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for
broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly
in any medium. Neither these AP materials nor any portion
thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and
non-commercial use. AP will not be held liable for any delays,
inaccuracies, errors or omissions there from or in the
transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any
damages arising from any of the foregoing. |
|
|
| |
Bill Janklow, the flamboyant politician who left a lasting mark on South Dakota politics, died today of brain cancer at age 72. He'd revealed the cancer in November.
The combative Republican served as governor longer than anyone else....16 years in a pair of back-to-back4-year terms. Janklow also served 2 terms as attorney general, but his political career was ended during his first term as South Dakota's lone Congressman by a fatal traffic accident in August 2003.
Janklow ran a stop sign and hit a motorcyclist, killing him. He was convicted of 2nd-degree manslaughter and resigned from Congress in January 2004, two days before he was sentenced to 100 days in jail...eventually serving 30 days.
Current governor. Dennis Daugaard says Janklow will always be remembered as a strong leader and one of the state's most consequential governors.
Daugaard is requesting that all flags in South Dakota fly at half-staff, effective immediately, until Janklow's interment, which is expected to be sometime next week.
Democratic Senator Tim Johnson calls Janklow one of the most colorful governors in South Dakota history and a man who was not afraid of controversy.
Johnson says he knew Janklow for more than 30 years, meeting during Janklow's first term as governor and his own first term in the South Dakota House.
He says he sometimes agreed with Janklow and sometimes disagreed but always respected him for his passionate sense of public service.
Janklow dominated South Dakota government for more than a quarter century, inspiring both fierce support and criticism.
He was credited with saving railroad service in the state, attracting credit card banks to South Dakota, and connecting classrooms to the Internet, but was blamed by many Republicans for Senator Jim Abnor losing in 1986 by challenging him in the primary.
Janklow was also accused during his first run for attorney general of raping his teenage Native American babysitter.
He denied the allegations and no criminal charges were ever filed, but suspicions lingered...especially when the woman was killed a few months later in a hit-and-run accident and her step-mother murder in an unsolved case a few months after that.
© Copyright by Double Q
Country Radio
Top of Page
|
|
|
|
