In this episode, Eric Davis sits down at the Sturgis Kitchen Table to discuss the current effort to recall the Sturgis mayor with Francie Ruebel-Alberts. Francie is a long-time educator and distinguished elder stateswoman in Sturgis and taught ...

An effort to recall Sturgis Mayor Angela Wilkerson is underway in Sturgis. Listen to this short podcast for the details. Stay tuned for an upcoming discussion of the recall effort between Eric Davis and Francie Ruebel-Alberts. Please share this...

In this episode, Eric Davis sits down with Francie Ruebel-Alberts, Aaron Jordan, and Kevin Forrester for a long-form discussion on the form of government ballot question the voters of Sturgis will decide at this Tuesday's municipal election. We...

In this episode, we have an update on the city manager petition lawsuit (Bohn v. Bueno) currently pending in Meade County Circuit Court; a discussion of the City Council's appointment of Sturgis's new mayor; an update on the successful...

In this episode, we provide updates on the lawsuit over the city manager petitions, the referendum petitions circulating to refer the downtown street race to a public vote, and preview tonight's city council meeting, where the Sturgis City Coun...

In this episode, Eric Davis gives a summary of the February 20, 2024 meeting of the Sturgis City Council to include issues like the downtown street race, the new wastewater surcharge, and the mayoral vacancy.

On February 8, 2024, the South Dakota Supreme Court ended a 2-year legal battle between the City of Sturgis and its citizens. A unanimous Court ruled that a petition filed with the Sturgis City Finance Officer in December 2021 calling an electi...

In this episode, Eric Davis is back at the Sturgis Kitchen Table with one final petition update. The deadline to submit the petition to refer the resolution authorizing the City of Sturgis to hire a new city manager was last night, and the p...

Happy Monday, Sturgis. It’s March 13th, and Eric Davis is back at the Sturgis Kitchen Table with a quick update on the petitions circulating around the community to reverse the Sturgis city council’s decision to hire a new city manager and to i...

In Episode 4, Eric Davis is back at the Sturgis Kitchen Table with a very quick update  on the petitions circulating to refer the decision of whether Sturgis should continue to operate under the city manager form of government to a vote of...

In this episode, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Davis give a broad historical overview of how Sturgis hired its first city manager and came to operate under the city manager form of government in 2007. Then, we jump forward many years to discuss the petit...

The petitions necessary to refer the decision of Sturgis City Council to hire a new city manager and continue under the city manager form of government to a vote of the people are circulating around the community. To call this election, we need...

Welcome back to Season 3 of the the Sturgis Kitchen Table! On February 21, 2023, the Sturgis City Council passed a  resolution purporting to authorize the City to hire a new city manager following the resignation of long-time City Manager ...

The candidate elections have been decided, but the lawsuit attempting to force the Sturgis City Council to hold an election on the city manager form of government continues. In this episode we call on the Sturgis mayor and council member...

In the final episode of the Sturgis Kitchen Table, we get you up-to-speed on the City's purchase of the Richards' property as the location to construct a $12.6 million Lakeside Adventu...

In the second episode of the Sturgis Kitchen Table, we dive head-first into a shallow lake<...

In this first episode of the Sturgis Kitchen Table, we give a brief overview of the aldermanic form of government, explain how the office of City Manager was created in Sturgis, break down the recent effort to eliminate the office of City Manag...