Talk:Bill Janklow/Archive 1

Problems
This page has recently been hit by a vandal. I think someone should keep an eye on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.71.157.88 (talk)


 * Janklow is no longer retained by the Mayo Clinic in their litigation against DM&E--whoever keeps reverting that edit, kindly stop. Jaredwiki 00:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Unflattering photo
The picture that's up for this guy looks like he's trying to pass gas. I've done a quick Google image search but couldn't find anything better, of an appropriate size, and that wouldn't cause copyright problems. Any ideas? aliceinlampyland 22:12, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Bill Janklow was not exactly "Mr. Photogenic" my any stretch. I generally supported him as governor (I am from SD), and I would say that this picture is pretty good.  Really good pictures of Bill are difficult to find. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonywiki (talk • contribs) 02:01, 15 November 2005


 * Agreed. Bill Janklow's adversarial relationship with the media precluded many flattering photos being taken of him. He made it clear he neither liked nor trusted the media; they often returned the favor publishing photos of him with his mouth wide open or his eyes squinting. Whether you like or dislike the man (and opinion in SD remains deeply polarized about him), Janklow simply didn't seem to enjoy letting the media photograph him. Consequently, they didn't care if they ran a bad picture. The existing photo here is as good as any I've seen SD newspapers or television stations use. If someone could find an official Congressional Portrait or something from the actual SD Governor's office that might be slightly more objective (though as the above anon user points out -- no matter how you slice it, he just wasn't a photogenic person). 66.17.118.207 16:30, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Death of Gina Score
The death of Gina Score was under Janklow's watch and a direct result of his policies on how to treat offfenders and juvenile offenders in particular. The state got away with her murder. Janklow blocked reporters from the boot camp and generally did everything he could to protect himself, the state, and the boot camp people who killed her.

Funny how when he became the offender he expected understanding and mercy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sbilli1 (talk • contribs) 23:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

Manslaughter conviction
I changed the factual errors and updated the material. I removed the extraneous quotations and the other written detritus in the article that do not fit or belong in an encyclopedia. That was ridiculous

Bill23rdpower 18:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Bill23rdpower

Expansion requests
This article needs to be substantially expanded. Janklow was a hard charging prosecutor in the 1970's who relied on his successful prosecution of AIM members to propel him to higher office. Someone with more knowledge of political and racial attitudes toward Native Americans in South Dakota in that era should comment on that. In addition, the impunity he enjoyed while Governor is worth noting, as are the other details of his biography, such as his education and his early years as a Legal Aid attorney. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.42.45 (talk) This page also says practically nothing about his significant record during his sixteen years as governor. That should obviously be the focus of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonywiki (talk • contribs) 21:08, 14 October 2005 I write this plea for an expansion of the Bill Janklow article. For a man who has impacted South Dakota in so many ways, this article seems lopsided in devoting the same amount of space to Mr. Janklow's car accident as it does to the rest of his political life. If an expert on Mr. Janklow (if one even exists) would kindly take the time to expand this work, the wiki community would be appreciative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.230.148.173 (talk) TIME magazine did an article about the AIM controversy. I think that bears mentioning in the article. That's verifiable and should be included in an article that should be a well-rounded look at a politician. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.84.87.200 (talk) 22:39, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

WHO KEEPS STICKING THE INACCURACIES AND UNNECESSARY QUOTATIONS BACK INTO THIS ARTICLE?
I have researched the conviction and footnoted it with ACCURATE data. I removed the unnecessary quotations that have no place in an encyclopedia. Look at my previous explanation before you put the same crap back into the article.

Bill23rdpower 19:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Bill23rdpower

Expansion Request
I noticed the expansion request. You can't have expansion as long as the morons and other Janklow haters keep putting inane offal into this entry. If they would start sticking to the bare facts, then you could get somewhere. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia rather than a rah rah political rally.

Bill23rdpower 01:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)Bill23rdpower

Facts to come later
I'll have to put the neutral facts in tomorrow. Someone who thinks that a monarch died and made him king keeps taking them out.

Bill23rdpower 01:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC)Bill23rdpower

=cases mixed up=

The previous poster has mixed the civil, federal tort claim and state criminal case. I attempted to clear this up but he removed my revision. If he wants to make separate sections on the civil aspect of Janklow's accicent, that is appropriate. He can plug into that all the anti-Janklow stuff he wants. My clean up revision of the criminal case was unbiased, factual and foot-noted. I intend to restore it after a few days. If he removes it again I intend to call for an editorial review.

Bill23rdpower 17:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)Bill23rdpower

=NPOV=

I would ask for an editorial review from an NPOV perspective of the comments and actions of Jonathunder who removed my neutral comments about Janklow's criminal trial and put back his politically biased comments.

Bill23rdpower 17:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)Bill23rdpower