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VIEWPOINT | Exclusion from Sioux Falls mayor debate about protecting status quo

Guest column by David Zokaites, Sioux Falls mayoral candidate

Apr 14, 2026
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Last Sunday, I was surprised to learn the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce was sponsoring a “Good Morning Sioux Falls Mayoral Forum.”

Certain that the Chamber forgot to invite me, a mayoral candidate, I promptly contacted them to check. The man I spoke with on Monday said the forum was a private gathering for members and the Chamber was free to exclude me for supposedly being a distraction at previous Chamber forums.

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