In response to a flurry of questions and complaints arising this week over questionable activities by individuals and organizations promoting ballot initiatives, the Secretary of State’s office yesterday…
Month: September 2015
As far as I can tell, Lisa Furlong and her corps of fake 18% rate cap petitioners have established no public Web presence. But now that…
As Dakota War College continues to ignore the hot national story of its golden legal boy Joel Arends’s big-money connection with Archie Bunker in a suit—er,…
In discussing the Aberdeen City Council’s vote Monday to support “the establishment of an independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission,” I mentioned SDCL 12-27-20, which says we can’t spend tax dollars…
Jason Glodt appears to agree that association with the fake 18% rate cap petition is toxic to any reputable ballot initiative drive. The SDGOP operative responds…
Governor Dennis Daugaard says it’s the state’s job to supply workers to business. In his latest column, the Governor says government, education, and business need to work…
KELO-TV anchor turned investigative reporter Angela Kennecke (this is more fun, right, Angela?) catches up with this blog and finds bunches of hired contractors illegally circulating petitions and…
On Dakota Midday today, SDPB Radio’s Cara Hetland got KELO-TV’s Kevin Woster to say what the fake 18%-rate-cap petition is really about: Hetland:Are all of these petitions…
Teacher shortage, welder shortage, doctor shortage—for Pete’s sake! Doesn’t anyone else want to live and work in South Dakota? Not when small-town South Dakota life can…
Suppose you drove a bulldozer for a living. A couple contractors in town hire you to move some dirt on their job sites. Then the mayor comes…