In Aberdeen, meth is a family affair. Last April, we busted brothers James and George Schriver for keeping pot and meth (not to mention a…
Month: December 2016
Judge John Pekas just sent McKennan Park homeowners Joseph and Sarah Sapienza a big home renovation project: he ruled this morning that they have to rebuild or move their…
An eager reader shares filmmaker Michael Moore’s latest post on how to resist tyranny. Moore recommends five specific actions: “Make your presence known” by telling…
When I recommend reforming South Dakota’s tax system by replacing our regressive sales and property taxes with a progressive income tax, Republicans go ape with…
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones nicely defends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from Fox News’s latest poorly sourced and exaggerated attack on our efforts to help our neighbors eat. The…
Reading about the upcoming petition drive to place the Death with Dignity initiative on South Dakota’s 2018 ballot, a South Dakota ex-pat reminds me that Colorado…
In August 2016, the Department of Legislative Audit presented a report titled “Other Fund Information by Agency” to the Government Audit and Operations Committee. Pages 9–12 list 239 state…
This month the United States reissued a Medal of Honor to a long-dead soldier of America’s colonialist invasion of Lakota territory. Private Robert Smith fought in the Battle of…
Merry Christmas to Cadillac Jack’s from the Deadwood City Commission, which last week approved $2 million in tax increment financing to make possible another expansion of the…
Outgoing Codington County Commissioner Elmer Brinkman reflects on how increasing his local government workforce decreased costs: When Brinkman first started, the commissioners met at 10 a.m. each…