Republican pollster Glen Bolger has found stronger support for raising sales tax to raise teacher pay than this week’s liberal Dakota Free Press poll. Bolger’s Public…
Category: South Dakota
Governor Dennis Daugaard is talking like a Democrat, and now Pat Powers is talking sense on multiple issues—have I slipped into an alternative universe? I noted Monday…
I’ll give Pat Powers a little credit: he appears to be realizing that reprinting press releases from his Republican sponsors adds no value to the South Dakota…
If the South Dakota Democratic Party hasn’t locked in a challenger against John Thune, may I nominate rancher and peace activist Marvin Kammerer? In a letter…
Don’t knock my house down yet, bulldozer drivers! I spoke too soon about the quality of work done by Initiated Measure 23’s petition circulators. Secretary of…
*Correction! Turns out the dozer drivers lived up to my expectations! The Secretary of State’s submitted-signature count was highly inflated by the office’s counting methodology,…
At least Rep. Fred Deutsch isn’t slacking off. In a move perhaps intended to ameliorate some veterans’ concerns about last year’s expansion of eligibility for veterans’…
Bob Mercer seems to share my frustration with the apparent slow start to the potentially monumental 2016 Legislative Session. Legislators seem to be slow on submitting bills,…
Before you head to Rapid City or Sioux Falls to hear Koch Brothers’ propagandist Stephanie Maier reinforce your failing sense of white privilege by telling…