During last year’s election, I heard from various sources that lawyer Jason Ravnsborg occasionally got in trouble with judges because he was late in filing…
Tag: law
I wanted to headline this post, “Rapid City—Sanctuary City for Hemp!” but that would be overtagging. Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo hasn’t declared amnesty…
Evidently Jason Ravnsborg’s opinion doesn’t count for much in Buffalo County. In this March 12, 2019, letter to the Buffalo County Commission, their state’s attorney…
Have you ever wondered if a county that combines the offices of auditor and register of deeds could have that person assume the register of…
I don’t want to get in the habit of throwing stones at the Judicial Branch, since, as G. Mark Mickelson once told me, legal minds…
I just noticed this morning that the Secretary of State’s campaign finance reporting website has an option allowing curious citizens to search 2018 filings by…
It turns out we don’t need Representative Jon Hansen’s House Bill 1094 to create a petition circulator registry. We already have one. On Wednesday, Secretary…
Prior to Senate State Affairs’ summary execution of Senator Reynold Nesiba’s (D-15/Sioux Falls) Senate Bill 157, a real effort to improve civic engagement by removing unfair…
I sent my petition sample, circulator form, and sponsor’s affidavit to the Secretary of State yesterday to move my meta-initiative petition toward circulation: If you’re…