After less than a year on the job, Herb Jones is leaving his post as Governor Kristi Noem’s chief of staff. Saying he intended all…
Tag: nepotism
If new gubernatorial son-in-law Kyle Peters was at all annoyed at being upstaged by Donald Trump on his own wedding tchotchkes, Governor Noem has made…
I’m generally avoiding Facebook and I prefer to ignore anonymi, but every now and then, some apt political commentary warrants an exception…. The South Dakota…
Department of Social Services Secretary Greg DeSautel has quit the Noem Administration just four months after agreeing to take the job. Why leave so soon?…
Guess who else is working for state government? Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden’s youngest sons are about 24 and 20. Reggie is getting $17.45 an hour…
Lobbyist and lawyer Matt McCaulley may not have remained in state government after his service on Kristi Noem’s transition team, but he’s still working on…
Hearing Republican legislators Al Novstrup and Lana Greenfield passionately defend nepotism at Aberdeen’s February 2 crackerbarrel reminded me that I should see how Kristi Noem’s family and friends…
“In my small business, we practice nepotism,” said Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) yesterday in defense of Governor Kristi Noem’s hiring of her low-20-something daughter as…
Senate Bill 39, Senator Stace Nelson’s anti-nepotism bill, is a great idea. Alas, it doesn’t declare an emergency, and it gives Kristi Noem and her…
Happy inauguration, says Senator Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) as he rounds up the Republican wing of the South Dakota Republican Party to blast Governor Kristi Noem’s…