Senator Billie Sutton’s (D-21/Burke) proposals to make state e-mails public records and preserve fiscal documents for at least ten years will get further discussion from…
Tag: openness
Senator Billie Sutton offers two draft bills for the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s consideration today (or maybe tomorrow) in Sioux Falls. The Democratic gubernatorial…
The secretive administration of Sioux Falls mayor Mike Huether has found a clever way to keep documents used in public decision-making secret: declare them drafts!…
What does it mean if the Legislature holds task force subcommittee meetings on campaign finance reform and nobody shows up? Senator Jordan Youngberg (R-8/Madison) concludes…
The SDGOP spin blog tries to portray Republican legislators’ exclusive, invitation-only listening session last week as no big deal. Rather than address the elitist, anti-populist…
Speaking of improper use of police resources, the Mitchell mayor Jerry Toomey has decided, without council discussion or approval, to deploy a city cop to…
Republican elitism at its best: tired of catching earfuls from regular citizens at public crackerbarrels, Rapid City-area legislators organized an invitation-only “Legislative Roundtable” to hear…
In 2009, Senator John Thune would give us three to seven days heads-up on his town halls. As recently as last April, Thune’s staff could…
I appreciate our public servants. The laws under which they labor, however, sometimes drive me nuts. I called a county register of deeds this morning…
Help me figure this one out: Senator John Thune says he and his fellow Republican Senators are not hiding their health care plan: There’s been…