While the GOP leadership treats Joop Bollen with kid gloves, accepting without complaint his refusal to testify in person before the Government Operations and Audit Committee, I am reminded of a somewhat testier Legislative committee that responded to balky witnesses…
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The GOP spin machine and reporter Bob Mercer are in full rebuttal mode against Rep. Stace Nelson's latest open-government legislation. The Fulton Fulminator's House Bill 1172 would require any meeting at which a majority of legislators discuss legislation to be…
70-plus people dropped by the "Constitution Rally" held by the South Dakota Citizens for Liberty (that's the local Tea Party) at Memorial Park in Rapid City yesterday afternoon... including me. Just another day hanging out with right-wing radicals in South…
I don't go to Tea Party rallies to make mischief. I save the mischief for afterwards. Here are some photos from today's Tea Party "Constitution Rally" at Memorial Park in Rapid City. Video and commentary coming up tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Oh joy. District 6 sends conservative Republican Ernie Otten to represent them in the Senate, and what's the first thing he does? Gets together with Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) to write a gunslingers' bill. Well, they didn't really write…
The South Dakota House GOP leadership kicked Rep. Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) and Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) out of their caucus last session. Nelson incurred their wrath for making Secretary of Agriculture Walt Bones look ignorant and for challenging ethical…
Just as I'm on my way out the door, I get a copy of this remarkable letter from Republican State Representative Lance Russell, who decries the stifling of debate, secret meetings, and marginalization of unfavored party members perpetrated by his…
The Legislative leadership of the South Dakota Republican Party has booted Rep. Stace Nelson (R-25/Fulton) and Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) from the GOP caucus. According to reporters Bob Mercer and Tom Lawrence, state Highway Patrol officers are patrolling the…