I suggested last week that South Dakotans should ask their local legislators if they planned to attend the American Legislative Exchange Council's 40th annual pro-corporate brainwashing in Chicago. This August 8 open letter from ALEC, which the corporate lobbyist group…
Posts tagged as “Leslie Heinemann”
South Dakota turns 125 next year! Whoo-hoo! To organize quasquicentennial activities (activity #1: drilling South Dakotans on spelling and etymology of quasquicentennial), Governor Dennis Daugaard has appointed a nine-member 125th Anniversary of Statehood Commission. Members include Rep. Bernie Hunhoff (D-18/Yankton),…
I managed to watch the final District 8 Legislative candidates' forum this weekend, courtesy of KJAM's diligent election videography. Here's what I learned: Charlie Johnson could have become a lawyer. In his introduction, Johnson said he was accepted into USD's…
Friday, October 26 was the deadline for all South Dakota candidates to submit their pre-general election campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State's office. Here's the data for the District 8 Senate and House candidates: The Senate race is…
Hang in there, Carthage: Dr. Heinemann is on his way! I went to the F&M to get an oil change this morning and met Dr. Leslie Heinemann, Flandreau dentist and (at the moment) sole Republican candidate for District 8 House.…
The inevitability of the Romney nomination brings me mild relief... especially when I review the list of Santorum delegates from South Dakota (as posted on Secretary of State Jason Gant's Facebook page): That our Secretary of State's office is in…
For the first time since 2008, District 8 Republicans have a nice Chamber of Commerce candidate to vote for in the race for State House. Flandreau dentist Leslie Heinemann has declared his candidacy for a District 8 House seat. In…