For some time I have wondered why South Dakota's Republican leadership has consistently favored big ag over small ag, going to great (possibly criminal) lengths to recruit investors for megadairies and meat processing plants and subsidizing big cheese factories while…
Posts tagged as “Tony Venhuizen”
Yesterday, I posted on the Daugaard Administration's apparent prioritization of bigger state government over stronger support for education. Daugaard Administration Director of Policy and Communications Tony Venhuizen communicates this corrective response: I emailed Cory to share with him that the…
Sitting on the tarmac in Huron amidst a three-hop flight could drive some people to despair... or at least to quit their Pierre job and move to Sioux Falls. It drives Tony Venhuizen to write one more blog post for…
Clint Eastwood was supposed to make Republicans' day. Instead, with his GOP convention improv last night, he made them squirm: I never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be the president, anyway [Clint Eastwood, stand-up routine, Republican…
Hey, look! It's one of my favorite wonks, Tony Venhuizen, director of policy and communications for the Governor, talking with School Administrators of South Dakota exec John Pedersen about the governor's proposed education reforms: Some highlights: [5:50] Pedersen asks Venhuizen…
The peanut gallery offers numerous nutty suggestions for the seat Commissioner Steve Kolbeck is abdicating on the Public Utilities Commission June 17. Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard gets to pick a replacement for the only Democrat in statewide elected office (besides…