On the eve of the school board election, the Madison Central school board gave $10,000 to the Madison Booster Club to cover part of the $23,000 the club spent buying a used mini-bus for travel to contests. The board then…
Posts published in April 2011
For us eggheads, the American Association of University Professors releases its 2010-2011 Report on the Economic Status of the Profession. Tidbits: Pay for professors at public universities nationwide increased 0.9% over last year. Pay at religious schools rose 1.8% and…
The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival in Vermillion will make our state an even better place to visit. But newsman David Lias suggests that our Legislature's obsession with keeping taxes low instead of investing in education and infrastructure make living here…
The Vermillion City Council isn't afraid to bank on some crazy artists to bring more economic development to town. At its Monday meeting, the council approved becoming an official sponsor of the new South Dakota Shakespeare Festival. Coyoteopoly, a corporation…
The results are in... and I am not! On the school board, that is. My "concession speech" (complete with vote tables, courtesy of KJAM!) is available on my campaign website. Short form: thanks for the 448 votes! One correspondent e-mailed…
I biked to town to the Madison City Armory (polls are open until 7 p.m.!) to vote in the school board election. After I took off my voting hat and put on my press hat, I went around to all…
South Dakota's K-12 public schools aren't the only educational institutions being hammered by the Russell Olson-Dennis Daugaard budget cuts. South Dakota also seems determined to eliminate vital programs in our public university system. Our largest, most successful, most academically diverse…
Hat tip Krizic and SDAP! Congresswoman Kristi Noem has bleated regularly about her determination to protect us from unconstitutional laws. As usual, Kristi's principles only apply when they don't stand in the way of getting what Kristi wants. On April…