The new Nielsen Brothers poll says that one month after he announced his Senate bid, Rick Weiland remained unknown to half of South Dakota's likely voters. Time to build some name recognition. Rick! Rick! Rick! Sixteen months of that ought…
Posts published in June 2013
The City of Madison dodged a public referendum of its special maintenance fee by rescinding said fee before certifying the referendum petitions. The City of Madison may have broken state law. An eager reader points out that a city can't…
I love the Black Hills. I also love my bike. How better to show someone you love them than spending the entire day with them? I spent Wednesday on my bike pedaling from Spearfish to Hot Springs. I started and…
I have read with interest the argument between Aberdeen city councilman Mark Remily and Aberdeen policeman and State Representative Dan Kaiser. Remily says Kaiser supports excluding homosexual partners from protection under South Dakota's domestic abuse statutes. Kaiser says that's a…
It's not a power revolution yet, but South Dakotans are showing that solar power isn't just for sunny California and Arizona. First, near Pierre, one family traded propane for solar-boosted electric heat: ...one customer with a larger array of 15…
In the Class Warfare Department, The Sunlight Foundation posts a report on the 1% of the 1% of campaign financiers. According to their analysis of the 2012 election, 28% of political contributions to candidates, PACs, and Super PACs came from…
The City of Madison has put off a public vote on its new special maintenance fee... by rescinding the special maintenance fee. I generally get cranky when citizens are denied a chance to vote. One of my correspondents expressed concern…