While Pat Powers shouts with capital letters to distract us from his embarrasing silence on the GOED/SDRC/EB-5/Benda/Rounds investigations, I'm reading various documents relating to the case. Among them is a perhaps trivial remark that speaks volumes about the attitude of…
Posts tagged as “Aberdeen”
In this morning's metaphor and speculation file, I notice that on June 9, 2013, Joop Bollen of 1201 North Main Street in Aberdeen applied for a permit to build a $5,000 storm shelter. If he's not done with that shelter,…
Governor Dennis Daugaard certainly isn't waiting for the public results of any state or federal investigation to render his judgment on the South Dakota Regional Center. Mr. Montgomery reports that the Governor quietly canceled our contract with the state's private…
Stop the presses! The press is stopped! Something mucked up the works at the Aberdeen American News this morning. AAN's press experienced a "mechanical problem" with several thousand papers yet to print. The Monday print edition thus won't hit the…
On sale December 5: one modern, slightly used beef packing plant, fully loaded, just add beef and make burgers! Plus scenic views of beautiful Aberdeen, South Dakota, and the Brown County prairie. The bankrupt Northern Beef Packers project has made…
Secretary of State Jason Gant doesn't think he can use Help America Vote Act money to give South Dakotans in Fort Thompson, Wanblee, and Eagle Butte more places to vote. But he's fine with spending HAVA money to give Aberdonians…
How many lawyers and bankers does it take to arrange an auction? Apparently 2.25 million dollars' worth: Northern Beef Packers is making another attempt at financing an auction sale in an attempt to prevent its bankruptcy case from moving toward…
Governor Dennis Daugaard joined state and local economic development officials to speak at the Brown County Fair in Aberdeen yesterday. Libertarian blogger Ken Santema attended and deemed the program a dog-and-pony show for corporate welfare. Santema summarizes the disappointing presentations…