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Posts tagged as “Bernie Hunhoff”

District 18 Candidates Split on 14; Unanimous Against IM15 and RL 16

Excellent! The 2012 Legislative campaign is going exactly as I planned. By placing three significant policy issues on the ballot, we voters have forced legislative candidates to talk about real substantial questions about our priorities in Pierre. Nathan Johnson reports…

Hunhoff, SDDP Correlate GOP Donors and Corporate Welfare

Rep. Bernie Hunhoff (D-19/Yankton) held a press conference Thursday to spotlight big campaign contributions to South Dakota Republicans. He and the South Dakota Democratic Party found that corporate directors who donate to Republicans get a great return on their investment.…

Bad Dad: Daugaard Golfs Our Money Away Instead of Supporting Education

Sibby notes with approval, as do I, House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff's critique of South Dakota's faux frugality. Rep. Hunhoff says Governor Dennis Daugaard is making undue ado over his administration's ability to fulfill the same legal obligation to balance…

Public Officials Losing Fear of Blogs? Let’s Hope So!

Some public officials shun and denigrate blogs and other social media. Some of these blog-wary officials may simply be unfamiliar with the technology; others (like, I speculate, members of the Madison Central School District board and administration) are stung by…

Corporations Play States for Unnecessary Tax Breaks

Even as he proposes 10% cuts to education, Medicaid, and other vital social services, Governor Dennis Daugaard wants to extend handouts to big corporations, in hopes of drawing more business to the state. (That bill, HB 1230, is on the…