In January, Senator Bob Ewing (R-31/Spearfish) said he supported House Bill 1087, the school gunslinger bill. He acknowledged that our schools are safe, but he justified HB 1087 as a way to give school districts more local control and one…
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So I got a chance to speak with State Senator and Lawrence County Commissioner Bob Ewing at this morning's District 31 crackerbarrel at BHSU here in Spearfish this morning. He says he likes House Bill 1087, the school gunslinger bill.…
Bad news for my enemies is good news for my friends? (Expect someone to critique my use of "enemies".) Governor Dennis Daugaard's interference in the Republican primaries was a net waste of gubernatorial political capital. The Governor picked favorites in…
Tom Nelson torqued me off more than once this year. During this year's Legislative session, the District 31 Senator artfully rationalized a GOP effort to take Referred Law 14 off the ballot rather than calling it the straight-up assault on…
Now let's look at Round 3 of last night's Lawrence County GOP Candidates Forum, which gave District 31 voters a chance to size up their current State Senator Tom Nelson against challenger Bob Ewing. [I shall restrict my comments to…