I've posted a new column at South Dakota Magazine on Initiated Measure 15. The extra-penny sales tax (or, as Steve Sibson would prefer I label it, the 180-million-dollar tax increase) continues to delay the completion of the ballot sitting on…
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Here is the most impressive part of the Lawrence County Commission's decision yesterday to delay its approval of the Deadwood Standard Project: The Lawrence County Commission is made up of five Republicans. Wealthy businessmen, including tourism icon and DSP partner…
Fellow blogospherian educator LK gets ready for the school year by posing the following essay question: ...[D]emocracy must write the rules for capitalism, not the other way around. In what ways are the observation and conclusion valid or invalid? Give…
It's this simple: Main Street program! The Madison City Commission meets Monday, July 16th, at 5:30 p.m. By sheer serendipity, the first three agenda items, under "Appearances, Acknowledgements, Correspondence," are the following: Ashley Allen, Eve Fisher, Gayle Maberry, Dean Kooiker,…
Madison City Hall hosted a stirring sight for all fans of local democracy this evening. Eager, interested citizens filled every seat in the city commission meeting room, ready to participate in an open and frank discussion of community goals and…
Twelve of the newly drawn South Dakota Legislative districts have Republican primaries for Senate; fifteen have GOP primaries for House. I keep looking for signs that even one of the radical wingnuts whom Gordon Howie claims as members of his…
South Dakota Codified Law 12-18-6.1 requires South Dakotans to present a photo identification in order to vote. Those of us who find the photo-ID requirement odious have the option under SDCL 12-18-6.2 of signing an affadavit swearing we are who…
The Chronicle of Higher Education reads up on America's state legislatures to find out how many legislators have college degrees. How does South Dakota rank? 60.9% of South Dakota's legislators have at least a bachelor's degree. 74.7% of legislators across…