The state Department of Labor miked up Governor Dennis Daugaard and took some video of his South Dakota sales pitch at the Mall of America a couple weeks ago. That Sioux Falls paper privileges us with a look: I'm sure…
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Governor Dennis Daugaard got at least one Minneapolis reporter to come watch him conduct his publicity stunt in the Mall of America Monday. "Daugaard was there to pitch and persuade, not talk to the media," notes reporter Lee Schafer, who…
Economic development consultant Dean Barber comes from Plano, Texas, to tell us that Sioux Falls is a surprisingly happening place for a "fringe" city "at the edge of nowhere." Residents of anyplace more than five miles from the I-29/90/229 ring,…
A South Dakota ex-pat friend cheers the Minnesota House's vote for marriage equality and says he's glad to call Minnesota home. I suggest that perhaps my ex-pat friend and Governor Dennis Daugaard's other targets should bring their respectful debate and…
Following up on Governor Dennis Daugaard's impending trip to the Twin Cities to steal away the best and brightest of their afternoon mall denizens, I find the South Dakota press is a few days behind the Minnesotans in discussing the…
Last week, in light of the current spate of legislative resignations, I suggested that South Dakota should consider amending its constitution to fill legislative vacancies by special election instead of gubernatorial appointment. The industrious Mr. Montgomery finds that my suggestion…
The sequester will deny some 200 South Dakota kids the benefits of Head Start. It didn't have to: Senator Stanford Adelstein (R-32/Rapid City) proposed an amendment to the general appropriations bill in March that would have filled the sequester Head…
Governor Dennis Daugaard's South Dakota WINS plan was to spend $5 million on an out-of-state headhunter to bring a thousand new people to South Dakota. It may have worked: a glance at our Department of Labor data shows that from…