Oh joy. District 6 sends conservative Republican Ernie Otten to represent them in the Senate, and what's the first thing he does? Gets together with Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) to write a gunslingers' bill. Well, they didn't really write…
Posts tagged as “Dennis Daugaard”
Governor Dennis Daugaard has appointed Rob Skjonsberg to the South Dakota Board of Economic Development. Skjonsberg is an econ grad from SDSU. He's worked in banking and at Poet Ethanol. So what could be wrong with having a smart guy…
Oh look: Gordon Howie figured out how to create an online survey... sort of. The least effective man in South Dakota conservative politics says he's sent tens of thousands of South Dakota voters this survey on Governor Daugaard's job performance.…
Last week I noted that Governor Dennis Daugaard appears to be asking us to increase the number of people working for state government at a slightly higher rate than he is restoring funding for education. The Governor's office responded that…
I've ridden Joe Graves's case all year over his flacking for Governor Daugaard's really bad ideas for education. The Mitchell superintendent's sour grapes on last month's election results give me plenty of reason to keep riding. Graves manages to make…
Governor Dennis Daugaard's mouth has been writing checks that his electorate won't cash. Bob Mercer reports that Governor Daugaard lured Bel Brands (based in France!) to Brookings with an open-ended promise of corporate welfare worth at least $4.5 million. Daugaard…
Here's one part of Governor Dennis Daugaard's budget proposal that I like: the Governor wants to spend a half-million dollars to connect the Mickelson Trail with Mount Rushmore. ...Daugaard wants $500,000 in state money to be used for an 18-mile…
Yesterday, I posted on the Daugaard Administration's apparent prioritization of bigger state government over stronger support for education. Daugaard Administration Director of Policy and Communications Tony Venhuizen communicates this corrective response: I emailed Cory to share with him that the…