You don't need a political blog to tell you it's a holiday. But permit me to take a moment between drumsticks to note some reasons (mine and others) for thankfulness. (To those of you who don't like politics at the…
Posts tagged as “Dennis Daugaard”
As the snow starts to fly, Governor Dennis Daugaard is getting ready to fly south... as is a chunk of our tax dollars. Right after the Western Governors' Association meeting in Palm Springs December 7 and 8, Governor Daugaard heads…
NPR's investigative report of South Dakota's foster care system has provoked lots of discussion of how we treat Native American children and parents. Right wing-nut Ed Randazzo says his greatest area of concern is the potential conflict of interest, with…
Dennis, I told you so. In a stunning about face, Governor Dennis Daugaard has declared that TransCanada's assurances about the safety of its controversial Keystone XL pipeline are not enough: Gov. Dennis Daugaard will ask the Legislature this session to…
The dish has come. Yesterday NPR broadcast part two of its investigative report on the failure of South Dakota's foster care system to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act. After focusing in part one on what appears to be…
So that's what the governor was so upset about. Last week Governor Dennis Daugaard pre-emptively rebutted an investigative report from National Public Radio on South Dakota's foster care system and our state's failure to comply with the Indian Child Welfare…
Call Governor Dennis Daugaard's budget "half-assed," and he appears unlikely to forget. Following the Sioux Falls School District's law-stretching decision to hide superintendent Pam Homan's five-year, gold-plated contract from the teaxpayers, Governor Daugaard's office is making pretty clear that Homan's…