Dakota Rural Action, Native allies, and other Earth-friendly neighbors go to Pierre today to show their opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline at a Public Utilities Commission hearing at the Capitol. DRA was out yesterday in Rapid City and Sioux…
Posts tagged as “Lake County”
I celebrated the New Year yesterday by running my first draft of my 1040. Six W-2s to come, self-employment tax to calculate, but no ugly surprises yet! Our federal income tax complications are nothing like the complications for folks who…
District 8 Democrats are back to a full slate of candidates for Legislature. Jeff Nelson filed papers last week to run for District 8 House in place of David Skoglund, the Democratic placeholder who withdrew back in April after Moorhead…
In Lake County news, my grapevine jingles that Democrat Roberta "Bobbi" Janke is running for re-election as Lake County auditor. Janke won the auditor's seat in 2010, winning the Democrat primary 88% to 12% over Nicole Schleuter, then fending off…
Kudos to Lake County Democrats Lorri May and Shirley Harrington-Moore! The county party announced on Facebook last night that these two ladies have collected the most signatures in the state for the minimum-wage initiative petition. Good hustle, Lorri and Shirley!…
Mr. Ehrisman notices that one of the non-downtowners that Mayor Huether appointed to a Sioux Falls committee working on downtown issues is now moving his business downtown. KELO reports that Eric McDonald is moving his DocuTap electronic medical records business…
Want to know how a Tax Increment Finance District works? Check out my November 2007 explanation, back when Madison created its first TIF district for Randy Schaefer's housing project. Madison and Lake County are on their way to establishing a…
The Lake County Planning Board met yesterday to review a proposed tax increment finance district. If the board was reviewing for grammar and accuracy, they found a hilarious cut-and-paste error on page 5 of the August draft from TIF seeker…