Six Republicans in the State Legislature have forgotten the party mantra of local control. Rep. Ed Van Gerpen (R-19/Avon) has floated House Bill 1071, which would cap the salaries of county commissioners at 50% above the state-specified minimum. SDCL 7-7-5…
Posts tagged as “Lake County”
As the Madison Central School District works to persuade us to pay more taxes, let's take a look at who's behind on what they already owe. Lake County's new online property tax database lists the following taxpayers as having the…
The Lake County website is showing clear signs of improvement. In recent months the county has started posting commission agendae and minutes (though five days after oaths, their webmaster still needs to update the commission chair and members). The county…
Last week the New York Times ran a column from Harvard econ prof Edward Glaeser arguing that the population growth (and concomitant shift in political power) to the Sun Belt is related to regulation. But Glaeser notes that the regulation…
In the excitement of the holidays, I forgot to mention that I had a good conversation right before Christmas with Winfred neighbors Charlie Scholl and Neil McIntyre. Scholl reminded me that he and several fellow citizens are still circulating petitions…
Wednesday I compiled a list of the top ten stories of 2010 based on number of reader comments. Now let's slice and dice 2010 purely by personal preference. Out of over 1350 blog posts published this year, here are eleven…
That darned Madison Daily Leader beat me to the local unemployment numbers for November! According to the South Dakota Department of Labor, Lake County saw unemployment rise in the run-up to the holidays, from 4.6% in October to 5.0% in…
Dr. Blanchard has been hammering on the inefficiency and immorality of our federally subsidized ethanol industry. Now the EPA adds some black marks to the local ethanol industry. Joe O'Sullivan at ThePostSD.com reports that back in October, Dakota Ethanol in…