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Democrat Lucas Defends Republican Tidemann’s GOAC Chairmanship

Among other things I discovered on my visit to Brookings this weekend was this letter to the editor in the September 27, 2014, Brookings Register, in which Rep. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) and Sen. Larry Lucas (D-26/Pickstown) praise Senator Larry…

SDDP Ad in Brookings Paper: What’s Tidemann Hiding?

Hey, whose phone is that ringing? Ah, Senator Tidemann.... The South Dakota Democratic Party is placing the above ad in Senator Larry Tidemann's local newspaper encouraging his constituents to contact him and demand that he subpoena the folks who could…

Tidemann Protects Bollen from Direct Questions

The Government Operations and Audit Committee should be receiving some interesting reading in the coming several days. GOAC chair Senator Larry Tidemann (R-7/Brookings) says that SDRC Inc. exec Joop Bollen has declined to appear before the committee in person but…

Tidemann Caves to Dem Pressure, Calls Bollen to Explain EB-5

I'm looking for the air quotes around "Brilliant": Yes, Rep. Susan Wismer can claim victory. But Sen. Larry Tidemann played it smart today.... He declared today that he’s inviting Bollen to testify at GOAC’s next meeting scheduled for Sept. 24.…

Tidemann: Legislature Pretty Much Done Probing GOED/EB-5

Senator Larry Tidemann (R-7/Brookings) says the Government Operations and Audit Committee's probe of financial misconduct in the Governor's Office of Economic Develoment and the EB-5 visa investment program are pretty much over. Over? I didn't even notice that they'd begun.…