Now that we have some Democratic balls rolling, let's tell Judge Srtska he's wrong. Last week, retired judge Bill Srtska apparently floated an argument on Facebook that Initiated Measure, the indexed minimum wage increase that South Dakota voters wrote into…
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With Republicans Al Novstrup and Dan Kaiser victorious in the District 3 House race, we will not have the opportunity to test aspiring assistant majority leader Lee Schoenbeck's determination to veto the will of the people and refuse Democrat Burt…
Yesterday the Rapid City Journal endorsed the idea that the EB-5 scandal is all you need to disqualify Mike Rounds from consideration for your vote for U.S. Senate. Here's one more example of the corruption that took place in Rounds's…
Before we pass a regressive tax to increase teacher pay, I know where we can get $13 million to boost our K-12 budget: Joop Bollen's pocket. Doing some excellent math, Denise Ross figures that Joop Bollen made $13 million in…
Lawyers for Mike Rounds, Dennis Daugaard, and other subjects of Jeff Barth's legal action to stop destruction of EB-5 records filed their responses this week. The defendants contend that Minnehaha County Commissioner Barth has no standing, there are no records,…
The Republican spin machine eagerly rebroadcasts an attack ad aired on KMSD Radio against Rep. Kathy Tyler (D-4/Big Stone City). Here's the text: Being a state legislator has gone to Kathy Tyler's head. A small business man in Rapid City…
Everything comes around.... In an October 10 blog post, Bob Mercer reported that the relationship between South Dakota's EB-5 czar Joop Bollen and Hanul Professional Law Corporation attorney James Park began in a Korean prison: According to Park’s testimony, Park…
Among the absurdities revealed by Joop Bollen's April 16–18 deposition is the EB-5 czar's haughty disdain for following the basic rules of contracting with private vendors. First, some background (I know, it's maddening, but the EB-5 scandal is complicated!): Darley…