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Posts tagged as “lobbying”
Mines Pres. Wilson “Deeply Involved” in Illegal Lobbying for NM Lab’s No-Bid Contract
By caheidelberger on 2014.12.01
Just when the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology needs strong female leadership to get more women's bathrooms in the geology department, the feds come bothering Mines president Heather Wilson with more concerns about her consulting and lobbying activities…
Bolin Invites Lobbyists to “Stop Common Core” — Smile When You Say That!
By caheidelberger on 2014.01.26
South Dakotans Against Common Core are crediting Rep. Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) with being "the first in South Dakota to expose this leviathan called Common Core." Rep. Bolin was certainly an early opponent, challenging the November 2010 adoption of Common Core…
Rhoden Proposes Lobbying Ban; Rounds Worries about Paychecks
By caheidelberger on 2013.12.20
In his five-point plan to reform Washington D.C., GOP Senate candidate Larry Rhoden proposes banning former members of Congress from lobbying. Such a ban would have denied both Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and John Thune their first out-House paychecks. Larry Pressler…
Big Telecoms Lobby Thune with Tequila Cocktails
By caheidelberger on 2013.06.19
How does John Thune make his policy decisions? With tequila! A tequila cocktail called the "sugar daddy" was on the menu at a Wednesday night fundraiser for U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, and lobbyists for Verizon Wireless and AT&T…
Incoming Mines Prez Got “Questionable” Payments for Nuclear Lab “Work”
By caheidelberger on 2013.06.12
Incoming School of Mines president and former new Mexico Congresswoman Heather Wilson doesn't care much for gay people. She also apparently doesn't care for doing the paperwork the federal government expects of contractors at its nuclear labs: Former U.S. Rep.…
GOP Attacks on Herseth Sandlin Lobbying Doomed to Backfire
By caheidelberger on 2013.04.04
Republican spinster Pat Powers decries Stephanie Herseth Sandlin's work as a lobbyist, then in its next breath calls Governor Dennis Daugaard's choice of lobbyist and former GOP exec Lucas Lentsch a "great pick." Powers breathes not a word about Senator…
TransCanada Offers Hors d’Oeuvres and Lobbying to South Dakota County Officials
By caheidelberger on 2012.03.06
As I follow the reports on the Lakota blockade of trucks carrying 115-ton oil industry treater vessels across the Pine Ridge reservation yesterday, I see that our friends from TransCanada are taking another backdoor route to win the hearts, minds,…