It's official: you can now refer to the GOED/EB-5/Benda scandal as South Dakota's Watergate. Governor Dennis Daugaard's review of the finances of three programs under his beleaguered Office of Economic Development is being delayed by missing records: GOED Commissioner Pat…
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While millions of dollars disappear in the Northern Beef Packers bankruptcy and fishy EB-5 visa investment program, Attorney General Marty Jackley seems preoccupied with waging war on the press. When he conditionally granted Bob Mercer's request for a press review…
I know you readers find the Benda/GOED/EB-5 story fascinating; let's see what radio listeners think! Dan Peters has invited me to speak with him and Rick Knobe this evening on KSOO Radio's Viewpoint University. Peters says our conversation will focus…
Last month, Attorney General Marty Jackley acceded to public pressure and promised to allow two reporters to review documents from his investigation of the suspicious Ocotber 20 death of former economic development commissioner Richard Benda. Jackley conditioned that review on…
On November 26, intrepid reporter Bob Mercer sent Attorney General Marty Jackley a public records request, which makes a strong case for opening the Richard Benda death investigation to public scrutiny. In response, AG Jackley agreed to open those records…
Regular readers know I enjoy Sam Kephart's commentaries. The 2008 GOP Senate primary candidate offered us his penetrating insights on South Dakota Republican Party politics and "corporate kleptocracy" in a wide-ranging interview this summer. This weekend Kephart wins promotion from…
The South Dakota Democratic Party has called for a special prosecutor to investigate "the $550,000 theft of taxpayer funds by Northern Beef Packers and SDRC, Inc." The SDDP, like me, wonders why Attorney General Marty Jackley is declining to take…
The latest Madville Times poll finds reader confidence in the South Dakota Attorney General's office about as high as public confidence in Congress. Last week, AG Marty Jackley declared that former Governor's Office of Economic Development chief Richard Benda committed…