...but not without more GOP monkeyshines! Governor Dennis Daugaard appears to have applied the appropriate pressure to his good soldiers in the Legislature. Last Friday, Rep. Brock Greenfield (R-6/Clark) moved to turn SB 170 into a blatant attempt to subvert…
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Let's be clear: Senate Bill 170 is pure Republican dirty tricks. David Montgomery offers a good synopsis of where SB 170 is coming from. Here's my version: Last winter, Governor Daugaard pushed HB 1230 through the Legislature. This bill designated…
Yesterday the South Dakota Supreme Court upheld a district court's ruling that our state's system of funding K-12 education is not unconstitutional. Outgoing Justice Judith Meierhenry wrote the unanimous opinion affirming the prior ruling of her incoming replacement on the…
Governor Dennis Daugaard is "disgusted" that thousands of us South Dakotans have referred his corporate welfare law to a public vote. The governor won't challenge the refernedum in court, but he's already trying it in the court of public opinion:…
Secretary of State Jason Gant announced this morning that he has certified the petitions submitted last month to refer House Bill 1230 to a public vote in 2012: Petition circulators submitted approximately 22,883 signatures to refer the measure to a…
Following our poorly attended municipal and school board election in April, I discovered that Madison's registered voter numbers are inflated by over 1100 voters who don't really live in Madison. Local business MyDakotaAddress.com makes money providing mailbox services to recreational…
Pot-kettle-black! If Secretary Gant certifies the HB 1230 referral petitions he received yesterday, we'll have plenty of time to duke it out on this issue during the 2012 general election. But South Dakota Republican chairman Tim Rave, who voted for…
I confess: I want to gloat over the Tea Party's failure to gather enough signatures to refer Senate Bills 38 and 43 to a public vote, especially when contrasted with the South Dakota Dems' successful submission of nearly 23,000 signatures…