Ah, the Fourth of July, when we all come together as Americans with a shared love of country and dedication to our common cause in building a free and democratic community... ...unless you're in Rapid City, in which case the…
Posts tagged as “Sam Kooiker”
Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker wanted to promote Lt. Elias Diaz to police chief. That choice didn't go over well with Rapid City pundits like John Tsitrian and Stan Adelstein. The City Council vetoed Diaz, forcing Kooiker to turn to…
The Rapid City Council will approve Mayor Sam Kooiker's new police chief tomorrow night... maybe. Mayor Kooiker announced last week that he wants to promote theologian-turned-cop Elias Diaz from the department accreditation desk to the chief's office. Diaz faces a…
The GOP spin machine and reporter Bob Mercer are in full rebuttal mode against Rep. Stace Nelson's latest open-government legislation. The Fulton Fulminator's House Bill 1172 would require any meeting at which a majority of legislators discuss legislation to be…
Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker's inquiries into the President's Plaza development are ruffling some financial feathers. Mayor Kooiker is asking questions about funding sources for the project, which exists thanks to taxpayer largesse via a tax increment finance district and…
As the Board of Minerals and Environment convenes in Chairman Sweetman's conference room in Rapid City this morning, the Rapid City Journal does decent public service with a sprawling presentation of information related to PowerTech's proposal to dig for uranium…
Kudos to Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker, for vetoing his city council's move to extend the terms of city commissioners and the mayor himself from two years to three. Kooiker, who has largely stayed out of the public debate until…
Some public officials shun and denigrate blogs and other social media. Some of these blog-wary officials may simply be unfamiliar with the technology; others (like, I speculate, members of the Madison Central School District board and administration) are stung by…