I attended the first formal public conversation on Madison's retail future, a meeting called by concerned citizen Ashley Kenneth Allen. A dozen of us gathered at the library to start figuring out why Madison's retail sector is in decline and…
Posts tagged as “Yankton”
Yankton voters go to the polls today to vote on a $4.2-million-per-year property tax opt-out to make up for the state's unwillingness to meet its obligation to support K-12 education. By hiring an out-of-state consultant, opponents of the opt-out have…
Congresswoman Kristi Noem traveled East River this week, holding four public chats dedicated to education. Her fifth stop was Yankton, a community holding a public vote on Tuesday, May 24, on a property tax opt-out to restore the funding slashed…
Hey, Yankton neighbors! If that school opt-out campaign doesn't have you all politicked out, kick your weekend off with a rollicking town hall with Rep. Kristi Noem! According to KYNT, our Congresswoman will swing by the Regional Technical Education Center…
No wonder Rick Althoff failed in his bid for a seat on the Yankton School Board: he's not very good at listening to people. He convened in Yankton Monday night, ostensibly to discuss "facts, feelings, healing, and education" in the…
Education notes from around South Dakota: The kids at Sioux Falls Roosevelt obviously read the newspaper: the last three members of Roosevelt's Future Teachers Club are graduating, and no underclassmen are stepping up to join. Maybe we can all just…
Various blog friends have told me yesterday's "100 Eyes on S.D. Politics" program, sponsored by that Sioux Falls paper, opined that the South Dakota blogosphere doesn't matter much. Fourteen hours later, rising South Dakota blogospherian Displaced Plainsman breaks the story…
Not everyone in Yankton is as ignorant of the state constitution and the value of free public education as former legislator Charlii Gilson. A number of Gilson's Yankton neighbors are collaborating on a website to promote a Yes vote in…