Archive for November, 2005
Everybody go to J.A.I.L.
I was reading one of the latest editions of the Madison Daily Leader when I came across the editorial they did on the Judicial Accountability Initiative Law.I didn’t care for the J.A.I.L. measure in the first place, but after reading the editorial, it got my attention even more. If you were thinking this was a [...]
J-Ro on D-Vo at SD Straight Talk
Joel Rosenthal gives his endorsement of Dave Volk’s candidacy for the Sioux Falls City Commission over at SD Straight Talk. (and Joel points out Dave’s participation in the Mainstream Coalition as somewhat of a negative).
Dave is a good public speaker. He has a wealth of experience statewide in politics and government. He was State Treasurer. [...]
Now this is interesting… A side and B side Districting
From the Aberdeen American News:
Split house districts may be proposedJOE KAFKAAssociated Press
PIERRE, S.D. – A subcommittee of the state Constitutional Revision Commission has decided tentatively that all legislative districts for House members be split in two.
The proposal, which will be reviewed by the full commission when it meets again next spring, would establish two House [...]
Breaking News? Already Broken News?Close Enough. Lee Schoenbeck is not running again.
While Dave Kranz had announced it about a week ago without confirmation, the Webster Farmer and Reporter had it straight from the horses’ mouth yesterday that State Senator Lee Schoenbeck is not going to run for the State Senate again next year.
Between Lee stepping down, and Senator Bogue being term limited out – the competition [...]
Hats off to the snow removal crews
I might have a tendency to grouse about City Governments lately. Or at least those being somewhat obtuse.
But I need to separate out those who perform the often thankless work for these entities. In this instance, I have to give a big SDWC hats off to the snow removal workers for the Cities, Counties and [...]
Good Gosh! Now that’s a snowstorm.
I was a trooper this AM and got up early, worked my way out of the snowdrift to get to work, and promptly found out that work was cancelled for the AM.
Rats.
It did give me some time to play catch up, because I didn’t dare go home. I had no place to park.
The announcement was [...]
The Ultimate Campaign ToolDoor-to-Door
What is the ultimate campaign tool? It’s a pretty interesting question – and one that’s important to many people involved in campaigns. What is that thing that can transform a candidate from an also-ran into a serious contender or better yet, a champion?
No, it’s not money. Lots of people might think it is. (What am [...]
Didn’t notice that lesson your neighbor learned, did you?
From the Meade County Times (Read it all here):
Portions of a Dec. 12 Sturgis City Council meeting may be open to the public, according to Mayor Mark Zeigler. Initially, Zeigler set the Monday gathering as an “executive work session,” meaning it would be closed to the public and the press.
The 6 p.m. special meeting is [...]
Thanksgiving delayed.. But very much welcome.
What a week. Kids got sick, ran to Brookings early. Got here just in time to be deathly ill myself. Everybody gets healthy in time for Thanksgiving, but then MP gets sick, so Thanksgiving has been delayed until tonight when everybody has their appetite back.
It was nice. Several weeks ago, I bought the biggest butterball [...]
Quote of the day (And this is directly from the dems)
“We are always pleased when Republicans take on Democrat ideas.”
- Don Carr, SDDP Press Secretaryon the SD Mainstream Coalition from Pierre Capitol Journal 11/17/05
(I’ll just bet they do.) I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com – South Dakota’s Best Political Website.
Celeste Calvitto has some good speculation for a GOP candidate against Herseth
Per Celeste Calvitto at the Rapid City Journal:
Seward a candidate?State GOP chairman Randy Frederick told the crowd in Rapid City that he is frequently asked who is going to challenge Rep. Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D., in next year’s election.
“We have a lot of possibilities,” he said.
He didn’t name names, though.
But one name that is making the [...]
Is the Argus softening on blogs now?
From today’s Argus Leader:
When Milbank native Dana Christensen started a blog in August 2003, he used it to keep family and friends abreast of his life as a seminarian in St. Louis.
Now, he is the Rev. Dana Christensen, and he continues to blog.But as his life has changed, so has his blog.”
It evolved into a [...]
You ever have one of those days.. Light posting ahead
I’m just quickly posting a note before I get out of town.
I WAS going to drive over tonight after work, until my wife called at 6am to announce that I had not one – not two – but fully three of my six children are ill with the flu. So I’m throwing stuff on, and [...]
Err… Do I really have to follow the Bladder Health show?Judy Olson, you’re next
From a news release today from the SDDP:
Tomorrow, November 22, SDDP Chairwoman Judy Olson Duhamel will be interviewed by Chuck Beck on South Dakota Public Radio at 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM CST. It is a feature about the future of the South Dakota Democratic Party. If you miss the [...]
Judging Alito
I don’t usually write on National Level stuff, as I’m just a humble South Dakota boy. But did any of you see the Mercer article that appeared recently in several of South Dakota’s daily newspapers?
It was an interesting article with two of South Dakota’s top legislators (and possible candidates for Governor in 2010) publicly coming [...]
Here SDWC comes to save the day!
I’m excited. This weekend I made my first contact for a new candidate to work with this next election. “Candidate X” is excited about the process and wants to make a difference in South Dakota. We’ve just started e-mailing back and forth, and I think I can make their race, at the very [...]
A little report from the Rapid City GOP State Dinner
While everyone is talking about the Sioux Falls State Dinner, nobody is saying much about the Rapid City version of the event. No, I didn’t go either. I’m saving my time off to boost my Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation time in Brookings. But a few friends were in attendance, so I got a bit [...]
It’s like Deja Vu all over again.
NEWS FLASH: There’s a “politically progressive” South Dakota group forming to change South Dakota politics. It’s bipartisan, and was formed to counteract the political capital being wasted on issues such as abortion and gay marriage.
They don’t care what your political affiliation is, and several are Republican. And it’s not the group you think I’m [...]
Legislative news. Ot at least Legislative rumor.
From Dave Kranz in today’s Sioux Falls Argus Leader:
Schoenbeck out
One of the most discussed political stories at the Republican dinner was the future of state Sen. Lee Schoenbeck. Schoenbeck has told colleagues that he will not seek re-election next year. The Watertown Republican and president pro-tem of the Senate said he wants to spend more [...]
More from the Kansas Mainstream Coalition
I was doing some more reading on the website of the group that the South Dakota Mainstream Coalition based their movement on, namely the Kansas/Missouri Mainstream Coalition.
As mentioned many times before, there’s several in the South Dakota group who I admire the heck out of. But I really have to question it when they form [...]
