Archive for May, 2006
Public Radio on the Adelstein/Schwiesow Primary race
Chuck Beck over at South Dakota Public Radio has a good story on the District 32 Primary election race between State Senator Stan Adelstein and GOP State Vice Chair Elli Schwiesow.Click here for the page where you can listen to the 5 minute Real audio program complete with interview. It’s pretty good, and you get [...]
CCK takes after Bob Mercer.
I don’t think it’s the first time it’s happened, but Chad over at CCK is going after Bob Mercer for a perceived Republican bias he thinks Bob has.
As I do my research on this post, I notice I covered this topic nearly a year ago. So, I’ll just start calling this my annual defense of [...]
I heartily endorse thee
Lots of blog technical stuff tonight. At the suggestion of one of the readers who was kind enough to make a donation for the upkeep of this mess of a blog, I’ve raised “the paypal beg button” up higher, so as to draw greater attention to it. Just in case anyone else is so inclined. [...]
A comedic interlude with our State Auditor.
Over the lunch hour, I had a call from State Auditor Rich Sattgast just as I was noticing how Billy Idol is going to be playing at the Buffalo Chip campground in Sturgis.
I pointed this out to Rich, and said “Why can’t we get someone like this at the State Fair? People our age [...]
Candidate website - Katy Dressen for House, and why my name must be mud in District 9
Katy Dressen, Republican Candidate for District 9 House has a website up that you should go check out. I like it. It’s graphically pleasing, and it’s always enjoyable reading about someone who also has 6 kids.
She’s supposed to be 43 years old? I’m 39 and and I look like ten miles of bad road. Bleaugh. [...]
And here Cecelia goes again…
The Oglala Sioux Tribe suspended president Cecelia Fire Thunder. Again. And impeachment proceedings are being started. Again.
From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader:
The Oglala Sioux tribal council banned all abortions on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and suspended President Cecelia Fire Thunder on Tuesday, charging that she solicited donations on behalf of the tribe for [...]
Are citizens limited to what we can refer to a vote? The attorney general thinks the law says just that.
In today’s Rapid City Journal, Attorney General Larry Long thinks that the South Dakota Constitution might have some limitations on the initiative and referral process that many people aren’t aware of:
Long said he based his opinion on a 1995 case dealing with an initiated measure in Wessington Springs. The state’s highest court said an initiative [...]
Manny Steele making his last minute push
E-mails are going across District 12 urging people to get out and vote for Manny Steele, and some of them are hitting pretty hard on Ann Henkin, termed Casey Murshel’s hand picked successor. From my e-mail box:
After H.B. 1215 (the bill thats bans almost all abortions in South Dakota) was passed during this past [...]
The Countdown stands at one week until election day.
One week until election day. One week!
I’m getting to the point where I’m starting to internally make my personal picks for who I think will come out on election night. If I knew anything about sports betting at all, I might “handicap” the races or suggest a percentage spread.
But I don’t, so I won’t.
Last primary [...]
Abortion ban referral looks like it’s on the ballot
Advocates for a statewide vote on HB1215 are feeling pretty proud of themselves today. They’re claiming more than twice the number of signatures needed will be turned in, according the the Sioux Falls Argus Leader:
The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families announced Tuesday that it had secured more than twice the number of signatures [...]
I’m not the extremist, you’re the extremist.
KELO-land.com is reporting on the Adelstein/Schwiesow Senate race in Rapid City, served up with another side of trash-talking by the incumbent Senator against his opponent. And of course, abortion is dominating the issue:
Elli Schwiesow would have voted for the abortion bill. She says she’s the more conservative republican who reflects the party’s platform.
Schwiesow says, “I’ve [...]
Hennies v. Kooiker blogpost over at Mt. Blogmore
The denizens of Mt. Blogmore are starting a thread on the Hennies versus Kookier battle for Kookier’s Rapid City Council seat.
I’m going to be watching the comment section on this post with some interest. And I’ll be curious to see where this election ends up a week from now. Do the residents of Rapid City [...]
Billion and Wiese try to draw differences in their battle for the Democratic Nomination for Governor
This morning, the associated press is back at it, trying to find a difference between the two Democratic Candidates for Governor:
Billion said he has better qualifications to tackle the job as governor.
Billion said his 30 years as a doctor means he understands medical issues and can find ways to provide affordable, high-quality health care [...]
But did anyone lose an ear over it?
According to the Associated Press, US Senate Minority Leader likes to watch fight club:
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has criticized Republican ethics, accepted free ringside tickets to three professional boxing matches from Nevada officials who were trying to influence his federal legislation regulating the sport.
Reid, D-Nev., took the free seats for Las Vegas fights [...]
Dennis Wiese is hell bent on having the budget reserve spent.
According to a Terry Woster article in today’s Argus Leader, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Dennis Wiese has a large focus in his campaign - tapping into the State’s budget reserve:
The trust fund
From the opening day of his campaign, Wiese has focused on the more than $1 billion in various trust accounts and reserve funds [...]
How old is Delores Coffing? To quote a song: In 1814, she took a little trip, Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
And I heard she fired her guns and the British kept a comin.. (apologies to the Battle of New Orleans).
okay. Joking aside, I’m sure Delores wasn’t born in the 1800’s. Really. Despite that fact, she’s not fessing up on her age to voters in today’s Rapid City Journal article about her race against Ethan [...]
Jack Billion interview on Quality News Network
From the other side of the aisle, the Billion campaign noted that Democratic Democratic Candidate Jack Billion recently completed an interview with the Quality News Network:
QUALITY NEWS NETWORK DOES EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JACK BILLION
SIOUX FALLS–Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jack Billion was interviewed Friday by Quality News Network, an Internet provider of [...]
Speaking of Bruce Whalen from a couple of posts down, a memorial day message
Got an e-news bulletin from Bruce Whalen in my mailbox tonight with a memorial day message for South Dakotans :
Happy Memorial Day
As thousands of South Dakotans hit the highways this Memorial Day weekend they will first be stopping by their local gas stations and are in for a painful experience. Gas prices continue to hover [...]
Pine Ridge protest scheduled for tomorrow
I just got a note that tomorrow, (May 30th) beginning at 10:00 am, organizers will march in protest of Cecelia Fire Thunder and her effort to establish an abortion clinic in Pine Ridge. The march will end at the Red Cloud Building (Tribal administration offices) or Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge were the Council [...]
He aint heavy, he’s my running mate.
Indian Country Today is reporting something that I hadn’t really heard before, and isn’t well known in some political circles. In an extensive article on the Native American candidates running for office this election, they point out that incumbent House member Tom Van Norman and Senate hopeful Steve Emery are brothers:
An interesting situation is [...]
