Archive for August, 2006
From KELOland: Protesters vandalize Brookings Catholic church
From KELOland.com:
Members of a church on the campus of South Dakota State University are concerned about some overnight vandalism.
Someone armed with a spray can wrote on a sign and on the side of the brick church.
Lance Catron a member of the church, said, “It’s disheartening. I mean this is the place I come to worship [...]
Whalen: Yes on Lewis and Clark, no on PP (the other one)
From my e-mail tonight:
Bruce Whalen, Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress will join Bound4Life in a Prayer Siege on Planned Parenthood.
Candidate Whalen will join an expected crowd of a thousand Christians and anti-abortion advocates Friday from 11:00-1:00 at 6511 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57106.
“We can pay for 143 miles of the Lewis [...]
More Candidate stuff: Scott Heidepreim for Senate
As my daughter is napping after ear surgery, I got a chance to check my e-mail.
I had somone who was nice enough to send this to me, and I have to admit, it’s a darned good looking piece. (Click on the pictures to enlarge them).
Bulleted points, and not too much text either. Graphically, it’s one [...]
If you’re a candidate that reads the blogs, I wouldn’t do this.
Onan committed the sin of self love. And candidates loving themselves too much can get themselves into just as much trouble. From WCCO news:
A Post-Bulletin Web site user who calls himself “127179″ has often commented about local issues and has praised the work of City Council member and mayoral candidate Pat Carr.
Turns out, the six-digit [...]
A New Record - 17,000 visitors in August!
You might notice this is a slightly off-time for one of my posts.
I just got back to Brookings from Sioux Falls a little bit ago. I have a little one who is prone to ear infections, so we were on the road at 5am this morning to go get tubes put in. As I finally [...]
Napoli weighs in on the execution
Tonight on the Sioux Falls Argus Leader website, Bill Napoli weighs in with his opinion on halting the execution:
State Sen. Bill Napoli of Rapid City said Gov. Mike Rounds should not have stopped the execution of Elijah Page.
And he questioned why the state planned to use three drugs to kill him.
Napoli said he [...]
NCLB cost me $50. (or at least my school district)
I was reading the other day in the Watertown Public Opinion about something I’d heard about before at home, regarding the application of NCLB to special education. Basically, one of the problems with the No Child Left Behind Act is that it lumps the achievement standards for children utilizing special education along with the everyone [...]
The Civic Center One goes on Trial on Thursday
God knows we’re on opposite ends of the political spectrum on the issue of Medical Marijuana. But I do support Bob on this issue. Bob Newland, aka “the Civic Center One” goes on trial for gathering petition signatures in the doorway of the Rapid City Civic Center. From my e-mail:
I go on trial for a [...]
The Shape of the MAINstream to come??
In 1933, famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells wrote a book called The Shape of Things to Come which dealt with a future history for the century after 1936.
Much like that future history, after I did the post on the South Dakota Mainstream Coalition, I find myself wondering about it’s future history. In five years [...]
Dems announce Billion fundraiser in Huron
From my e-mail box tonight, the Dems are announcing a Fundraiser for Billion over in Huron on the 2nd:
Please Join the South Dakota Democratic Party for Breakfast & Billion
A Billion for Governor RallyOn Saturday, September 2nd at 8:30 A.M.At the Crossroads Hotel and Convention Center100 4th St SW, Huron, SD(605) 352-3204$25
Donation includes breakfast and a [...]
More on the execution stoppage. When 3 won’t go into a law designed for 2.
Governor Rounds, citing a problem with the current law which mandated the use of two drugs instead of the three that are used in common practice, is putting off the execution of Elijah Page for a year according to Keloland news:
Rounds and Attorney General Larry Long say the law on the books since 1984 requires [...]
For at least the moment, the execution is off.
The Argus Leader (as well as other news outlets) are reporting tonight that the execution is off:
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds will stay the execution of Elijah Page, the Argus Leader has learned.
Attorney General Larry Long confirmed moments ago that Page’s execution will be stopped from happening tonight.
At 5:05 p.m., Long said [...]
MAINstream Coalition shows signs of life, comes out on ballot issues
(Big HT to Tim from a Progressive on the Prairie who wrote on this on the No on E blog.)
The MAINstream coalition, which has been surprisingly quiet over the course of the past few months, came out recently with a number of position statements on various issues. As written on by Russ Keen in today’s [...]
From the Kate’ Turnbow’s article in the Cap Journal this AM on the Billion visit.
“I’ve talked to people even about prairie dogs. Now, you need to talk to a producer to really get a feel from a guy whose being overrun by prairie dogs and whose land is being ruined. It’s a whole different problem then. “
And Billion’s solution to the prairie dog problem?
“Maybe we’ll make pets [...]
Video lottery ballot explanation determined
Judge Gors must be getting sick of ballot initiatives lately. Because he’s certainly deciding the fate of many of their explanations. Tonight, the decision is out on the Video lottery measure:
A circuit judge has ordered Attorney General Larry Long to make a change inthe language that will appear on South Dakota ballots to explain a [...]
I think I’m on track for another record month
As of tonight, I’m over 15,000 visitors (just under 35k hits). If this trend continues, I think I’m going to break my old record of about 16,100 visitors.
What’s coming up this week? Aside from the usual junk and “hackery” as one reader describes it, I hope to cap the month off with some thoughtful insight [...]
Billion’s visit to Ft. Pierre to talk about ag
As I had mentioned before, tonight I went over to Ft. Pierre after work to hear Jack Billion’s spiel since it was a political speech, and I had nothing better to do at the moment.
Actually, It gave me a chance to meet Capitol Journal reporter Kate Turnbow in person, and to chat with KCCR’s Tony [...]
New Blogger on the block
Since J-Ro is kind of using the name for his Blog, Straight Talk radio host Greg Belfrage has now joined the blogosphere at http://prairieconservative.blogspot.com/
Hopefully, I’ll get it added to the blogfeeds tonight.
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com - South Dakota’s Best Political Website.
Me Too! Me Too! Ag Secretary comes to SD to tour with Gov. And others as appended.
This morning, Governor Rounds announced that he would be touring a drought-inflicted farm in the Hayes area with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture:
Gov. Mike Rounds today confirmed that USDA Secretary Mike Johanns will visit South Dakota on Tuesday, August 29.
“We are pleased that USDA Sec. Johanns is coming to South Dakota and view firsthand the [...]
(Exclusive content alert) Ag’s response to Napoli proposal on non-violent prison facility
Here’s a little exclusive content for you.
I would have made it more timely, but I wanted to ensure I had permission before reprinting the comments I was provided by Attorney General Larry Long.
If you will recall, about ten days ago State Senator Bill Napoli commented on how he felt we needed facilities for non-violent offenders [...]
