Archive for December, 2006
The Legislature might consider a little vetting for their employees’ sake
I’ve been so restless this early morning. Up at 3:30, haven’t been able to sleep since.
It could be the boneless buffalo wings I ate last night, as my wife and I went out for a couple of hours. Or it could be the fact as I got up, I couldn’t come up with a decent [...]
25,000 visitors for the THIRD month running
I figured my October numbers were because of the election, and while I might experience a decent first week, they’d drop off in November. But they didn’t.
And now for December, while I’ve had a slight dip, I’m still running at 25,000 visitors monthly.
That’s teriffic. Thanks for your continued support and patronage.
There will be tons of [...]
If you get the Sundance Channel, you HAVE to watch this.
I just caught the documentary by British filmmaker James Rogan titled “Blog Wars.” If you get this channel, set your TIVO, or else find someone who has it. It’s worth your while to watch it.
It’s a great look at how blogs can still embody the wild west of the internet, but can also shape [...]
Dale Hargens seems to have a slight case of Pot/Kettle blackness.
Dale Hargens is in the Argus today noting that he wants to sanction Roger Hunt for not filing campaign finance forms he believes should be filed (despite the law’s ambiguity). Of course, Roger claims that he’s within the law because of loopholes in it:
The Democratic leader in the South Dakota House says lawmakers should discuss [...]
No.. This measure won’t be controversial. Not at all.
The AP is reporting in the Rapid City Journal that a plan is circulating and will come forth as legislation to close most school districts with fewer that 200 students.
A group of lawmakers who served on a state task force will propose a measure that would require many school districts with fewer than 200 students [...]
If a protest was held and a reporter hadn’t been called…..
I read that yesterday the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center held a protest outside Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth’s office. And one is left to ponder the ethereal question: If a protest was held and a reporter hadn’t been called….. Would anyone have noticed?
In Rapid City, about a dozen people (my emphasis [...]
The Prefiles are here for 2007
The prefiled bills are starting to arrive in the hopper. And a couple of them have very political implications.
HB 1004 revises and amends sections of the law on state vehicle use to just apply to state airplanes.
Senate Bill 3 mandates that constitutional amendments and referred measures have to have petition circulators who are county residents [...]
Senate seating arrangement is on-line.
I see the Senate Seating arrangement is out..
While they didn’t put Frank Kloucek directly next to BJ Nesselhuf or Dan Sutton (per Frank’s very public request), they did put Frank in a position where he will have to stare at the back of Dan’s head. That is, at least until the rule violations are heard.
It [...]
Senator Johnson turns 60. Still under sedation as South Dakota holds their nightly vigil. What’s going on here?
It has almost disturbingly become habit among South Dakotans to check the news in the evenings to check for signs of improvement for Senator Johnson.
It’s not like we stand at the precipice waiting for nuggets of information to fall like the national media, to eat them up and regurgitate them with the commentary of our [...]
CCK: Hargens to challenge seating of Rep. Roger Hunt
Chad over at the Democratic Clean Cut Kid website did a post on Friday that I finally caught today. Apparently, Democratic Minority Leader Dale Hargens plans on challenging Republican Representative Roger Hunt’s being seated as a member of the new legislature:
State Represenatative Dale Hargens (D-22), last night on South DakotaFocus, was asked how he intends [...]
Support the SDWC
I wanted to take a moment to say “Thank you very much” to a few of you who have been willing to click on the “beg button” or otherwise support the SDWC.
Your support is what helps keep this little political website going. So to the rest of you, if you read me for your daily [...]
KCCR News reporting that President Pro Tempore Bob Gray finalizing committee assignments
KCCR News is reporting that Senator Bob Gray is finalizing committee assignments. Where do things sit?
One reason for the delay in releasing the assignments was the uncertainly over Flandreau Democrat Dan Sutton, who has been accused of groping a male page. There had been talk that Sutton might resign, but that hasn’t happen. Sutton, who [...]
Legislature might lift cap on liquor licenses?
The Associated Press is reporting this AM in the Rapid City Journal that the legislature might lift the cap on on-sale liquor licenses. Who would oppose it? Those who already have them:
The number of licenses a city or county may have is tied to population.
Dave Owen, president of the South Dakota Chamber of [...]
The media doesn’t get it again….
Dave Kranz was writing yesterday in the Argus Leader regarding some coffeehouse chatter about political consultant David Bokorney, and the value of his house. Supposedly, because David has a nice house, he’s been rendered unelectable:
First, consultants, aides and any behind-the-scenes players generally don’t run for anything. Significant in public assessments of possible candidates: their [...]
What was with that?
Sorry about the overnight outage. Blogger was doing something that caused the site to crash. I ended up having to republish everything.
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My Predictions for 2007
As we wind down the remaining days in 2006 and dust off the party hats for New Years Eve, the time is coming upon us to think about the future. The time has arrived to dig the dusty magic 8-ball out from the toy box
Were my predictions worth a darn last year? I’ve got to [...]
R.I.P. President Ford
President Gerald Ford has passed away at the age of 93:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_on_re_us/obit_ford
I was 8 years old when Ford became president, and to my young mind was the first person I remember being President. I remember lots of talk about watergate in the few months before, but it was pretty confusing talk for a young kid. I [...]
But who will get the coffee?
Here’s a tip I got last night. We’ll know in short order whether or not the rumors are true.
Normally, the South Dakota State Senate has 4 sessions of different legislative pages. And during each of those sessions the Senate hosts 10 high school kids.
What did I just hear on this? There will not be the [...]
Christmas at the SDWC
I was working on my Christmas “themed” message for this year, and I was debating back and forth whether or not to just re-post last years’ Christmas message, or to do something new. Last year’s message was about tolerance and mutual respect. But it didn’t seem to fit as well as another theme this year.
In [...]
Now THAT’S a Christmas Present - over 1/2 MILLION page views.
I just passed over a half a million page views. WOW.
Who would have ever thought that I could create something that people thought was worth looking at over a half a million times.
Thanks for the nice Christmas present.
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