Archive for February, 2007
KCCR: Jarrod Johnson updates S&L Website
From KCCR Radio News:
The Office of School and Public Lands, under new commissioner Jarrod Johnson, has launched (a) new website. Johnson says the website will include information on the office, details on upcoming land auctions, guidelines for hunting on public land and other details.
Read it all here and go visit Jarrod’s new website at: www.sdpubliclands.com
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Overheard at dinner
“The red button is my favorite one.”- Representative Betty Olson, referring to her preferred voting button.
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com - South Dakota’s Best Political Website.
In a way, it’s too bad the local AP thinks the way that they do.
Under my prior post regarding the note I got from Tena Haraldson, the South Dakota bureau chief for the associated press,
Dear PP:
It has come to our attention that you have an AP photo of John Thune posted on your blog, along with text from at least one AP story.
Please be [...]
Uh oh. The AP is getting snippy with bloggers.
I just got a terse note from Tena Haraldson, the AP bureau chief, that I have (had) an AP Thune photo on my blog, along with other AP material that needed to be removed.
Of course, I dumped the photo, (which I got from another blog, not realizing it was AP) but that brings into [...]
Abortion bill is down for the moment
The Argus is reporting this morning that the abortion ban - HB 1293 - went down in Senate State Affairs:
An abortion ban with limited exceptions died in the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning on an 8-1 vote.
The committee’s action on the bill, which had passed the House, wasn’t unexpected and didn’t necessarily signal that [...]
That’s an interesting headline.
I clipped this one off of the Argus website because that’s easily the most lurid headline I’ve seen on this story. And of more concern, why is Senator Johnson’s staff coming off as a little paranoid about this?
Except for shortly after the story broke, it’s not like there were throngs of people waiting [...]
Just like a social disease, the Pennington County Commission is having trouble getting rid of Delores Coffing
I was having dinner last night with one of the Pennington County Commissioners and several legislators, and he brought up the fact that former commissioner Delores Coffing had shown up at the County Commission meeting asking about a couple of issues that the former commission had worked on.
Lo and behold, the Rapid City Journal has [...]
Tan Ban goes down in crushing 10-24 vote
Senate Bill 208, otherwise referred to here as the Tan Ban (a moniker I coined that I’ve noticed has been picked up by at least one newspaper), went down today with hardly a whimper on a crushing 10-24 vote.
Al Hoerth and Sandy Jerstad testified in favor of the bill, as did Tom Katus (I think… [...]
Herseth to address legislature tomorrow at 2pm (Updated - AND Thune will be as well)
Congresswoman Herseth is addressing the South Dakota Legislature tomorrow to talk about what’s going on in Washington.
Do you think she’s going to talk about the Pelosi Iraq resolution? (okay, maybe not).
Updated - South Dakota’s own Senator Thune will also be addressing the legislature tomorrow.
(Sorry, I didn’t see the release on it yet).
Read it [...]
Cap Journal Story on HPV Vaccine vote today
The Pierre Capitol Journal has a story today on the HPV vaccine proposal, which I believe happens to be up for a vote today in front of the legislature:
The three-dose series cost the state $288 per person, according to Hollingsworth. Families can expect to pay an administration charge, which usually is about $10 she said.
“The [...]
Hughes County Lincoln Day Dinner this week
If you’re Republican, and in Pierre this week, you might want to go check out the Hughes County Lincoln Day Dinner this Thursday night.
This years event will be on Thursday February 22 at the Ramkota in Pierre, and they will be honoring Don Rounds as the volunteer of the year. Former State House Speaker Matt [...]
Dogpile on Prieksat.
Ever since the Governor’s Chief of Staff leveled charges last week that US Fish and Wildlife officer Bob Prieksat was a problem in the relations that the State was trying to build with hunters and landowners, it seems people coming out of the woodwork to agree:
“He harassed us. He bullied me. He used mob-like tactics [...]
First she’s against it.Then she’s for it. Now, she’s against it again.
In his Argus Leader column, Dave Kranz pointed out yesterday that congresswoman Stephanie Herseth has had more than one opinion on Iraq. First, she was against direct action. Then, she was in support of it. Recently, she went with the Pelosi measure to try to stop a surge in troop numbers to hasten the end [...]
Thune Endorses McCain
In several places, including the McCain related Iowa political blog “Straight Talk, Iowa Style,” it’s being mentioned that South Dakota Senator John Thune is endorsing John McCain for the presidency:
Our neighbor to the Northwest, Senator John Thune, from South Dakota has formally endorsed McCain’s Presidential bid. Being familiar with Northwest Iowa, STIS has had it [...]
I think I’ve heard it all now.
As we’re trying to figure out the best way to execute one of his co-conspirators, one South Dakota State Penitentiary inmate is hoping the administration will let him exchange his cardboard sword for a plastic one as he worships the Norse god Odin… as related in this Associated Press story in the Rapid City Journal:
An [...]
Very, very sad news.
I would note that an obituary appeared in the Argus Leader yesterday for the infant Daughter of former State Representative Matt McCaulley:
Samantha Grace McCaulley (born February 13, 2007) passed away early onFebruary 16, 2007 at Sanford Children’s Hospital, resting peacefully between hermother and father. Samantha died as a result of complications caused by a rarechromosomal [...]
Just a couple of points why HB 1232 should come off of the table
I have to shake my head at some of my friends in the legislature when I see votes such as this one taking place as related by Bill Harlan in the Rapid City Journal:
Bar owners beat developers Thursday in a fight in the state Capitol overwhether to let South Dakota towns create districts with unlimited [...]
More posts coming… Get me to a sound studio..
Sorry for the light posting this weekend. I was one of those who abandoned Pierre in anticipation of the blizzard, and I didn’t want to get caught there.
I’ve had posts on the back burner, the first of which was the Turbak chicken walk. Now that I’m through one of my daughter’s 8th birthday party, I’ve [...]
No, not the chicken dance, or chicken run. It’s called the chicken walk.
I had an e-mail this weekend pointing something out to me where a reader remarked to me “did you see how Nancy Turbak did the chicken walk on the death penalty bill?”
Sure enough, it looks highly suspicious that it may have occurred.
What’s the chicken walk? It’s legislative slang for when a lawmaker can’t or won’t [...]
At what price are we saving ourselves?
I had left this as a comment under a prior post, the one on the stupid car seat bill coming back, but I think it’s worthy of throwing out there for discussion as a top level post.
Someone had said in response to my question why we have these stupid laws out there trying to modify [...]
