Archive for March, 2008
Is District 24 Democratic Senate Candidate Kim Sargent inferring that she’ll kill it, but not eat it?
In one breath, District 24 Democratic Senate Candidate Kim Sargent announces to the world that she’s a vegan. And in the same article from the Pierre Capitol Journal last week, she talks about being pro gun…
So, if she’s vegan and pro-gun/hunting…. What does she do with the meat?
Go find a copy of this article, [...]
The puppet versus the puppetmaster. Is there a door #3?
Kevin Woster has an article at the Rapidcityjournal.com website tonight on the intricacies of the upcoming Katus versus Adelstein race. Which, after examining the candidates and their positions…. has the rest of us wondering if there’s a choice #3:
Katus has already done some footwork in District 32 to “top off my nominating petitions” and [...]
On the Dempster thing…. there was that other issue which slowed things down.
From KELOland news tonight, the Governor weighs in on Tom Dempster’s petition snafu:
Rounds says his staff has been talking to Dempster about whether he plans to challenge the decision in court or run as an independent affiliated with the Republican Party.
The governor says he plans to tell voters that Dempster not running as a Republican [...]
What’s a blogger’s worth? I don’t think I’m going to be writing much about running here.
I have something that’s been bugging me.
If you’ve noticed any posts coming down recently, it’s because I had a question hanging out there in my head as to writing about myself. Not my kids, my wife, or my assorted neuroses, but writing about myself in terms of “that one thing I turned in petitions for.”
So, [...]
Was the 2008 campus Gun Bill actually redundant?
Here’s a twist that not many saw coming regarding this years’ vote on the campus gun bill:
Rep. Tom Brunner, R-Nisland, said this week that House Bill 1173, passed in 2006, declares that no state agencies can make rules concerning the right to carry. The issue at hand — whether the South Dakota Board of [...]
Bill Napoli still haunts District 35?
I think Theresa Spry is exhibiting a bit of paranoia over her race for District 35 State Senate. Because from her comments in this AM’s Rapid City Journal, she’s acting like he’s still in the race:
Although Napoli is gone from the official campaign, he is far from forgotten by those still in the race. But [...]
Sam Kephart - Hyperion Election will “severely skew the statewide results of the Republican US Senate primary contest”
US Senate Candidate Sam Kephart has issued a letter of concern to several people in Union County with regards to the upcoming election over the “Gorilla Project.”
The object of his concern? The Hyperion Refinery Project election coincides with the June election, and it’s being held on Joel Dykstra’s home turf. Kephart’s concern is that given [...]
John McCain’s First Ad
More on the Dempster petition error
Dave Kranz has a few more comments this morning on the Dempster petition problem that might keep him off of the ballot unless Tom runs as an independent:
“He submitted petitions, and several sheets were complete. But some did not have a completed declaration of candidacy. If they are not complete, we cannot validate the [...]
Breaking News: Dempster not on Ballot?
I’m tracking some of this information down, but word is that Republican State Senator Tom Dempster might not appear on the ballot, unless he runs as an independent.
Word is that a petition snafu might keep him off. And fingers are being pointed in the direction of a campaign worker for the snafu.
At a time when [...]
Isn’t he back already?
When he’s not assigning people to stalk candidates, Senator Tim Johnson’s campaign manager, Steve Jarding, talks about when Senator Tim Johnson is back.
The problem is that I thought they declared him back once already:
“By the time Tim gets back, South Dakota will see a whole lot of him. If someone is seeing him for the [...]
Mt. Blogmore went corporate?
What the heck?
Mt. Blogmore, the little MSM rebel website that could, has been reined in, neutered, and has gone “vanilla corporate” completely devoid of the individual branding and personality that made it great.
The beginning of the end.
Go weep over it here.
DON’T FORGET: 4 county Lincoln Day Dinner Friday Night
The Brookings, Moody, Deuel and Grant Counties Lincoln Day Dinner will be held on Friday night at the Shamrock Convention Center here in Brookings. The dining hall is located on 22nd avenue, on the corner of 20th street, just south of the Shopping Malls.
The Social Hour starts at 5:30, and the Dinner at 6:30.
The Shamrock [...]
Candidates who get no respect. (And a MSM SDWC mention)
The Rapid City Journal has a column this AM on their website talking about 5 candidates who get no respect. And they even snuck a SDWC mention in there:
5. Bert Tollefson
Bert Tollefson, 77, a Watertown native and retired real estate agent who got 1 percent of the vote in an unsuccessful 2002 bid in the [...]
Alice McCoy - A Candidate for all panels
According to KOTA TV, former State Representative Alice McCoy is a candidate for the Rapid City School Board:
Two seats on the school board are also up for grabs, in area four, Leah Lutheran is running for another term against Alice Mccoy.
Read that all here. The problem? She’s also a candidate for the District 35 State [...]
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Dusty Johnson
A note from my e-mail box:
Benjamin Michael Johnson (7 lbs, 2 oz) was born yesterday morning with a full head of red hair. He is healthy and happy and has caused us very little grief so far (we’ll see how long that lasts . . . ). His mother is doing great,.
Congratulations to [...]
SD School Superintendents weigh in on session
From my e-mail box:
Legislature and Governor Hit A Grand Slam
Or How K-12 Education in South Dakota Gets Slammed Again
The legislature, with particular blame to the House Education Committee majority and Gov. Mike Rounds, once again slammed the door in the face of K-12 education and the children of South Dakota.
While touting local control, the legislature [...]
Both parties seek legislative numbers
In a paranoid black helicopter article from world news daily, secular humanism leaning marxists are indoctrinating unborn fetuses by aiming a magnetic wave g…. (Sorry about that, that’s another web site).
In the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Terry Woster has an article about this years’ legislative races and what they mean to the parties which have [...]
Who’s in the hunt as we run up to the finish line?
I’ll clean this up a bit, and do some armchair quarterbacking & analysis after about Thursday, when most of the mailed petitions will have been received. But until that time, here’s who is filling up the political parties’ respective dance cards. Primaries in bold.
State Senate:
District 01 Democratic Gary D. Hanson
District 02 Democratic Jim Hundstad
District 03 Democratic Alan C. Hoerth
District [...]
Sexual Predator at the School for the Deaf?
KELOland has a disturbing report tonight over sexual abuse allegations at the State School for the Deaf, and allegations that had been kept from the public eye for years. Apparently one student is alleged to have been a sexual predator who abused other students:
Widespread allegations of sexual abuse are beginning to surface at the South Dakota School [...]
