Press Release: Dakota Institute for Legislative Solutions Launches Billboard Campaign

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Dakota Institute for Legislative Solutions Launches Billboard Campaign

Pierre, SD – Today, the Dakota Institute for Legislative Solutions (DakotaInstitute.net) purchased placements on digital billboards regarding the ongoing impeachment hearings involving the Attorney General.

In response to media requests for additional comment regarding the boards, Executive Director Rob Burgess made the following comment:

“We will not be making any further comment. The message conveyed on the billboards speak for themselves”.

23 thoughts on “Press Release: Dakota Institute for Legislative Solutions Launches Billboard Campaign”

  3. Totally inappropriate for a governor to do. She may have tainted the whole process. She is not a dictator but a governor

  4. If state law truly allows this, the legislature should pass a new bill on veto day to make it illegal. This kind of advertising should be subject to the same limits in donations and disclosure rules as any other political spending.

    1. it could also be considered libelous, as accusing named individuals of hiding something impugns their reputations, suggesting corruption. . BookYourBillboard, as a publisher, could be liable. Their office is on Westwood Avenue in Sioux Falls. Just sayin’.

      1. A lot of people told the Secretary of State and legislators to oppose this and they ignored the potential for likely abuse.

        The secretary of state needs to be publicly engaged, privatley engaged and take a stand when it comes to these issues or good people can be smeared by anonymous guns for hire.

        Outrageous.

        2. See SDCL 12-27-16. Dakota Institute filed a Communication Expenditure with the SOS on Monday stating they spent a total of $24,024.00 on these billboards. They will now need to disclose their top 5 donors. Also interesting, a Springfield, VA address is listed for them.

  5. I do not see any campaign finance committee with the name of
    Dakota Institute for Legislative Solutions on the secretary of state page.

  6. How does this campaign fit with a non-profit?

    Second question how does it fit into the issues on their own website? It doesn’t seem to fit.

  7. I saw the billboard on East 10th Street; it’s a smear campaign suggesting Steve Haugaard, Spencer Gosch, Jon Hansen and Jamie Smith are corrupt, trying to hide something.
    Reminds me of the Lincoln County Lincoln Day Dinner when Stace Nelson called his fellow legislators “criminals,” only it’s worse, since it gives their names.

    It’s disgusting

  8. While the current executive branch of the United States government performs its scorched earth policy on the American economy and the Russian government performs its scorched earth policy upon the infrastructure of Ukraine and its citizens these people are playing billboard video tag trying to incriminate a man with negative public opinion and ultimately impeachment who has had nothing laid on the table but a misdemeanor traffic citation.

    1. It is bad how much noem is meddling in this. It makes you wonder is she trying to hides something that she is afraid will be investigated.

  9. Charlie Hoffman is stating that if Noem is behind this that he is withdrawing his support.

    (see Austin Goss twitter account)

  10. I think Ravnsborg is unfit for office, he killed a guy. I am NOT the attorney general, but if I hit something, I am going to investigate thorough enough to know what it was. I would also inspect my car and know if the shape of the dent, and prescription eye glasses in the front seat are not mine, I need to find the deer carcass. I would also take photos for insurance and liabilities. If I failed to do this, I would question my abilities to be the states highest law enforcement official and wonder if I have any understanding of law at all.

    However, I don’t want him impeached and replaced with a Noem appointment. This is a tough issue.

  11. I can’t help but wonder why the ads single out Jamie Smith, Steve Haugaard, Spencer Gosch, and Jon Hansen. After all, Kent Peterson, Ryan Cwach, Mike Stevens, Doug Bartel, and Kevin Jensen are also on the committee. Are they not hiding something? Or is this just an excuse to throw some dirt at a few people….2 of whom are running against the Governor.

      1. Not a bad plan.. but I would vote to dismiss it immediately… no one believes the Governor didn’t interfere every step of the way

  12. Pat, I have never had to search for info on a 501c(4) before but after searching several IRS databases, I can’t find anything for “Dakota Institute for Legislative Solutions.” If they would have filed federally under a different name, but be doing business as Dakota Institute for Legislative Solutions, I believe they would need to a file a DBA in SD, which I also can not find. You seem to be very good at finding these types of documents. Just wondering if their original filing docs are available anywhere?

    1. They file with the IRS, and there are websites that will index this. Eventually they will file an annual report. Although some organizations will request an extension. So it could be a long time before this information is available through irs filings.

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