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The State wastes a cool million defending the right to NOT fund education...
Go figure, state funded lawyers are more important then educating our children. South Dakota students aren’t guaranteed a quality education, a circuit judge ruled Wednesday, finding that the way the...
View ArticleThe School Board figured it out, now will the City Council
The school baord decides to make budgetary cuts during a recession. Jinkies, what a concept! Much of the $585,000 in spending cuts for next year will come from combining or cutting bus routes. Get on...
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Super Precints do not work. C’mon already.
How many times does this stupid f’ing experiment have to fail before the city and the school district wakeup and go, “Guess it doesn’t work.” Only one of every 42 registered voters cast a ballot for...
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AG Jackboots gets his ass handed to him. It’s too bad he wasn’t handed the...
Okay, I know this episode of Inside Stormland TV is over a week old, but I have been doing some catching up. This is actually a pretty good show, compared to Jon Wilson’s BJ episode of Rounds. Both...
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Now that Republicans in SD have ransacked public education funding on all...
The Repugs managed to succeed at all levels, governor’s office, the legislature and now our courts; In upholding the constitutionality of the state’s school funding system, a unanimous South Dakota...
View ArticleSioux Falls & Brandon Public Schools seem to be confused about the term ‘Public’
”He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.” – Ben Franklin Voting is the cornerstone of a free democracy, so where should this exercise take place?...
View ArticleThis should bode well with voters if Huether decides to run for higher office
South Dakotans love nothing better then an elected official bragging about increasing taxes, especially property taxes; Mayor Mike and Cindy Huether have long supported and advocated for the public...
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New High School to be named after Ronald Reagan?
Of course we have to wait and see if the bond issue passes on Tuesday, but a group of local businessmen may already be planning to propose it be named after the Gipper. Of course, many have been...
View ArticleBond election to use SCHOOLS as Precincts
Nothing controversial about that, schools have been traditionally used as precincts in multiple elections, not only in the Sioux Falls and Minnehaha county but across the nation. The school bond...
View ArticleGolf Tournament highlights the gap between rich and poor in Sioux Falls
While only about .05% percent of Sioux Falls residents give a rat’s ass about the Sanford International Golf Tournament, it hasn’t stopped our news media from covering it for days, including the...
View ArticleVOTE ‘NO’ on School Bond Robo-Call
I guess this Robo-Call went out this afternoon. I guess better late than never. http://www.southdacola.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/VOTE-NO-BOND-ISSUE.wav A task force member also posted a video...
View ArticleDid the Bond Election follow proper election protocol?
PRESS RELEASE from Citizens for Integrity As a clean and open election advocate for 52 years I have made some observations concerning the September 18, 2018 Sioux Falls School Bond election. These...
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UPDATE: 85% Passage of School Bond ‘Highly Questionable’
I will agree that the school bond would pass. There really wasn’t much opposition and with only the Argus and this blog giving voters ALL of the factual information. I don’t have an issue with the...
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UPDATE: Why is a Zeal Center board member trashing councilors on FB?
As you may or may not know, the Zeal Center is part of the USD Discovery Center (that recently got funding from the city council for infrastructure) and share many of the same leaders, like Rich Naser....
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Sioux Falls School Board to canvas election at Monday’s meeting
Here is the agenda – minus the documentation. This is the time to come and speak about how the election was handled and publicly challenge the election results. I hope to show up with data supporting...
View ArticleHarrisburg School District proposing a $40 Million bond with NO tax increases
I know, you must be scratching your head a little, as am I. How can the Harrisburg school district propose a $40 million dollar bond without a tax increase? Oh, I don’t know, it’s that little thing...
View ArticleWhy didn’t the SD ACLU look into the SFSD bond election?
Hoorah! The SD ACLU is going to give you a ride to the polls. Yet, they have no intention to investigate those same polls. We told the ACLU before the school bond vote that the election should be...
View ArticleInteresting Human Relations Commission hearing
I believe the case will be heard next week, 10 AM on Wednesday, probably in city hall at old commission chambers. Please read the complaint here (DOC: Human-Relations). Jesus Pena has lived in the...
View ArticleLocal Govt entities join forces to become ‘Sioux Falls OP-OUT’
For years, there has been a push for Minnehaha County and the City of Sioux Falls to join forces and become one. With this merger, they went even a step further. The City of Sioux Falls, the County...
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Rapid City tries to push for voter suppression, foiled for now
As we all know, in Sioux Falls, this has already occurred due to a quiet decision by the school board a few years ago. They tried to do it in RC and got caught; In February 2019, Rapid City police...
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