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Trying to change the signs at J.A.I.L.land

Go read PP’s latest on the latest efforts of the South Dakota Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) to get away from the national organization as Bill Stegmeier resigns from the national group and his position with them as the South Dakota’s “JAILer-in-Chief. ”

I want to add one thing to PP’s post. Most of us […]

Ahh, the power of blogs – Part 2

The South Dakota Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) and its “publicist” are awfully busy at their new website. Among other things, they’ve updated its FAQ and it actually made me feel good.

In explaining why the J.A.I.L.ers hired a publicist, they now note that “opponents to Amendment E sent reporters to California, which is also […]

The fast and loose facts in J.A.I.L.land

Thanks to the attentive reader who noticed the backers of the South Dakota Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) have modified the version of the initiative on their new website to restore the language I pointed out they omitted from what is actually on file with the Secretary of State.

But the J.A.I.L.ers still like to […]

Ahh, the power of blogs

Okay, okay. I can’t leave it alone, but……

Anyone with a brainstem who looks at the SD blogosphere knows PP at South Dakota War College and I are on opposite sides of the political aisle. Some on his side (and even maybe PP) probably consider me outside the building. But as I’ve said about others, […]

More adventures in J.A.I.L.land

Things just keep developing on the South Dakota Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) front. Suffice it to say the J.A.I.L. initiative’s efforts to distance themselves from the national organization hasn’t eliminated all the questions about those pushing it in South Dakota.

I had an exchange of e-mails with and a telephone call from Bonnie Russell, […]