A Progressive on the Prairie

My initial reaction to the election results? KELO might want to think about evaluating what polling firm it uses. (For what it’s worth, a quick review shows its also missed on the outcome of both the “gay marriage amendment” and the property tax initiative, with the error on the latter being almost as large as [...]

Ron Branson continues beating the drum of legally bogus and idiotic claims of fraud in his latest rant and rave. Today’s again deals with Attorney General Larry Long’s ballot explanation and the South Dakota Legislature unanimously passing a resolution urging voters to vote against Amendment E.

According to Branson’s keen and insightful analysis, “it behooves [...]

I don’t attribute much to the people behind Amendment E other than a having a strong belief in revenge and distrust of government and law. Yet it struck me recently that the Amendment E folks could actually lay claim to the infamous phrase, “I’m a uniter, not a divider.” After all, look who they united [...]

While South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-chief Bill Stegmeier fixed the misstatement his BS committee made in an ad accusing the state of opposing Amendment E because it wants “prison slave labor,” he ain’t gonna let the argument go.

In a new ad headlined “Is Justice For Sale In South Dakota?”, BS now says South Dakota’s prison industry, [...]

South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-Chief Bill Stegmeier’s Judicial Accountability committee (a/k/a “the BS committee) has filed its pre-election campaign finance report. To say it makes interesting reading is an understatement. In fact, it might even border on a criminal reading.

Let’s start with the bottom line. The BS committee brought in $28,348.90 in contributions, of which $25,902.90, [...]