Not only will Barry be the first bi-racial president to be inaugurated today, but there was another first in the art world. Shepard Fairey will be the first artist to have a portrait of a president in the National portrait gallery before a president even took office. He is also the first to have a non-traditional image of a president there. See the video here of him on Colbert Report talking about the importance of dissent.
Congrats Fairey!
Just one of many republican legislators that will wipe their feet on the dems budget plan.
So how long will it take King Rounds and the Republicans to rip this to shreds? I give it about 4-5 days.
The Democrats’ plan comes in three parts: $16.9 million in spending cuts; new revenue totaling $29.4 million; and $38 million taken from reserves and economic development funds.
I don’t agree with the entire plan, for instance I think they should take a 70% cut of VL and keep it permanent. And that there is still no proposal on the table to tax advertising at the same rate as food and utilities. But I also don’t see anything wrong with it either. Most of the adjustments will be temporary and can be put back in 2010 if things start turning around. But the ruling party for 30 years still weilds a pretty big sword in Pierre, so we’ll see how much of this gets passed.
If I was a Democratic state legislator, I would only show up on the last 5 days of session, when actual budget work gets done.
Look who just rolled into Pierre (well actually he has been there a long time, but our media has finally woke up and figured it out).
I’ve been saying since last legislative session that Rounds does what he wants and the legislature lets him get away with it. Now look who finally chimes in on the matter;
The question remains: Will our Legislature stand up to the governor? Doubtful. Unfortunately, Abdallah is serving his final term and Hunhoff is, well, a Democrat.
Don’t be so sure Hunhoff won’t put a bill out there. I’m crossing my fingers that at the very least a bill will be presented by the Dems.
And in a time of enormous economic challenge, Rounds has successfully seized the upper hand politically by warning lawmakers they must – absolutely must – be frugal with the people’s money. No fool, he.
Yeah, what an economic genius, Huh? I guess he didn’t bother opening the books until December 15th?
So what happens next? We’ve all seen this drama before. Most likely we’ll hear some griping here and there, followed closely by a grudging acknowledgement that Rounds is, after all, the governor.
And in South Dakota, at least, the governor gets to do what he wants.
Or ‘Off with their heads!’
I guess he pulled a muscle while trying to remove bodies and skeletons from his man sized safe.
Make no mistake, I’m no fan of Tim ‘I want to control all of DT SF like it is my own Kingdom’ Kant. This is the same guy who got a facade grant from the city to upgrade his building that he sells liquor and tobacco in (yeah, great use of taxpayer money.) Now Mr. Kant wants an exception to the smoking ban.
“We’ll lose quite a bit of business because of it. Because, probably 50 to 60 percent of the people that come in here are coming in to smoke a cigar. So, we’ll lose that business there’s no doubt,” Kant said.Â
What part of smoking ban do you not understand Tim? The only way the smoking ban will be successful is if it applys to ALL drinking, eating and gambling establishments. Besides the ban would not stop you from selling cigars and people would still be able to smoke on your patio that covers almost all of the 11th-10th Phillips Avenue block.
If the ban passes I hope the legislators supporting it have enough sense to tell Mr. Kant, no exceptions. Besides, if it does not pass and it gets on the ballot, you’ll be screwed for sure, because it will be much stricter than what our legislators want.
So let’s review;
– Tim wants government interaction when he needs them to close the loop to teenagers so he can open his high-flalooting bar.
– Tim wants government interaction when he needs FREE money to replace windows on his tobacco shop and bar.
– Tim doesn’t want government interaction when he may have to follow rules that every single other establishment like his will have to.
What a doofus.
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