2011

DooGard proves he is just as anti-labor as Rounds, if not more

Amazes me that a guy who has held several ‘odd jobs’ is all for this;

State workers lost round one Wednesday in their effort to derail a proposed rule change that will eliminate the appeals process for an employee who is laid off.

The Career Services Commission – a board of citizens appointed by the governor – approved the rule change, among others, on a 3-1 vote.

While I question the appeals process, I would have to agree with this state worker;

“That’s why people come to state or federal government, because there is some job security. They don’t work for the state for the wages,” he said.

He is right, while state jobs don’t always pay good, they do have some benefits. It is unfortunate that the rest of South Dakotans don’t have the same rights as state workers. We are a right to work state, we can be fired for any reason. I think all workers should have some recourse. This move isn’t about state workers, it is about worker’s rights in general and a movement across the nation to strip ALL workers, private, public, of their rights.

 

Rub it in our faces?

(KELO-TV screenshot)

What a great story about the $2.7 million dollar governor’s mansion while said governor slashed the throats of education funding;

Like nearly all of the house, the chandelier was a gift. In fact, construction of the home also came at no expense to the state, with a group of organizers and donors making the project possible. That’s unlike the previous Governor’s Mansion which was financed by the federal government.

I found it curious that there was no mention of the upkeep of the mansion? Who pays for that? Are these same donors paying for operating expenses?

Why did the opt-out in Yankton fail? Ignorance.

There was a post on Dakota Wuss College about the opt-out, and Representative Hunhoff’s comment pretty much nailed it;

He brings up the trust funds and the gigantic pool of money that is swirling around in it. When are people going to figure this out? We can pull the interest from the fund every month and fund education, more then adequately, without harming the principal. The majority in power are lying to you about education funding, Mr. Hunhoff is not.

The Ugly Table #40-42 (Bacon, Decaf & Suicide)

Young Server (1)

Byron: My customer wants extra crispy bacon on their burger, how do I do that?

Me: Special instruction it.

Byron: But isn’t the bacon pre-cooked, how will it get crispy?

I just walked away . . . quickly.

 

Young Server (2)

Saundra: Which pot of coffee is the decaf? The orange or the black? Can you tell by the smell?

I just walked away . . . quickly.

 

Young Server (3)

OVERHEARD CONVO BETWEEN SAID SERVER AND BUSBOY

BB: What’s the difference between suicide and homicide?

Saundra: Suicide is when you are by yourself, homicide is when another person is present.

I just walked away . . . quickly as gunfire roared.

S. L. Ehrisman (c) 5/24/11

 

A SF Events Center has a better chance of passing in a special election

The Events Center, Sioux Falls’ version of the abortion debate, never resolved and never ending.

I don’t always agree with Mayor Huether, but this time I think he is right and Jamison couldn’t be more wrong;

Councilor Greg Jamison said bluntly that he thinks it would fail in a special election this year. And he suggested the council might want to have a “cooling off period.”

Do I think it could pass in November 2011? Maybe, maybe not. But like I have told Greg, 1) It is time to let the public decide already 2) A special election will bring out the passionate, informed voters from both sides, for and against, let them battle it out at the polls. When you throw something like a bonding issue in with other candidates you get a butt load of people who are uninformed on the issues. You make the Events Center vote a special election, and you will get a true count of what the citizens want. And maybe that is what the council is afraid of, a final decision. I also think there is another reason Huether wants the election this year, if it fails, it will give him a year to reformulate his plan. Let’s face it, we will be talking about an Events Center until it passes. If you think it will go away if it is voted down in November, you are crazy. Even though Mr. Conflict of Interest would like you to think otherwise;

Entenman, who supports building it at the convention center, participated in Monday’s conversation – at one point joking that he wouldn’t be able to help sell the issue to voters because it “might be a conflict of interest.”

And Entenman said that after 10 years of studying the issue, it might be time to turn it over to voters sooner than later. “If it doesn’t pass, it doesn’t pass,” he said. “The conversation is over with, and that’s it.”

Yeah, we will see.