South DaCola

Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

2019

christmas Kristi Noem Minnehaha County South Dakotans

Governor Noem gives state employees 3 paid days off for Christmas (Dec 23-25)

l3wis 1Comments

I heard from a Minnehaha County official today that the state has told them and other counties that the State is giving 3 paid days off this year for Christmas. Counties of course rely on State employees to do business, so when the state takes a day off, counties do to. So how will the counties across the state handle it? Will they also give their employees 3 paid days off? This will be interesting to see how this is handled. While I don’t have a problem with State or County employees taking off Monday December 23, they should only be able to do without pay or use PTO, this should NOT be a taxpayer expense for essentially a religious (not government) holiday – heck, it’s NOT even a holiday – It’s two days before!

Gear Up

Former SD State Legislators are asking for your help with settling the GEAR UP Scandal

l3wis 2Comments

In the wake of the GEAR UP tragedy, no one has ever come forward with an honest, accurate number of deserving Native American kids who actually went to college. This is despite our state government blowing through about $60 million of our state and federal tax dollars. High-placed bureaucrats claimed preposterous conflicts of interest were “business as usual.” Auditors failed their professional and ethical obligations. Politicians suddenly came down with amnesia. Consultants laughed all the way to the bank with their ill-gotten millions. While thousands of our young people got cheated out of a chance for a better future, no one ever spent a single night in jail. It was convenient to blame it all on the dead guy and move on. Will our state’s Native American children and our taxpayers suffer again from such scandals? Yes they will, unless we find ways to prevent such abuses of public trust from happening again. If you have suggestions for meaningful changes—in rules, laws, or oversight procedures—please consider sharing them with us before November 10. If you wish, we will keep your identity confidential. We will not attribute your comments to you in any way. We will present our findings and proposals to legislators and other public officials for their review and action in the 2020 legislative session.

Frank Kloucek

Email: fkloucek@hotmail.com • 29966 423rd Avenue • Scotland, SD 57059 • 605-660-0254

Jack Billion

Email: jackbillion@sio.midco.net • 400 E. 21st Street • Sioux Falls, SD 57105 • 605-212-2084

Sioux Falls

City could not film the Neighborhood Summit but can produce a show to talk about it later?

l3wis 4Comments

Sometimes I just shake my head when I see the way this administration handles media. Why not just film the event instead of talking about it later? Weird. Have you noticed that Mayor Paul has never stayed or hosted a city sponsored public event where he has answered citizens questions. Kind of reminds us of our DC Delegation. Sure, he has gone to private events to talk about city stuff, but not public. Some examples have been the Whittier Neighborhood police Q & A, Housing Summit, Neighborhood Summit (he took off after intro). He also doesn’t make presentations at the informational meetings and answer questions there either. So why can’t our mayor answer questions from the public? I will tell you why. He wouldn’t know how to answer them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgQHKXqM3nE

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