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I would like to introduce Senator Drescher

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Kennedy drops out of NY Senate race

Looks like Fran may have a chance. Kennedy says she is dropping out for personal reasons, some suspect Teddy’s brain cancer, but I have also heard she wasn’t going to be asked because Governor Patterson got annoyed by Kennedy’s lawyers (what did I say about giving seats to elitists? Huh? Huh?) Kinda hard to get rejected when you are not in the running anymore. Way to save face Caroline!

Obama retakes oath

Obama’s counsel advises him to retake oath to quell the media about Roberts fumble (mainly FUX News and Wallace). So he retook the oath last night. But only allowed print media, which of course pissed off the TV news, again, mainly FUX News and Wallace.

Obama expected to close Gitmo today

Or at least get the process started. Which has wingnuts up in arms. Who cares where the terrorist prison is, Hell put it in Pierre, South Dakota, there’s a lot of BACKROOMS we could hold them in the Capital and Governor’s office.

Governor (Dictator) Rounds decides it’s ok to give info to anon legislators

Well thank you Mikey! It only took you a few days to realize we live in a Democracy. Hunhoff’s comment is the best;

“It’s the right position and one that should have been in place for the last 100 years,” he said of the agreement. “But it could change the next time we have a new bureaucrat.”

The Washington Pavilion is getting in the Pre-School business

When I first read this story, I thought it was a joke. Nope. The Pavilion has decided that they aren’t wasting the public’s time and money fast enough.

“This isn’t going to be a money maker for us, but my requirement was that it at least be a cost-neutral program,” Wood said Wednesday.

Ah, Gary, since when was the Pavilion concerned about ‘making money’? Is this something new we should know about? Even though they claim to breakeven on the program, other people say it is expensive;

Charging “on the higher end” of area rates can be justified by the services and resources the Pavilion provides, said Lacie Petersen.

Well, I couldn’t agree more, but you also have to consider the Pavilion’s track record . . .

Smoking Ban State Legislature

Does Knudson have enough clout to rally the troops?

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I’m glad to see Dave pushing for this, but will he get his fellow Republicans to vote for it?

Senator Knudson says he thinks if a smoking ban were placed on South Dakota’s ballot, citizens would pass it easily.

Duh, and it would be more restrictive. Even lawmakers that are against the ban would be smart to vote on the legislative ban instead of a voter initiative, because they can negoiate the terms. But, hey, let it fail, so once again the voters of SD can prove that the Legislature does not represent them on things that really matter.

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The Dems in Pierre have a plan

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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.

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I guess the Gargoyle Leader Editorial board is taking a page from DaCola

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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!’

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