Rounds

Seems King Rounds has GW Bush syndrome

l3wis November 3, 2009 2Comments

But how am I supposed to get to my kid’s college football games?

I had to laugh at this short story about Governor Rounds legacy, he hasn’t done much;

Gov. Mike Rounds says one of the things he’s most proud of during his time as governor is that more of South Dakota’s young people are staying put.

He says university enrollment is growing and there’s more opportunities in research and technology, in part because of the underground lab being built in the old Homestake gold mine.

Rounds said he’s also proud to see strong participation in the South Dakota National Guard.

He’s serving his final four-year term. A new governor will be elected in November 2010.

You forgot to mention he has taken a big shit on open government, used his position as governor to promote his personal insurance company, handed out no-bid contracts to campaign contributors like candy, ignored education funding and blew millions of our reserves on bad investments. Other then that, he’s a pretty swell guy.

Reflections on the legislative session

l3wis March 31, 2009 0Comments

I did this one back in August of 2006 – Still a classic

Open Records in South Dakota; The tale of two media outlets

l3wis March 13, 2009 7Comments

While most people spend their days slamming KSFY for their FOX like news coverage I have often accused KELO of being apologists to government, especially conservative views, this couldn’t be more obvious today when KELO and the Argus both did stories about the open records bill. KELO of course got the governor’s view and his only, which was so damn rosy you thought your were a delivery driver for a florist on Valentine’s Day after reading it;

Governor Mike Rounds said he’s pleased with the compromise opens record bill passed by the Legislature, and is inclined to sign it.

Supporters said the bill strikes a balance between opening public records and protecting the private information that some agencies hold about people.

Ah, yeah, sure. But that is not what the Argus is saying, which received ACTUAL quotes from ACTUAL legislators;

“It’s better than nothing. Unfortunately, it may be close to nothing,” Senate Minority Leader Scott Heidepriem said.

“I can’t help but wondering if that exception doesn’t come close to swallowing up the rule with regard to many things,” Turbak Berry said.

But Turbak Berry worries that South Dakotans now will think the open-records issue is closed.

“The problem is in future years, it is probably going to be much harder to generate widespread support or to put pressure on the governor” to amend the law, she said.

So of course, there really isn’t an open records bill. I sometimes wonder why legislators even bother farting around with this governor? What’s the point in passing a bill that has no teeth? That is one thing we are good at in South Dakota, being extremely vague and wishy-washy.