The Undaunted Podcast
l3wis 1st Episode was Chris Larson. You can get info of upcoming shows HERE. I will be the next guest. I record tomorrow.
South Dakotans
Who are the Tribal Leaders?
Besides the smiling faces at a native massacre committed by the United States Army and Federal Government, it would at least be a nice gesture to label who the Tribal leaders are. They are easy to identify, they are NOT smiling.
When major businesses sell, lots of Dominoes fall
Sometimes the best place to look is under your nose;
So someone tipped me off that the sudden change in the board at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery had to do with the forced sale of Gage Brothers to a competitor in Minnesota. Read the comments from the above post. WOW!
Complicated. I encourage everyone to read all the posts from the beginning (if you FF thru the deer pics and remodeling projects 🙂 there is some juicy stuff in there, like this;
Oct 27
I’m posting this morning about my conversation today with Kayla Kleman in the department of consumer affairs in the attorney general’s office.
Her response was that all complaints were forwarded to the new board for response to all of your complaints.
My previous letter of August 29th states that she sent the complaint to the previous board and they did not respond in 20 days. She would not send me anything in writing. Please contact Marty Jackley and ask why this problem is being pushed off on the new board!Call 1 800 300 1986. Remember he said he would help if enough people were involved. NO HELP SO FAR!
Funny how Marty gets in front of the camera a lot these days trying to track down cartoon porn, drug dealing prison guards and extensive fraud throughout state government, but when there is obvious tax fraud, malfeasance, and disappearing funds the AG office goes radio silence to protect certain folks. Reminds me of Marty covering up the sexual harassment scandal at DCI and claiming Pat and Gant did nothing wrong in the SOS office because they didn’t steal money from the petty cash draw (just historic flags and intellectual data, no biggie) all the while our current mayor was playing server musical chairs with Dakotawusscollege.
I guess if I was the NEW board of Mt. Pleasant, I wouldn’t want Marty’s help, I would go straight to the Feds. If you think you are going to get any help from Pierre you would probably have better luck finding the LOSER that stole your Christmas Wreath.
I would see if you can get a retired attorney to help you navigate this fiasco and sue the former board and get your money back.
This is a classic case of established rich folks in town taking regular folks to the cleaners and suffering no consequences. No surprise, this state is so corrupt I’m not surprised it hasn’t collapsed on itself.
You are Welcome Jon Hansen
I make a few bucks on my site from Google advertising. I have little control but I can add filters, but only add a few because I am a monster free speech advocate. As long as it is not online gambling or mail order brides I’m cool.
What I have noticed is my site is popular for political ads, 100% GOP. So this ad doesn’t surprise me. But honestly, Hansen’s communication folks should really stop advertising on a site that thinks your campaign is a total POS and your candidate is a clown. No lie.
Food for thot.
The State of SD needs to eliminate GOED
I don’t have a problem with the office, most states have a department like this. But our version of GOED has been corrupt for years. In fact, I got a GOED director fired during the Huether administration. I have never trusted anyone in that office;
Steve Westra was South Dakota’s commissioner of economic development four years ago when the office first agreed to provide financial assistance for a CJ Schwan’s company project.
After leaving state government, he’s now a vice president for the company, which has benefited from state grant and loan approvals totaling $69 million.
All the while, the chairman of the state board that approved some of the aid, Jeff Erickson, has also been a member of the CJ Schwan’s board of directors.
Have yah met Steve Westra? I had the pleasure(?) one time. Doesn’t surprise me that him and his sidekick are cashing in, I think I would have been surprised if he hadn’t.
But corruption aside, why is the state giving millions of my tax dollars to a processed food plant? Look around the next time you are out in public, do you think we need more processed foods? Or more $16 an hour jobs? No thanks. Just look at these stats from one of their products;
Well at least there is some Potassium in there 🙁
The one thing that has always bugged me about the GOED office is the ridiculous crap they will bring in with our tax dollars even though these companies planned to move here anyway, provide crappy wages and send all profits out of state. Why are they not attracting more sustainable businesses that pay living wages? Because that work is hard, and you don’t get reach arounds from those companies (golden parachutes).
Some elected officials in the state seem surprised by these revelations. I’m just trying to figure out why it took the media so long to expose it. As I heard recently on a TV show, “We are just monkeys riding a dog in a circus.”
Well, at least monkeys eat a lot of Potassium (nanners).