Gosch Plan Peanuts for Teacher Pay, Political Suicide for Candidates
House Majority Leader Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) is at war with Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) over raising teacher pay. Rep. Schoenbeck has thrown in with the Governor and the Blue Ribbon plan...
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Gosch Bans Schoenbeck from Caucus in Pierre!
In political baseball, Rep. Lee Schoenbeck’s support for the Blue Ribbon plan to raise South Dakota teacher pay has made him the new Stace Nelson of the Legislature: Rep. Lee Schoenbeck, Twitter,...
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“Leader” Gosch Loses Fights for Payday Lenders, Against Teachers
Rep. Brian Gosch House Majority “Leader” Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) is not having a banner week for leadership. His effort to bully Rep. Lee Schoenbeck out of caucus failed to rally Republicans...
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Schoenbeck Chills Out, Decides to Finish Job Voters Elected Him to Do
Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) isn’t letting the illegitimi carborund him. Bob Mercer reports that Rep. Schoenbeck has rescinded his resignation promise and will see out the remainder of the 2016...
View ArticleGosch Hangs RL 19 on GOP Necks; RL 20 Relies on DC Lobbyist Support
The ballot question pro/con statements are out! Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has posted the PDF version of the 2016 Ballot Questions Pamphlet, which includes the Attorney General’s explanations,...
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SD Democrats Brand Referred Law 19 as Establishment Incumbent Power Grab
Republican House Majority Leader Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) thinks Referred Law 19 is about nothing but Republican awesomeness. The South Dakota Democratic Party agrees that Referred Law 19 is all...
View ArticleMarmorstein: Referred Law 19 “Hardly Healthy for Democracy”
House Majority Leader Brian Gosch says Republicans made Referred Law 19, so “Every voter, especially Republicans, should support Referred Law 19.” The South Dakota Democratic Party says Referred Law 19...
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SDPB Drags David Novstrup to Another Tortured Defense of Cutting Kids’ Wages
Last night’s South Dakota Focus led off with discussion of Referred Law 20, the youth minimum wage cut. SDPB hasn’t made the video embeddable, but here are images of the two speakers, prime sponsor...
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Noem Needs Experienced SD Legislator to Balance Ticket—Gosch? Rhoden?
With her President trying to take away South Dakotans’ air service, rural water, and food security, Kristi Noem is going to have to spend a lot of her gubernatorial campaign trying to make South...
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Former Legislator, Lobbyist Say Sexual Misconduct Common in Legislature
Remember last March when Bob Mercer said sexual misconduct is not unusual in Pierre? Former legislator Angie Buhl O’Donnell and current lobbyist Samantha Spawn both made news yesterday by opening up...
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