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Middle Border Sun
Friday March 5, 2010
Posted by: Todd Epp at 12:56PM EST on March 5, 2010
 From Facebook: I don't know anything about the program. Could someone fill in the details in the comments?  Thursday March 4, 2010
Posted by: Todd Epp at 12:25PM EST on March 4, 2010
 In the first two months of this year 248 bankruptcy cases were filed in the District of South Dakota, a 15 percent increase from the number of bankruptcies filed in the first two months of 2009. My own law firm has seen a dramatic increase in bankruptcy clients since the last quarter of 2009 through this year. Let's hope things turn around soon. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=e0c8cae4-d104-41e2-8f71-a95119da3255)  Wednesday March 3, 2010
Posted by: Todd Epp at 8:25PM EST on March 3, 2010
 Image via WikipediaMy source said that it is likely a House member but not necessarily someone on the Appropriations Committee who is asking for the cuts. And the list itself is all over the map, with it being real, virtual, or even non-existent. SDPB apparently was asked, as were a number of other state agencies, to put together a "doomsday" scenario based on certain levels of cuts. SDPB complied, giving the Rounds Administration and Legislators the information. My birdie also said they did not think the cuts were politically motivated but motivated because of the current state funding situation. I hope that is so. But from my time in Pierre and as a former SDPBer, that has seldom been the situation in my experience. Usually, cuts or even the elimination of funding, have come about because someone didn't like SDPB for any number of real or perceived wrongs or "agendas." I think this was Day 31 (of 40) for the gaggle under the dome, so still lots of time for lots of things--or absolutely nothing--to happen. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, maybe a rerun of the Lawrence Welk Show will soothe you while you wait. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=629f2062-e32b-4fbc-84de-6856a8b6c6d2) 
Posted by: Todd Epp at 1:12AM EST on March 3, 2010
 From her Congressional campaign website: The federal government should not infringe upon these rights and jeopardize our ability to provide for our families by adding excessive regulation and higher taxes. More government is not the solution to our country’s issues. But from 1995 to 2006, her family's ranch, the Racota Valley Ranch near Hazel, received nearly $3 million in federal farm subsidies, according to the Environmental Working Group. An excerpt from EWG on Kristi's ranch and other ranches in the Hazel area receiving subsidies:
Nothing illegal or unethical about this. But it would be interesting to know where Kristi is on the impact the federal farm subsidies have on the typical Republican campaign chestnuts of budget deficits, free enterprise, and limited government. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=9a52c842-d211-4ba2-a19f-9f077a075f8e)  Tuesday March 2, 2010
Posted by: Todd Epp at 6:22PM EST on March 2, 2010
 Already, within hours of people catching wind of a secret plan to cut South Dakota Public Broadcasting in Pierre, there's already a website up to motivate people to save it: http://www.savesdpb.org/ The story is developing, so stay tuned. In the meantime, I think I'm going to start offering "premiums" and "thank you gifts" to people who contribute to the Friends of Middle Border Sun. Still free to read since 2005--unless you want to pay me money! 
Posted by: Todd Epp at 4:10PM EST on March 2, 2010
 From the content of the email I received, which I believe to be genuine, it appears to be so. I'll have more when I have time. 
Posted by: Todd Epp at 4:10PM EST on March 2, 2010
I received the email you see pictured above just a bit ago. This comes up once in a while, but is South Dakota Public Broadcasting on the chopping block in Pierre this session?
 From the content of the email I received, which I believe to be genuine, it appears to be so. I'll have more when I have time. UPDATE: And this from the Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting's Facebook page:
Friday February 26, 2010
Posted by: Todd Epp at 6:01PM EST on February 26, 2010
 Image by BillRhodesPhoto via FlickrThe story of the Ecstasy That Wasn't That Was Actually A Cough Drop perpetrated by the Baltic School District could have been a whole lot worse had the original email been anonymous or an anonymous or pseudonymous posting on a blog or website. As it is, as reported by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader today and others, a business that did nothing bad had its name sullied because someone didn't check their facts before hitting send. At least because there was a real live person's name attached to the unverified emailed rumor that spread like a flu through a respiratory unit, the damage could be contained, amends made, and the guilty, perhaps, punished or at least taken to public task. But what if the original email that started this mess had been anonymous or pseudonymous? Or an anonymous or pseudonymous posting or comment? The owners of the pizza place would have been fighting not just for their business's reputation but against a phantom. For weeks. Maybe months. So, that's the kind of speech we want to protect? We don't want people who are minding their own business and doing nothing wrong to have no way to clear their names (or make it virtually impossible for them to do so) and hold the guilty accountable? This wasn't a matter of someone speaking out against the abuses of an evil government or an uncaring corporation intent on harming people. This was a good, decent business that was potentially defamed by someone's negligence. Maybe HB 1277 and HB 1278 look a little bit better when you consider what very easily could have happened with a slight change in the facts above. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=dd6e268b-3b60-45ae-ac0e-d695ab02dd2e)  |
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