Feb 07, 2010 | 11:45 pm | (0) Comments
I enjoy watching football. In fact, for years my family has hosted a Super Bowl party. This year however; I was ready to cancel. I was truly disgusted with Michael Vick's dog fighting travesty. I could go on about the cruelty of it all, but that is only part of my disgust. I am also sicke…
Feb 04, 2010 | 11:30 pm | (0) Comments
Feb 03, 2010 | 2:45 pm | (0) Comments
As a retired aerospace engineer I enjoyed the insight provided by the Journal's article about the interesting and important new technology projects underway in this part of South Dakota. The involved local companies and the staff, students and engineering graduates of the South Dakota Sch…
Feb 02, 2010 | 11:30 pm | (0) Comments
The person who killed Paul Ortiz was sentenced to 15 years in jail, seven years suspended. This man took a gun and shot into the head of my brother. Can you imagine these last moments? First, skin and hair is destroyed, then bone is forcibly shattered. The bullet cuts a swath through deli…
Feb 01, 2010 | 4:25 pm | (1) Comments
No one can seriously argue that corporations are in need of more influence over our elected officials. With their vast resources, elite connections and global reach their presence in the halls of government has been ever growing. Legions of corporate lobbyists apply pressure to meet their…
Jan 30, 2010 | 11:30 pm | (0) Comments
With self-interest, I read a Jan. 23 article in the Rapid City Journal titled "City looks for ways to protect West Boulevard Historic District."
Jan 29, 2010 | 11:45 pm | (2) Comments
Who has their eye on the Playhouse land? Or will someone benefit where they plan to move it? Something smells fishy!
Jan 27, 2010 | 11:30 pm | (0) Comments
Snap decisions have impaired the public's enjoyment of Mount Rushmore. Having a display in heavy fog may have met the needs of the management to get rid of the fireworks, however; it did not provide the public with the intended benefit. A postponed display would have been a more desirable…
Jan 26, 2010 | 11:30 pm | (0) Comments
Baseball season is just around the corner and it's time for you and your son to decide to play high school and/or Legion baseball.
Jan 25, 2010 | 5:05 pm | (0) Comments
I found this quote that I feel fits our political environment in Meade County at this time in reference to the recent pay raise our commissioners gave themselves. Thomas Jefferson wrote in his journal in 1787 that "a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing and is necessary in the …
Jan 24, 2010 | 12:05 pm | (0) Comments
The allegation by Ron Capps (letters, Jan. 10) that the Norbeck Society is responsible for the mountain pine beetle infestation in the Black Hills is hilarious, but in case you missed the satire, I'll clarify.
Jan 22, 2010 | 12:10 pm | (0) Comments
Yes, Ms. Oberlander, I am angry. When people in Washington, D.C., entice citizens with free health care, free housing, free food, free education, free this, free that, it makes me angry. You see it as caring, I see it as soul robbing. You believe in government, I believe in people. You be…
Jan 20, 2010 | 2:30 am | (0) Comments
The ‘60s cheap gasoline, new highways and fewer students resulted in small travel budgets. Over the years, more sports, more players, increased fuel costs and longer distances created travel budgets unacceptable to taxpayers.
Jan 19, 2010 | 2:15 am | (0) Comments
The Rapid City Journal has shown a lot of chutzpah in referring to Mount Rushmore as a "sacred" national site. All of the Black Hills were sacred to the Lakota when we ignored the Fort Laramie Treaty and through murder and treachery stole the land from them. Then to add insult to injury w…
Jan 18, 2010 | 2:15 am | (0) Comments
WANTED: persons for part-time public servant position, two working days/month, health and retirement package option, mileage and meals reimbursed, $24,000/year. Send inquiries to Meade County Commissioners. Requirement- must have the need to spend taxpayers' money despite the fact this ag…
Jan 17, 2010 | 2:15 am | (0) Comments
I recently read and appreciate your thoughtfulness commenting on the reduction of 102 full time equivalent positions, or FTEs, that were made in the last 18 months through attrition in departments throughout state government.
Jan 16, 2010 | 2:15 am | (2) Comments
I laughed out loud while reading the Rapid City Journal profile on casino owner Mike Trucano. His assertion that the American Cancer Society is going to outspend the casino interest 10 to 1 is simply jaw dropping. Last I checked the casino and gaming industry weren't hurting for cash and …
Jan 15, 2010 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
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