You’ve heard me say this before: Elections have consequences. Even in tiny remote places like Billings County in the North Dakota Bad Lands, where a total of just 628 people voted in the races for Billings County Commissioners last month. In Billings County, Commissioners are elected to represent geographic districts. The county is divided into … Continue reading The End May Be Near For The “Bridge To Nowhere”
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Bad Lands Justice? Maybe.
The five most dangerous words in the English language for a journalist (of which I am one, of a sort—I keep this online journal) are “I’m not a lawyer, but . . . “ Okay, so there’s been this legal case going on for about ten years involving Billings County and the Short family over … Continue reading Bad Lands Justice? Maybe.
What The Hell Just Happened?
That headline is a reprisal of the one I wrote in this space eight years ago, when Doug Burgum dashed the hopes of Wayne Stenehjem ever becoming Governor of North Daktoa, by beating him the June 2016 Primary. As I wrote then, I didn't see that one coming. Okay, so much for my Predictability Quotient. … Continue reading What The Hell Just Happened?
It’s Election Day! It’s Over! Celebrate! Have A Beer!
Here's a slightly updated re-run of a column I first posted on this site ten years ago, on November 4, 2014. It came to mind because of a question I got this week from my friend, Colleen Stebbins down in Bowman, North Dakota, about the bars being closed in North Dakota on Election Day. Some … Continue reading It’s Election Day! It’s Over! Celebrate! Have A Beer!
A Little Election Weekend Reading
There’s a list at the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office, and if you live in North Dakota, you’re on it. You and about half a million of your neighbors. It's a big list. Probably the biggest list in the state. How do I know you're on it? Because every North Dakotan who regularly reads … Continue reading A Little Election Weekend Reading
George Santos, Meet Tammy Miller
It started out innocently enough, and I chuckled when I read the story in The Bismarck Tribune about North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Tammy Miller’s announcement that she was running for Governor last week. Tribune reporter Jacob Fulton wrote this: Miller touted her childhood "cleaning toilets and stocking shelves" at the family lumber and hardware business … Continue reading George Santos, Meet Tammy Miller
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