I wrote this column on a Friday, and then on Saturday another tragedy occured. Rather than change it completely, I just want to send my condolences out to the friends and family of the deceased. This topic had been weighing on my mind for a long time. This senseless death is yet another reason to act now. My original column is below; the drowning was incident four of this summer season.
The cat is out of the bag. The rabbit has gone down the hole. Multiple times. And the question needs to be asked—is it time to close or make the trail to Hippie Hole legal?
Greetings!
There is a property tax meeting this Thursday, July 17, at 9 a.m. at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Beck ballroom. The intent is to come up with draft legislation to present before the entire legislative body when session starts in January 2026.
Independence Day marks a pivotal moment in American History. On a summer day 249 years ago, inside Independence Hall, our Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence and declared liberty from tyranny. Their Declaration confirms that liberty is not a privilege, but a right given by our Creator. This day is a powerful reminder of the resilience of the American spirit – and of American freedom.
What kind of headline is that? Crazy, isn’t it? Well, leave it to the state and federal governments to mess up our calendar. Our normal citizens’ calendars go from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Our state year is from July 1 to June 30 and our federal government year is from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. It seems like a governmental bureaucratic shell game to me, but I didn’t get to decide. So, of course, the reason I’m saying Happy New Year is that our state’s new year just started July 1.
When COVID hit in 2020 it caused an ongoing problem with many people fleeing from urban areas to rural states like South Dakota. This has ultimately resulted in astronomical increases in property demand resulting in increased valuations.
Greetings. Land of the free because of the brave is a great logo to use in celebrating our 249th Independence Day. Yep! 249 and one year away from the 250th celebration of this great constitutional republic. No other country in history has lasted this long. Now that’s for sure a big hooah hooah!
It was five years ago on the Fourth of July that we had the huge fireworks show at the “Shrine of Democracy,” Mount Rushmore. Marcia and I had the opportunity to attend that spectacular event.
The Fourth of July is easily one of my favorite holidays. It’s a yearly reminder for us to celebrate living in the land of the free—and let’s be honest, we could all use a little boost of patriotism these days. Not only that, but it’s one of the few holidays that we celebrate during the summer months when the grass is green, the days are long and the evenings are made for being outside.
What a headline! With the summer solstice done and gone, let’s back up. Before visiting Operation Midnight Hammer, let’s have an update on Minnesota State Sen. Hoffman and his wife Yvette.
“We continue our healing journey and are both incredibly lucky to be alive,” as stated by a family member. John was shot point blank nine times and Yvette eight times with a 9mm handgun. This was a cold-blooded political assassination attempt by Vance Boelter, who was wearing a costume police uniform and driving a fake police Ford SUV.
I was sitting the other day with a friend of mine who was wearing white.
“That color looks good on you,” I told her.
“Thank you. I’m a winter,” she replied.
I had no clue what she meant, and expressed so. Apparently we all have personal seasons that suggest certain colors that would look better on us than others.
And while she looked amazing in white, I think that Custer State Park looks terrible in it.
