State of SD/UFWS agreement cancellation still up in the air.
I've kind of been ignoring this controversy lately. Not on purpose, but I've been tied up with other things. What's been going on?
First, the deadline passed for the UFWS to fire or reassign officer Prieksat (or else).
Then, it was noted that one of the Governor's brothers, and some GFP agents were on a list of people to talk to about illegal game processing.
Then the UFWS cleared Prieksat of any wrongdoing in the whole matter.
And that should bring us to the latest article in the whole chain of events, where the Governor is noting (in tomorrow AM's Rapid City Journal) that has hasn't made a decision yet:
The big question at this point after Prieksat was cleared of any wrongdoing - which side is going to blink first? Or, have they both agreed to "blink at the same time" - with the deadline for the ultimatum having passed with no action, but Prieksat moving to a more supervisory position at the UFWS?
First, the deadline passed for the UFWS to fire or reassign officer Prieksat (or else).
Then, it was noted that one of the Governor's brothers, and some GFP agents were on a list of people to talk to about illegal game processing.
Then the UFWS cleared Prieksat of any wrongdoing in the whole matter.
And that should bring us to the latest article in the whole chain of events, where the Governor is noting (in tomorrow AM's Rapid City Journal) that has hasn't made a decision yet:
Gov. Mike Rounds hasn't made a decision on whether to terminate law-enforcement agreements with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, his press secretary said WednesdayRead that all here.
and...
Hall told Rounds last week of a plan to add a field agent to the Pierre FWS office and allow Prieksat to focus more on office work. That's part of the discussion between Rounds and Hall.
"We need to get this situation taken care of before a decision is made on the MOAs," Krebs said.
The big question at this point after Prieksat was cleared of any wrongdoing - which side is going to blink first? Or, have they both agreed to "blink at the same time" - with the deadline for the ultimatum having passed with no action, but Prieksat moving to a more supervisory position at the UFWS?
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Humm, go figure.
So we wait. And we wait. And we wait.
"Oh, look at the time. It's 2010. Now someone else can do that."
He got called on it. He never had the upper hand, and this just makes him look like a whiner and someone who can't finish the job.
I regret that you thought I include SDWC in the category of ego-whankers. I certainly do not.
My comments were directed not just at regional pundits and blogs, but at national ones, too. There are more proportionally more national blogs that are cyber parlors for the self-massage of egos than regional ones. The Midwestern culture generally disdains such displays. It is like Socrates being lectured to by Woody the Woodpecker. It induces intellectual nausea.
And the little woodpeckers are by no means limited to the Republican side. But let me deal with that in the privacy of our rooms.
"I'm confused. That's all. Confused. I know what I would like to do, but I can't, because I'm married to Leslee Unruh, and she won't grant me a divorce. Please help?"
Fun, ain't it? And uplifting, too. God bless America.
I bet this isn't over.
It seems to me that if our state was serious about funding education it would work with school districts to find a way to fund education adequately as North Dakota, Iowa, Kansas and Wyoming have done. Show some leadership on this issue and maybe state government can be seen to be upholding the state constitution instead of hiding behind the bean counters and not fulfilling their sworn duty. OBTW this is not taxpayers suing taxpayers. It is students and parents seeking their constitutional right through the court system. A right that is guaranteed through citizenship, not through any other means. Being 51st in teacher salaries means we don't, as a society, value what teachers do for our children. If the teachers aren't important then why are we staking so much on our future generations? Maybe we should be happy with that and put more money into prisons and rehab facilities. I guess our future motto, " The Land of Finite Opportunity" will fit us like a glove.....
Would the last one left that's able to please turn off the lamp of education!
Define adequately
And
This pertains to SD/UFWS how?